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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, September - November, 1997

Variable Details

Variablerestemr
LabelReason job temporary (reported)
Responses
1 Permanent 52054
2 Seasonal job: includes training periods 6
3 Seasonal job: could not find perm job 135
4 Seasonal job: did not want permanent job 119
5 Seasonal job: other reason 63
6 Seasonal job: no reason given 0
7 Fixed contract: includes training period 190
8 Fixed contract: could not find perm job 898
9 Fixed contract: did not want perm job 402
10 Fixed contract: other reason 672
11 Fixed contract: no reason given 3
12 Agency temp: includes period of training 8
13 Agency temp: could not find perm job 309
14 Agency temp: did not want permanent job 157
15 Agency temp: other reason 102
16 Agency temp: no reason given 1
17 Casual: includes period of training 6
18 Casual: could not find a permanent job 206
19 Casual: did not want permanent job 463
20 Casual: other reason 160
21 Casual: no reason given 0
22 Other temp: includes period of training 47
23 Other temp: could not find permanent job 144
24 Other temp: did not want permanent job 107
25 Other temp: other reason 187
26 Other temp: no reason given 0
27 Type of temporary job not stated 2
-9 Does not apply 92375
-8 No answer 23
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, September - November, 1997
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year.
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