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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2017 - March 2018

Variable Details

VariableINCAC052
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 16644
2 Self-employed 2994
3 Government emp & training programmes 37
4 Unpaid family worker 80
5 ILO unemployed 781
6 Inact- seeking, unavailable, student 83
7 Inact- sking,unav,lking after fam,home 36
8 Inact- sking,unav,temp sick or injured 6
9 Inact-sking,unav,long-term sick,disabled 10
10 Inact- sking, unavail, other reason 29
11 Inact- sking, unavail, no reason given 13
12 Inact- not sk,wld like,wait res job app 5
13 Inact- not sking, wld like, student 195
14 Inact- not sk,like,lking after fam,home 308
15 Inact- not sk,like, temp sick,injured 41
16 Inact-not sk,like,lng trm sick,disabled 429
17 Inact-not sk,like, believes no job avail 18
18 Inact- not sk,like, not yet looking 50
19 Inact- not sk,wld like,doesnt need job 35
20 Inact- not sk, like, retired 77
21 Inact- not sk,like, other reason 75
22 Inact- not sk,like, no reason given 0
23 Inact- not sk,not like,wait results app 0
24 Inact- not sk,not like, student 831
25 Inact-not sk,not like,lk after fam,home 1013
26 Inact- not sk,not like, temp sick,injur 49
27 Inact-not sk,not like,long-term sick,dis 1167
28 Inact-not sk,not like,belvs no job avail 5
29 Inact- not sk, not like, not yet looking 26
30 Inact- not sk,not like,doesnt need job 332
31 Inact- not sk,not like, retired 3498
32 Inact- not sk,not like, other reason 113
33 Inact- not sk,not like, no reason given 27
34 Under 16 382
-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 2017 - March 2018
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