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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2021

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 36310
2 Self-employed 6064
3 Government employment & training programmes 57
4 Unpaid family worker 136
5 ILO unemployed 1421
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 92
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 49
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 13
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 12
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 78
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 18
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 14
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 272
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 373
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 76
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 599
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 24
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 102
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 39
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 111
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 177
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 1
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 14
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 2111
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1722
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 139
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 2553
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 17
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 89
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 686
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 18299
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 303
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 256
34 Under 16 14563
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2021
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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