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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 1998

Variable Details

Variableinecacr2
LabelEconomic activity (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 38307
2 Self-employed 5301
3 Government emp & training programmes 266
4 Unpaid family worker 136
5 ILO unemployed 2716
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 65
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 103
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 18
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 14
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 74
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 15
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 5
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 296
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 1216
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 165
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 1322
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 103
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 134
19 Inact- not sk,like, not looked 249
20 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 3
21 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 2
22 Inact- not sk,not like, student 1066
23 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 3032
24 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 120
25 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 2464
26 Inact- not sk,not like,not need,want job 345
27 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 1087
28 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 254
29 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 77
30 Under 16 1040
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 1998
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