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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Poverty and Social Exclusion Living Standards Survey, 2012

Variable Details

VariableEmpStNew
LabelEmployment Status
Responses
1 Full-time employee 2638
2 Part-time employee 918
3 Full-time self employed 273
4 Part-time self employed 134
5 Unemployed (not working but looking for work and available f 364
6 Retired 1982
7 Student 187
8 Looking after family/home 482
9 Permanently sick/disabled 437
10 Other inactive 99
-9 Refusal 6
-8 Don't Know 52
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 4525
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationPoverty and Social Exclusion Living Standards Survey, 2012
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