Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2006

Variable Details

Variablegovtor
LabelGovernment office regions
Responses
1 Tyne and Wear 2480
2 Rest of North East 3221
3 Greater Manchester 4614
4 Merseyside 2619
5 Rest of North West 5703
6 South Yorkshire 2855
7 West Yorkshire 4581
8 Rest of Yorkshire & Humberside 3493
9 East Midlands 9215
10 West Midlands Metropolitan County 5222
11 Rest of West Midlands 5698
12 East of England 11265
13 Inner London 4913
14 Outer London 8234
15 South East 17610
16 South West 10506
17 Wales 6171
18 Strathclyde 4253
19 Rest of Scotland 6367
20 Northern Ireland 5086
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2006
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.