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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2023

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 17785
2 Self-employed 3108
3 Government employment & training programmes 28
4 Unpaid family worker 68
5 ILO unemployed 633
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 42
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 29
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 6
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 9
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 38
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 4
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 9
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 123
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 193
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 38
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 402
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 13
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 60
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 19
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 49
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 69
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 1096
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 853
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 53
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1551
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 4
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 40
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 298
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 9761
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 146
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 105
34 Under 16 7696
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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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