Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2006

Variable Details

Variableregwkr
LabelRegion of place of work
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 1183
2 Rest of Northern region 1744
3 South Yorkshire 1233
4 West Yorkshire 2137
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 1548
6 East Midlands 4143
7 East Anglia 2221
8 Central London 1913
9 Inner London (not central) 1743
11 Outer London 2783
12 Rest of South East 10746
13 South West 4871
14 West Midlands Metropolitan 2451
15 Rest of West Midlands 2419
16 Greater Manchester 2066
17 Merseyside 1041
18 Rest of North West 2125
19 Wales 2521
20 Strathclyde 1835
21 Rest of Scotland 3075
22 Northern Ireland 2035
23 Outside UK 14
-9 Does not apply 68180
-8 No answer 196
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2006
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From winter 1994-1995, Northern Ireland is included in each quarter. Prior to this, data were only collected there in the March-May quarter each year. When the LFS moved to a quarterly cycle, two new groups of people were included in the survey to improve the coverage of young people: residents in National Health Service (NHS) hospital accommodation (formerly called nurses' homes), and students living in halls of residence or boarding schools.<br>Northern Ireland is not included in the Local Area Data files before 1997.;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly.