Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2005

Variable Details

Variablediffhr
LabelHours different from usual
Responses
1 More than usual hours 5913
2 Hours vary 8135
3 Bank holiday 3559
4 Maternity, paternity leave 486
5 Other leave, holiday 5766
6 Sick or injured 2273
7 Training course 215
8 Started, changed jobs 49
9 Ended job 55
10 Bad weather 165
11 Labour dispute 7
12 Economic, other causes 76
13 Personal, family 223
14 Other reasons 499
15 No reason given 21
16 Same as usual hours 28780
-9 Does not apply 69636
-8 No answer 1478
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2005
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.