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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

Variableinecac05
LabelEconomic activity (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 46419
2 Self-employed 7132
3 Government emp & training programmes 182
4 Unpaid family worker 180
5 ILO unemployed 3392
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 150
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 84
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 19
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 15
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 83
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 32
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 27
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 583
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 1014
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 165
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 1272
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 101
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 113
19 Inact- not sk,wld like,doesn't need job 39
20 Inact- not sk, like, retired 188
21 Inact- not sk,like, other reason 265
22 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 2
23 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 11
24 Inact- not sk,not like, student 2794
25 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 3312
26 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 153
27 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 3296
28 Inact-not sk,not like,belvs no job avail 27
29 Inact- not sk, not like, not yet looking 45
30 Inact- not sk,not like,doesn't need job 439
31 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 21398
32 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 324
33 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 158
34 Under 16 23959
-9 Does not apply 1089
-8 No answer 2367
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From winter 1994-1995, Northern Ireland is included in each quarter. Prior to this, data were only collected there in the March-May quarter each year. When the LFS moved to a quarterly cycle, two new groups of people were included in the survey to improve the coverage of young people: residents in National Health Service (NHS) hospital accommodation (formerly called nurses' homes), and students living in halls of residence or boarding schools.<br>Northern Ireland is not included in the Local Area Data files before 1997.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly.
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