Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2005

Variable Details

Variablegovtor
LabelGovernment office regions
Responses
1 Tyne and Wear 2429
2 Rest of North East 3138
3 Greater Manchester 4465
4 Merseyside 2638
5 Rest of North West 5663
6 South Yorkshire 2878
7 West Yorkshire 4657
8 Rest of Yorkshire & Humberside 3477
9 East Midlands 8986
10 West Midlands Metropolitan County 5288
11 Rest of West Midlands 5724
12 East of England 11449
13 Inner London 4842
14 Outer London 8349
15 South East 17635
16 South West 10702
17 Wales 6111
18 Strathclyde 4357
19 Rest of Scotland 6467
20 Northern Ireland 4805
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
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.