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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, June - August, 2021

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 37101
2 Self-employed 6283
3 Government employment & training programmes 43
4 Unpaid family worker 133
5 ILO unemployed 1682
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 109
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 53
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 15
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 13
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 82
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 12
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 21
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 297
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 382
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 91
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 617
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 36
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 101
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 46
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 131
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 210
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 1
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 9
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1955
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1689
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 117
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 2453
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 17
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 84
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 637
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 19553
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 283
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 301
34 Under 16 14791
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, June - August, 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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