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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2021

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 34864
2 Self-employed 5858
3 Government employment & training programmes 50
4 Unpaid family worker 131
5 ILO unemployed 1353
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 87
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 48
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 11
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 12
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 75
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 15
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 14
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 254
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 364
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 74
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 581
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 23
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 94
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 38
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 110
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 171
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 1
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 12
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1913
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1674
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 131
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 2480
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 15
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 83
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 668
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 18144
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 280
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 253
34 Under 16 14324
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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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