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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2017 - December 2018

Variable Details

VariableINCAC053
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 1904
2 Self-employed 348
3 Government employment & training programmes 3
4 Unpaid family worker 18
5 ILO unemployed 75
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 7
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 3
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 0
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 1
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 4
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 21
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 35
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 5
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 49
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 2
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 6
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 5
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 8
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 6
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 55
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 122
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 1
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 163
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 0
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 4
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 55
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 704
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 9
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 1
34 Under 16 21
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2017 - December 2018
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