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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableINCAC052
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 18073
2 Self-employed 3218
3 Government employment & training programmes 74
4 Unpaid family worker 72
5 ILO unemployed 1016
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 84
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 27
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 8
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 12
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 6
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 218
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 426
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 63
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 531
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 28
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 40
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 46
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 105
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 95
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 0
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 2
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1026
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1158
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 55
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1290
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 6
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 26
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 341
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 3790
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 123
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 32
34 Under 16 430
-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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