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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2023

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 21350
2 Self-employed 3735
3 Government employment & training programmes 42
4 Unpaid family worker 79
5 ILO unemployed 790
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 53
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 27
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 10
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 13
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 50
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 12
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 11
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 166
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 213
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 58
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 440
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 16
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 54
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 25
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 79
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 68
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 1
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 1
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1256
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1085
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 69
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1788
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 6
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 45
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 346
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 11967
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 178
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 152
34 Under 16 9102
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2023
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingFour sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Data are collected quarterly
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