Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2002

Variable Details

Variableuresmc
LabelRegion of usual residence
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 2493
2 Rest of Northern region 4735
3 South Yorkshire 2960
4 West Yorkshire 5171
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 3903
6 East Midlands 9486
7 East Anglia 4840
8 Inner London 5391
9 Outer London 9079
10 Rest of South East 26405
11 South West 11602
12 West Midlands (met county) 5935
13 Rest of West Midlands 6315
14 Greater Manchester 4701
15 Merseyside 2811
16 Rest of North West 4921
17 Wales 6797
18 Strathclyde 4869
19 Rest of Scotland 7381
20 Northern Ireland 5106
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2002
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.