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LS variable metadata
| ECONACT8 |
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| Table | ME81 1981 Census - LS members |
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| Short description | Economic activity last week of LS member. 1981. |
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| Source | 1981 Census. Question 10 |
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| Code notes | |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 1 | In a job full-time |
| 2 | In a job part-time |
| 3 | Waiting to take up a job |
| 4 | Seeking a job |
| 5 | Temporarily sick |
| 6 | Permanently sick or disabled |
| 7 | Housewife |
| 8 | Wholly retired |
| 9 | At school/student |
| 10 | Other inactive |
| space | Not applicable or no 1981 Census record |
| -9 | Not applicable or no 1981 Census record |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
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| 662 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) pp. 294-295, page 39, page 61. |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 1682 |
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| m204name | PAABME81 |
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| fullname | (ME81)ECONACT8 |
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| description | |
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| codedas | MAIN |
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| source | 1981 Census. Question 10 |
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| derived | N |
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| codelist | Y |
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| formerly | ECONACT |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 2 |
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| occurs | 1 |
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| nmsasname | S32012 |
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| sasname | S31056 |
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| keyword | Socio-economic |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | ME81 |
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