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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelEconomic activity (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 48350
2 Self-employed 7384
3 Government emp & training programmes 192
4 Unpaid family worker 184
5 ILO unemployed 3598
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 157
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 88
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 20
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 15
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 86
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 36
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 29
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 626
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 1026
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 168
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 1299
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 105
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 120
19 Inact- not sk,wld like,doesn't need job 39
20 Inact- not sk, like, retired 189
21 Inact- not sk,like, other reason 282
22 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 5
23 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 11
24 Inact- not sk,not like, student 3171
25 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 3395
26 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 162
27 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 3355
28 Inact-not sk,not like,belvs no job avail 28
29 Inact- not sk, not like, not yet looking 45
30 Inact- not sk,not like,doesn't need job 449
31 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 21529
32 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 339
33 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 185
34 Under 16 24162
-10 No answer/Does not apply 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.
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