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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2015

Variable Details

VariableINCAC051
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 18023
2 Self-employed 3176
3 Government emp & training programmes 65
4 Unpaid family worker 82
5 ILO unemployed 1085
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 82
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 39
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 11
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 12
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 34
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 13
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 5
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 216
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 380
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 84
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 577
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 25
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 50
19 Inact- not sk,wld like,doesnt need job 22
20 Inact- not sk, like, retired 96
21 Inact- not sk,like, other reason 96
22 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 1
23 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 4
24 Inact- not sk,not like, student 962
25 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 1248
26 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 59
27 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 1279
28 Inact-not sk,not like,belvs no job avail 10
29 Inact- not sk, not like, not yet looking 21
30 Inact- not sk,not like,doesnt need job 280
31 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 3949
32 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 124
33 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 42
34 Under 16 576
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2015
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