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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 2004-2005

Variable Details

Variabletothrs
LabelTotal usual hours (no overtime)
Question text How many hours a week do you usually work in your (main) job/business? Please exclude meal breaks but include any paid or unpaid overtime that you usually work.
Responses
-9 DNA 6414
-8 NA 33
-6 child/ms/proxy 4551
0 2
1 6
2 20
2.5 1
3 19
3.5 3
4 26
4.15 1
4.3 1
4.5 1
5 49
5.5 1
6 48
6.25 1
6.5 2
7 41
7.25 1
7.3 1
7.5 14
8 82
9 26
9.5 2
9.75 1
10 108
10.5 7
11 16
11.5 4
12 105
12.5 11
13 23
13.45 1
14 56
14.5 1
15 145
15.5 1
16 189
16.25 1
16.5 6
17 46
17.18 1
17.25 1
17.5 11
17.75 1
18 90
18.3 1
18.5 18
18.7 1
19 21
19.5 4
20 354
20.5 1
21 84
21.25 2
21.5 1
21.75 2
22 66
22.5 35
22.75 1
23 24
23.2 1
23.5 2
24 107
25 205
25.25 1
25.5 3
26 31
26.25 2
26.5 2
27 42
27.25 2
27.5 7
28 67
28.5 1
28.75 1
29 17
30 351
31 18
31.5 5
32 73
32.5 10
33 22
33.25 1
33.5 4
34 24
34.25 1
34.5 1
35 533
35.25 1
35.4 1
35.5 5
36 184
36.25 5
36.26 1
36.5 21
37 773
37.25 3
37.3 4
37.5 366
37.75 1
38 278
38.25 2
38.5 6
38.75 1
39 301
39.25 1
39.5 4
40 1383
40.25 1
40.5 2
41 35
41.5 3
42 179
42.3 2
42.5 25
43 51
43.5 2
44 77
44.5 2
45 605
45.5 1
46 36
46.5 1
47 49
47.5 17
48 130
49 12
49.75 1
50 628
51 4
52 30
52.5 2
53 15
54 8
54.5 1
55 199
56 35
57 13
58 12
58.5 1
59 1
60 321
61 1
62 5
63 4
64 5
64.5 1
65 52
66 6
67 1
68 3
68.75 1
69 1
70 80
72 7
74 5
75 12
77 2
78 2
79 1
80 29
84 11
85 6
87 1
90 8
91 1
95 1
96 2
97 11
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 2004-2005
Interviewer InstructionsHOURS IN MAIN JOB ONLY. 97 OR MORE = 97.
UniversePrivate households in Great Britain;Households;National
SamplingSee documentation for details
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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