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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2024

Variable Details

VariableINECAC05
LabelBasic economic activity (ILO definition) (reported)
Responses
1 Employee 26365
2 Self-employed 4387
3 Government employment & training programmes 47
4 Unpaid family worker 100
5 ILO unemployed 1081
6 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, student 76
7 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, looking after family, home 36
8 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, temporarily sick or injured 8
9 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, long-term sick or disabled 19
10 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, other reason 78
11 Inactive, seeking, unavailable, no reason given 14
12 Inactive, not seeking, would like, waiting results of job ap 19
13 Inactive, not seeking, would like, student 197
14 Inactive, not seeking, would like, looking after family, hom 280
15 Inactive, not seeking, would like, temporarily sick or injur 82
16 Inactive, not seeking, would like, long term sick or disable 575
17 Inactive, not seeking, would like, believes no jobs availabl 20
18 Inactive, not seeking, would like, not yet started looking 60
19 Inactive, not seeking, would like, does not need or want emp 35
20 Inactive, not seeking, would like, retired from paid work 85
21 Inactive, not seeking, would like, other reason 106
22 Inactive, not seeking, would like, no reason given 1
23 Inactive, not seeking, not like, waiting results of job appl 10
24 Inactive, not seeking, not like, student 1552
25 Inactive, not seeking, not like, looking after family, home 1204
26 Inactive, not seeking, not like, temporarily sick or injured 95
27 Inactive, not seeking, not like, long term sick or disabled 2041
28 Inactive, not seeking, not like, believes no jobs available 11
29 Inactive, not seeking, not like, not yet started looking 49
30 Inactive, not seeking, not like, does not need or want emplo 339
31 Inactive, not seeking, not like, retired from paid work 12227
32 Inactive, not seeking, not like, other reason 229
33 Inactive, not seeking, not like, no reason given 182
34 Under 16 11459
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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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