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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2016

Variable Details

VariableOOBEN
LabelMain reason those not in employment are claiming out-of-work benefits
Responses
1 Job seeker 647
2 Sick, injured or disabled 2049
3 Lone parent 445
4 Carer 658
5 Claiming other out-of-work benefits 542
6 Claiming other benefits only 6940
7 Not claiming any benefits 7252
-9 Does not apply 73552
-8 No answer 45
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2016
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.
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