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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

English Housing Survey, 2008-2009: Household Data

Variable Details

VariableInecaca
LabelEconomic activity - International definition
Responses
1 employee 16811
2 self-employed 2547
3 government employment and training programmes 37
4 unpaid family worker 85
5 ILO unemployed 1120
6 inactive - seeking, unavailable, student 38
7 inactive - seeking, unavailable, looking after family home 50
8 inactive - seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 5
9 inactive - seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 7
10 inactive - seeking, unavailable, other reason 50
11 inactive - seeking, unavailable, no reason given 13
12 inactive - not seeking, like work, applied 5
13 inactive - not seeking, like work, student 65
14 inactive - not seeking, like work, looking after home 193
15 inactive - not seeking, like work, temporarily sick 42
16 inactive - not seeking, like work, long-term sick 255
17 inactive - not seeking, like work, no jobs available 1
18 inactive - not seeking, like work, not started looking 11
19 inactive - not seeking, like work, not need employment 3
20 inactive - not seeking like work, retired from paid work 19
21 inactive - not seeking, like work, other 39
22 inactive - not seeking, like work, no reason 0
23 inactive - not seeking, not like, applied 17
24 inactive - not seeking, not like, student 1494
25 inactive - not seeking, not like, looking after home 1379
26 inactive - not seeking, not like, temporarily sick 76
27 inactive - not seeking, not like, long-term sick 1051
28 inactive - not seeking, not like, no jobs available 47
29 inactive - not seeking, not like, not started looking 63
30 inactive - not seeking, not like, not need employment 107
31 inactive - not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 7739
32 inactive - not seeking, not like, other reason 149
33 inactive - not seeking, not like, no reason given 392
34 under 16 8504
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEnglish Housing Survey, 2008-2009: Household Data
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