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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2008

Variable Details

VariableINCAC052
LabelEconomic activity (reported) from MM05
Responses
1 Employee 25497
2 Self-employed 3785
3 Government emp & training programmes 89
4 Unpaid family worker 91
5 ILO unemployed 1671
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 80
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 54
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 16
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 9
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 59
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 14
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 15
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 306
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 618
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 82
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 873
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 44
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 75
19 Inact- not sk,wld like,doesn't need job 31
20 Inact- not sk, like, retired 128
21 Inact- not sk,like, other reason 134
22 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 2
23 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 4
24 Inact- not sk,not like, student 838
25 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 1863
26 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 77
27 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 2037
28 Inact-not sk,not like,belvs no job avail 8
29 Inact- not sk, not like, not yet looking 20
30 Inact- not sk,not like,doesn't need job 317
31 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 5021
32 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 125
33 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 56
34 Under 16 685
-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, 2008
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