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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2015

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 39145
2 Self-employed 6834
3 Government emp & training programmes 146
4 Unpaid family worker 188
5 ILO unemployed 2543
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 175
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 79
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 20
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 21
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 69
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 31
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 15
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 541
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 884
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 161
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 1030
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 55
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 119
19 Inact- not sk,wld like,doesnt need job 47
20 Inact- not sk, like, retired 241
21 Inact- not sk,like, other reason 209
22 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 0
23 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 8
24 Inact- not sk,not like, student 2682
25 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 2617
26 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 124
27 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 2428
28 Inact-not sk,not like,belvs no job avail 26
29 Inact- not sk, not like, not yet looking 58
30 Inact- not sk,not like,doesnt need job 493
31 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 14106
32 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 243
33 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 173
34 Under 16 20430
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2015
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: All persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly
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