Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2014

Variable Details

VariableA200
LabelEmployment status (FES definition)
Responses
0 Not recorded 2375
1 Employee 4819
2 Self-employed or employer 706
3 Out of employment, seeking work within last 4 weeks 325
4 Out of employment, waiting to start a job already obtained 15
5 Sick or injured 368
6 Retired including Job Release Scheme 2545
7 Unoccupied 943
8 Government scheme trainee 15
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2014
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2014.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.