Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2009-2010

Variable Details

Variableempst
LabelCurrent employment status
Responses
1 worked last week 2334
2 away from work last week 85
3 waiting to take up job 12
4 looking for work 169
5 not looking - sick 66
6 economically inactive 1937
8 Refusal 0
9 Don't Know 0
Sysmiss 767
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2009-2010
UniversePrivate households in Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The CHS is based on a systematic random sample of 4,500 addresses drawn each year from the Land and Property Services AgencyGÇÖs (LPSA) list of domestic addresses. The LPSA addresses are sorted by district council and ward, so the sample is effectively stratified geographically. Data is collected by personal interview using CAPI, and the interviews are spread equally over the 12 months from April to March.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.