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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, November, 2021 - January, 2022

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 34179
2 Self-employed 5737
3 Government employment & training programmes 45
4 Unpaid family worker 129
5 ILO unemployed 1271
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 87
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 50
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 67
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 16
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 12
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 256
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 384
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 83
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 592
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 20
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 87
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 35
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 109
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 169
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 0
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 10
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1928
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1625
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 131
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 2445
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 14
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 75
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 640
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 17826
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 264
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 221
34 Under 16 14247
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, November, 2021 - January, 2022
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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