Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2006

Variable Details

Variableuresmc
LabelRegion of usual residence
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 2469
2 Rest of Northern region 4313
3 South Yorkshire 2975
4 West Yorkshire 4590
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 3454
6 East Midlands 9158
7 East Anglia 4823
8 Inner London 4932
9 Outer London 8276
10 Rest of South East 24207
11 South West 10525
12 West Midlands (met county) 5411
13 Rest of West Midlands 5625
14 Greater Manchester 4462
15 Merseyside 2718
16 Rest of North West 4552
17 Wales 6127
18 Strathclyde 4259
19 Rest of Scotland 6479
20 Northern Ireland 4868
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
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.