Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 1999

Variable Details

Variableuresmc
LabelRegion of usual residence
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 2700
2 Rest of Northern region 4973
3 South Yorkshire 3221
4 West Yorkshire 5144
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 4232
6 East Midlands 9828
7 East Anglia 5190
8 Inner London 5564
9 Outer London 10327
10 Rest of South East 27025
11 South West 12022
12 West Midlands (met county) 6283
13 Rest of West Midlands 6752
14 Greater Manchester 6017
15 Merseyside 3208
16 Rest of North West 5640
17 Wales 7026
18 Strathclyde 5673
19 Rest of Scotland 7435
20 Northern Ireland 5711
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 1999
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.;Households;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.