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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2008

Variable Details

VariableINCAC052
LabelEconomic activity (reported) from MM05
Responses
1 Employee 25991
2 Self-employed 3830
3 Government emp & training programmes 110
4 Unpaid family worker 87
5 ILO unemployed 1723
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 88
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 40
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 9
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 5
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 24
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 22
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 15
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 334
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 555
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 95
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 787
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 59
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 64
19 Inact- not sk,wld like,doesn't need job 29
20 Inact- not sk, like, retired 137
21 Inact- not sk,like, other reason 119
22 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 1
23 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 1
24 Inact- not sk,not like, student 1062
25 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 1801
26 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 65
27 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 2067
28 Inact-not sk,not like,belvs no job avail 17
29 Inact- not sk, not like, not yet looking 21
30 Inact- not sk,not like,doesn't need job 295
31 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 5051
32 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 154
33 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 30
34 Under 16 707
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2008
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