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Labour Force Survey User Guide – Volume 8: Household and Family Data
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Inactive - not seeking, would like work, not started looking
Inactive - not seeking, would like work, not looked
Inactive - not seeking, would like work, no reason
Inactive - not seeking, not like work, waiting results of job application
Inactive - not seeking, not like work, student
Inactive - not seeking, not like work, looking after family, home
Inactive - not seeking, not like work, temporarily sick or injured
Inactive - not seeking, not like work, long-term sick or disabled
Inactive - not seeking, not like work, not need or want job
Inactive - not seeking, not like work, retired
Inactive - not seeking, not like work, other reason
Inactive - not seeking, not like work, no reason given
FREQUENCY: From spring 1992 onwards.
NOTE: Set to unknown (-9) if THHADJ or TFUADJ unknown (-9), or HHCHANGE or FUCHANGE
= 1, for spring 1992 to autumn 1995; or HNDK > 0 from spring 1996.
HEACOMB - Household economic activity variable
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All persons in the household are employed
All persons in the household are either employed or unemployed
All persons in the household are either employed or inactive
All persons in the household are either employed, unemployed or inactive
All persons in the household are unemployed
All persons in the household are either unemployed or inactive
All persons in the household are inactive
Unknown
NOTE: Based on a combination of the variables HNEMP, HNUNEMP and HNINACT. Set to
unknown (-9) if THHADJ or TFUADJ unknown (-9), or HHCHANGE or FUCHANGE = 1, for spring
1992 to autumn 1995; or HNDK > 0 from spring 1996.
HNFTSTUD - Number of people in the household who are full-time students
Based on a person satisfying the criteria CURED =
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At school
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Sandwich course
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Full-time at university or college
NOTE: From spring 1992 to winter 1996 this also included full-time at polytechnic.
HNOTSTUD - Number of people in the household who are not full-time students
All persons in the household who are not classified as a full-time student as defined above. Also
includes CURED not stated.
HNFTIME - Number of people in the household who are working full-time
Based on a person satisfying the criteria
FTPTWORK = 1 and ECAR = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 or 8 for spring 1990;
FTPTWK = 1 and INECACA = 1,2,3 or 4 for spring 1992 to spring 1994;
FTPT = 1 and INECACA = 1,2,3 or 4 from spring 1995.
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