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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2016 - March 2017

Variable Details

VariableINCAC052
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 17032
2 Self-employed 3096
3 Government employment & training programmes 63
4 Unpaid family worker 70
5 ILO unemployed 880
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 88
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 33
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 5
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 8
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 23
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 14
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 6
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 248
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 386
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 58
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 452
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 21
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 46
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 20
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 93
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 69
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 0
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 1
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 903
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1049
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 44
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1160
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 12
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 28
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 312
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 3552
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 107
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 28
34 Under 16 395
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2016 - March 2017
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