Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2005

Variable Details

Variablediffhr
LabelHours different from usual
Responses
-5 37347
1 More than usual hours 4414
2 Hours vary 5665
3 Bank holiday 16
4 Maternity, paternity leave 342
5 Other leave, holiday 2911
6 Sick or injured 1324
7 Training course 144
8 Started, changed jobs 24
9 Ended job 32
10 Bad weather 48
11 Labour dispute 5
12 Economic, other causes 66
13 Personal, family 214
14 Other reasons 428
15 No reason given 6
16 Same as usual hours 22526
-9 Does not apply 47500
-8 No answer 1048
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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.;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.