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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2008 - December 2009

Variable Details

VariableINCAC053
LabelEconomic activity (reported) from MM05
Responses
1 Employee 3756
2 Self-employed 583
3 Government emp & training programmes 10
4 Unpaid family worker 12
5 ILO unemployed 287
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 19
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 2
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 0
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 0
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 6
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 3
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 2
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 48
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 82
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 6
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 125
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 18
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 13
19 Inact- not sk,wld like,doesn't need job 8
20 Inact- not sk, like, retired 26
21 Inact- not sk,like, other reason 14
22 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 0
23 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 0
24 Inact- not sk,not like, student 148
25 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 264
26 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 7
27 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 337
28 Inact-not sk,not like,belvs no job avail 2
29 Inact- not sk, not like, not yet looking 3
30 Inact- not sk,not like,doesn't need job 59
31 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 963
32 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 19
33 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 7
34 Under 16 62
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2008 - December 2009
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