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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2007

Variable Details

VariableMATLVE
LabelMaternity leave
Question text ...and was your maternity leave (in week ending Sunday the [date])... a legal entitlement (statutory maternity leave/absence), or leave your employer has allowed (contractual maternity leave)?
Responses
1 Statutory maternity leave 322
2 Contractual maternity leave 80
3 Don't know 10
-10 No answer/Does not apply 123303
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE ONLY.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.
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