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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, August - October, 2020

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 29225
2 Self-employed 5186
3 Government employment & training programmes 40
4 Unpaid family worker 118
5 ILO unemployed 1551
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 62
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 49
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 10
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 9
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 72
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 14
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 11
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 282
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 350
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 71
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 504
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 53
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 93
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 32
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 101
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 253
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 0
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 2
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1583
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1305
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 66
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1950
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 30
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 76
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 436
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 14583
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 266
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 165
34 Under 16 12441
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, August - October, 2020
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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