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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableINCAC052
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 17984
2 Self-employed 3183
3 Government employment & training programmes 69
4 Unpaid family worker 65
5 ILO unemployed 969
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 65
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 45
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 9
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 5
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 30
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 15
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 3
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 214
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 403
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 68
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 574
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 26
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 42
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 29
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 110
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 98
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 1
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 5
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 838
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1136
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 43
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1276
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 9
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 31
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 355
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 3843
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 103
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 43
34 Under 16 427
-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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