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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2016

Variable Details

VariableINCAC051
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 15121
2 Self-employed 2803
3 Government employment & training programmes 35
4 Unpaid family worker 66
5 ILO unemployed 862
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 56
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 40
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 10
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 13
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 45
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 10
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 6
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 132
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 319
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 40
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 417
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 16
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 58
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 27
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 77
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 89
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 1
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 5
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 716
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 990
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 45
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1045
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 9
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 30
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 260
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 3477
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 120
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 52
34 Under 16 472
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July - December, 2016
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