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Office for National Statistics; National Records of Scotland; Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; UK Data Service. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-2011-2
**Dataset population:** Persons aged 16 and over **Age** Age is derived from the date of birth question and is a person's age at their last birthday, at 27 March 2011. Dates of birth that imply an age over 115 are treated as invalid and the person's age is imputed. Infants less than one year old are classified as 0 years of age. **Economic activity** Economic activity relates to whether or not a person who was aged 16 and over was working or looking for work in the week before census. Rather than a simple indicator of whether or not someone was currently in employment, it provides a measure of whether or not a person was an active participant in the labour market. A person's economic activity is derived from their 'activity last week'. This is an indicator of their status or availability for employment - whether employed, unemployed, or their status if not employed and not seeking employment. Additional information included in the economic activity classification is also derived from information about the number of hours a person works and their type of employment - whether employed or self-employed. The census concept of economic activity is compatible with the standard for economic status defined by the [International Labour Organisation (ILO)](https://www.ilo.org/global/statistics-and-databases/classifications/lang--en/index.htm). It is one of a number of definitions used internationally to produce accurate and comparable statistics on employment, unemployment and economic status. **NS-SeC** The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) provides an indication of socio-economic position based on occupation. It is an Office for National Statistics standard classification. To assign a person aged 16 to 74 to an NS-SeC category, their occupation title is combined with information about their employment status, whether they are employed or self-employed and whether or not they supervise other employees. Full-time students are recorded in the 'full-time students' category regardless of whether they are economically active or not. The rebased version of NS-SeC used in census results uses occupation coded to SOC2010. Information about the classification is available here: [NS-SEC rebased on SOC2010](https://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/classifications/current-standard-classifications/soc2010/soc2010-volume-3-ns-sec--rebased-on-soc2010--user-manual/index.html). For 'Long-term unemployed', the year last worked is 2009 or earlier. In 2011 Census results, because the census did not ask a question about the number of employees at a person's workplace, the reduced method of deriving NS-SeC (which does not require this information) is used.
Age by Economic activity by NS-SeC (National Statistics Socio-economic Classification) (Great Britain) 2011
Office for National Statistics; National Records of Scotland; Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; UK Data Service.
Age, Economic activity and NS-SeC (National Statistics Socio-economic Classification) Definitions
Codes as headers, descriptions in separate file. Great Britain coverage where available
Middle Super Output Areas and Intermediate Zones