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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2024

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 24635
2 Self-employed 4080
3 Government employment & training programmes 34
4 Unpaid family worker 104
5 ILO unemployed 1023
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 92
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 36
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 9
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 16
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 61
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 4
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 17
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 184
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 281
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 72
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 509
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 16
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 60
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 24
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 90
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 101
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 2
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 15
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1381
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1103
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 73
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 1997
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 10
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 53
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 319
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 11694
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 187
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 200
34 Under 16 10657
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2024
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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