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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableINCAC052
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 15184
2 Self-employed 2823
3 Government employment & training programmes 38
4 Unpaid family worker 70
5 ILO unemployed 841
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 57
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 34
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 13
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 10
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 24
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 6
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 9
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 192
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 324
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 42
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 444
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 25
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 46
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 26
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 80
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 84
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 2
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 0
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 689
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 954
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 32
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1074
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 11
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 25
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 308
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 3484
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 111
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 41
34 Under 16 361
-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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