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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April 2016 - June 2017

Variable Details

VariableINCAC054
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 2139
2 Self-employed 430
3 Government employment & training programmes 11
4 Unpaid family worker 9
5 ILO unemployed 108
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 12
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 2
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 1
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 1
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 2
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 0
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 0
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 35
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 53
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 7
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 60
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 2
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 8
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 1
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 14
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 8
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 0
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 0
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 95
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 135
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 9
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 162
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 0
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 2
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 53
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 698
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 12
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 5
34 Under 16 17
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April 2016 - June 2017
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