Mnemonic: economic_activity_hours_worked
Applicability: Person
Type: Derived variable
Definition
This is a combination of the economic activity and hours worked variables to categorise people who are in employment by the number of hours that they work per week. It also includes those who are unemployed or economically inactive.
Classification
Total number of categories: 20
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Employee: Part-time: 15 hours or less worked |
| 2 | Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Employee: Part-time: 16 to 30 hours worked |
| 3 | Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Employee: Full-time: 31 to 48 hours worked |
| 4 | Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Employee: Full-time: 49 or more hours worked |
| 5 | Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Self-employed: Part-time: 15 hours or less worked |
| 6 | Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Self-employed: Part-time: 16 to 30 hours worked |
| 7 | Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Self-employed: Full-time: 31 to 48 hours worked |
| 8 | Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment: Self-employed: Full-time: 49 or more hours worked |
| 9 | Economically active: In employment: Full-time students: Part-time: 15 hours or less worked |
| 10 | Economically active: In employment: Full-time students: Part-time: 16 to 30 hours worked |
| 11 | Economically active: In employment: Full-time students: Full-time: 31 to 48 hours worked |
| 12 | Economically active: In employment: Full-time students: Full-time: 49 or more hours worked |
| 13 | Economically active: Unemployed: Unemployed (excluding full time students) |
| 14 | Economically active: Unemployed: Full-time students |
| 15 | Economically inactive: Retired |
| 16 | Economically inactive: Student |
| 17 | Economically inactive: Looking after home or family |
| 18 | Economically inactive: Long-term sick or disabled |
| 19 | Economically inactive: Other |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Students and schoolchildren living away during term-time, and children aged 15 years and under.
Quality information
As Census 2021 was during a unique period of rapid change, take care when using Labour Market data for planning purposes.
Read more in our Labour market quality information for Census 2021 methodology.
Background
Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.
Comparability with the 2011 Census
Highly comparable
What does highly comparable mean?
A variable that is highly comparable means that it can be directly compared with the variable from the 2011 Census. The questions and options that people could choose from may be slightly different, for example the order of the options may be swapped around, but the data collected is the same.
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons
Not comparable
This variable is not comparable as the data is not available for all countries.
What does not comparable mean?
A variable that is not comparable means that it cannot be compared for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Find out more about variables produced for Census 2021 in Northern Ireland and Census 2022 in Scotland.