Activity last week
Definition
This is an indicator of a person’s employment status in the week before census - whether it be employed, unemployed (i.e. available to start a job and seeking a job or available to start a job and actually waiting to start a job already obtained), or their status if not employed and not seeking employment.
Classification
Total number of categories 8
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 01 | Working |
| 02 | Unemployed |
| 03 | Economically inactive - student |
| 04 | Economically inactive - retired |
| 05 | Economically inactive - long-term sick or disabled |
| 06 | Economically inactive - looking after home/family |
| 07 | Economically inactive - other |
| XX | No code required (Comprises: Schoolchildren and full-time students living away from home during term time and all those under the age of 16) |
Source question or variables
AGE (Derived variable)
AVAILWORK (Primary variable)
EMPLYGRP (Derived variable)
LOOKWORK (Primary variable)
OTHACT (Primary variable)
STUDENT (Primary variable)
TERMIND (Primary variable)
WAITWORK (Primary variable)