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1 In full-time education (not paid for by employer, including on vacation)
2 On government training/employment programme
3 In paid work (or away temporarily) for at least 10 hours in week
4 Waiting to take up paid work already accepted
5 Unemployed and registered at a JobCentre or JobCentre Plus
6 Unemployed, not registered, but actively looking for a job (of at least 10 hrs a week)
7 Unemployed, wanting a job (of at least 10 hrs per week) but not actively looking for a job
8 Permanently sick or disabled
9 Wholly retired from work
10 Looking after the home
11 (Doing something else) (WRITE IN)
Universe
Persons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
Sampling
Multi-stage stratified random sample
Study Type
Repeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually.