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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2015 - March 2016

Variable Details

VariableINCAC051
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 18103
2 Self-employed 3165
3 Government employment & training programmes 66
4 Unpaid family worker 65
5 ILO unemployed 981
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 63
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 34
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 11
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 6
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 43
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 12
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 2
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 184
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 381
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 53
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 492
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 25
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 55
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 34
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 103
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 132
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 2
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 5
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1072
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1212
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 58
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1227
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 10
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 31
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 304
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 3803
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 128
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 48
34 Under 16 556
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2015 - March 2016
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