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Economic activity in last week< Priority coded>
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
Location of units of observation:National;Population:Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>
Sampling
Multi-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for each BSA year for full details.
Study Type
Repeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.