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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2021

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 39100
2 Self-employed 6630
3 Government employment & training programmes 47
4 Unpaid family worker 137
5 ILO unemployed 1760
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 107
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 55
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 16
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 12
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 98
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 10
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 22
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 301
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 403
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 95
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 648
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 38
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 100
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 45
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 145
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 216
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 2
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 13
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 2132
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1801
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 130
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 2641
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 24
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 76
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 661
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 19888
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 294
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 294
34 Under 16 15267
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2021
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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