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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, August - October, 2021

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 36867
2 Self-employed 6264
3 Government employment & training programmes 46
4 Unpaid family worker 141
5 ILO unemployed 1591
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 103
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 58
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 16
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 9
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 94
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 10
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 18
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 263
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 396
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 92
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 600
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 30
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 121
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 183
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 1
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 13
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1990
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1729
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 131
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 2551
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 19
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 74
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 663
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 19407
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 287
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 293
34 Under 16 14921
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, August - October, 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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