Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableDVILO4a
LabelDV for ILO in employment - 4 categories
Responses
1 In Employment (exc. unpaid family worker 6397
2 Unpaid family workers 4
3 ILO Unemployed 400
4 Economically inactive 4191
Sysmiss 2818
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsDV for Economic activity.
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2008.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Due to funding constraints, from January 2010 the Northern Ireland (NI) sample used for the LCF will be reduced to a sample proportionate to the NI population relative to the UK.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.