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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 2016

Variable Details

VariableINCAC051
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 15977
2 Self-employed 2945
3 Government employment & training programmes 64
4 Unpaid family worker 63
5 ILO unemployed 921
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 78
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 40
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 33
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 11
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 3
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 163
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 325
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 60
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 472
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 22
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 42
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 35
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 102
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 93
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 0
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 4
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1014
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1085
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 50
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1156
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 5
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 20
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 283
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 3634
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 116
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 37
34 Under 16 500
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 2016
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