Economic Activity

Description

Economic Activity is a measure of whether or not a person was an active participant in the labour market in the week before Census Day (21 March 2021). People were economically active if they were either in employment or unemployed and actively looking for work. Economic activity is applicable to people aged 16 and over. As such, this variable reports 'No code required' for the subset of the population where no response was expected.

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A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Employee 1
Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Self-employed with employees 2
Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Self-employed without employees 3
Economically active (excluding full-time students): Unemployed 4
Economically active full-time students: In employment: Employee 5
Economically active full-time students: In employment: Self-employed with employees 6
Economically active full-time students: In employment: Self-employed without employees 7
Economically active full-time students: Unemployed 8
Economically inactive: Retired 9
Economically inactive: Student 10
Economically inactive: Looking after home or family 11
Economically inactive: Long-term sick or disabled 12
Economically inactive: Other 13
No code required -8