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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2019

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 34978
2 Self-employed 6480
3 Government employment & training programmes 74
4 Unpaid family worker 163
5 ILO unemployed 1466
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 106
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 68
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 25
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 19
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 73
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 15
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 21
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 294
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 555
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 102
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 782
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 32
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 94
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 36
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 101
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 158
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 1
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 14
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 2123
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1972
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 103
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 2388
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 13
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 60
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 378
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 12910
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 280
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 190
34 Under 16 17988
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2019
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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