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LS variable metadata
| ECOP81 |
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| Table | ME11 2011 Census |
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| Short description | Economic position (coded for compatability with 1981, 1991 and 2001). 2011. |
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| Source | 2011 Census. |
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| Code notes | Questions asked of those aged 16 and over.
1-7, 15-19, -8, -9 |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 1 | Employed Part time |
| 2 | Employed Full Time |
| 3 | Self employed with employees Part Time |
| 4 | Self employed with employees Full Time |
| 5 | Self employed without employees Part Time |
| 6 | Self employed without employees Full Time |
| 7 | Seeking work and ready to start in 2 weeks or waiting to start job |
| 15 | Retired |
| 16 | Student (full or part-time, can also be working) |
| 17 | Looking after home |
| 18 | Permanently Sick |
| 19 | Other |
| -8 | No retained record |
| -9 | No code required (Aged less than 16, Students not at their term-time address) |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 4380 |
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| fullname | (ME11)ECOP81 |
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| description | LS derived variable coding full time students as students irrespective of other economic activity. |
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| codedas | MAIN |
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| source | 2011 Census. |
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| derived | Y |
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| codelist | Y |
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| notes | In 2011 the categories 'unemployed and waiting to start work in the next two weeks' and 'unemployed and available to start in the next two weeks' have been combined. These are economically active:unemployed. |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 2 |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | ME11 |
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