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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2015

Variable Details

VariableINCAC051
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 17860
2 Self-employed 3163
3 Government employment & training programmes 59
4 Unpaid family worker 75
5 ILO unemployed 1085
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 42
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 40
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 11
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 9
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 54
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 10
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 1
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 180
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 378
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 68
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 512
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 30
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 52
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 28
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 112
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 103
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 0
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 6
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 844
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1193
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 52
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1229
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 7
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 32
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 299
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 3826
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 112
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 63
34 Under 16 581
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2015
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