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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

2011 Census Microdata Individual Safeguarded Sample (Regional)

Variable Details

Variableecopuk
LabelEconomic Activity
Responses
-9 Not applicable 565216
1 Employee, Part-time 285436
2 Employee, Full-time 794775
3 Self-employed with employees, Part-time 8411
4 Self-employed with employees, Full-time 38505
5 Self-employed without employees, Part-time 52919
6 Self-employed without employees, Full-time 103072
7 Unemployed, Seeking work and ready to start in 2 weeks etc. 90246
8 Economically Active Full-time Students, Employee, Part-time 42984
9 Economically Active Full-time Students, Full-time 8744
10 Economically Active Full-time Students, Self-employed 2732
11 Economically Active Full-time Students, Unemployed, etc. 17204
12 Retired 485115
13 Student 124374
14 Looking after home/family 89342
15 Permanently sick/disabled 89055
16 Economically Inactive, Other 50025
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location2011 Census Microdata Individual Safeguarded Sample (Regional)
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: These data comprise a 5% sample of anonymised individual 2011 Census records.
SamplingStratified sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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