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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, February - April, 2021

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 34602
2 Self-employed 6081
3 Government employment & training programmes 34
4 Unpaid family worker 132
5 ILO unemployed 1572
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 117
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 50
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 14
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 11
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 69
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 20
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 16
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 337
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 317
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 91
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 526
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 83
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 108
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 52
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 123
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 259
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 3
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 16
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 2243
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1513
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 98
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 2123
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 22
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 70
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 575
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 18433
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 287
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 205
34 Under 16 13730
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, February - April, 2021
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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