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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2016

Variable Details

VariableINCAC052
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 14777
2 Self-employed 2825
3 Government employment & training programmes 42
4 Unpaid family worker 74
5 ILO unemployed 854
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 66
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 34
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 9
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 19
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 38
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 13
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 5
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 164
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 350
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 42
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 468
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 15
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 52
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 28
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 78
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 73
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 2
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 3
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 633
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 959
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 42
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1096
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 10
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 22
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 316
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 3496
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 87
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 41
34 Under 16 349
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2016
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