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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, September - November 2021

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 35603
2 Self-employed 6044
3 Government employment & training programmes 48
4 Unpaid family worker 137
5 ILO unemployed 1448
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 101
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 51
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 13
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 13
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 87
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 15
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 13
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 250
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 375
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 82
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 586
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 24
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 92
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 39
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 112
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 166
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 1
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 15
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1956
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1688
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 135
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 2530
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 21
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 74
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 669
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 18789
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 269
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 264
34 Under 16 14586
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, September - November 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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