Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2007

Variable Details

Variablegovtor
LabelGovernment office regions
Responses
1 Tyne and Wear 2302
2 Rest of North East 3185
3 Greater Manchester 4917
4 Merseyside 2694
5 Rest of North West 6166
6 South Yorkshire 2743
7 West Yorkshire 4810
8 Rest of Yorkshire & Humberside 3386
9 East Midlands 9150
10 West Midlands Metropolitan County 4677
11 Rest of West Midlands 5453
12 East of England 11204
13 Inner London 4679
14 Outer London 7949
15 South East 17462
16 South West 10809
17 Wales 6094
18 Strathclyde 4327
19 Rest of Scotland 6017
20 Northern Ireland 4692
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2007
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.