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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 2006

Variable Details

VariableWorkhrs
LabelTotal work hours
Question text Thinking of your (main) job/business, how many hours per week do you usually work – please exclude meal breaks and overtime.
Responses
-9 DNA 8143
-8 NA 27
-6 CHILD/NO INT/PROXY 4967
0 6
0.25 1
0.5 1
0.75 1
1 9
2 29
2.5 2
3 15
3.5 2
3.75 2
4 40
4.5 3
5 60
5.5 6
6 59
6.25 6
6.5 2
7 34
7.25 2
7.5 17
7.75 1
8 92
8.25 1
8.5 2
9 24
9.5 9
10 126
10.5 4
11 23
11.25 2
11.5 2
12 111
12.5 13
13 25
13.25 1
13.5 7
14 66
14.5 3
15 177
15.25 1
15.5 5
16 192
16.25 1
16.5 11
16.75 1
17 23
17.5 31
17.75 1
18 117
18.25 1
18.5 33
18.75 4
19 32
19.5 10
19.75 1
20 307
20.5 6
21 81
21.5 6
21.75 2
22 73
22.5 37
23 33
23.5 4
23.75 1
24 134
24.5 5
24.75 4
25 203
25.5 5
26 28
26.25 1
26.5 2
26.75 1
27 46
27.5 23
27.75 2
28 81
28.25 2
28.5 8
29 11
29.5 3
30 372
30.5 5
30.75 1
31 17
31.25 2
31.5 6
32 84
32.5 36
33 42
33.5 6
33.75 1
34 25
34.5 5
34.75 1
35 751
35.25 1
35.5 11
36 238
36.25 23
36.5 54
36.75 4
37 945
37.25 9
37.5 914
37.75 4
38 307
38.25 1
38.5 16
38.75 10
39 339
39.5 10
40 1466
40.25 1
40.5 2
41 22
41.25 1
41.5 5
41.75 2
42 139
42.5 63
43 35
43.5 2
44 35
44.5 4
45 328
46 17
46.5 1
47 12
47.5 16
48 121
48.5 1
49 3
50 296
51 2
52 10
52.5 3
53 7
54 9
55 89
56 14
57 4
58 1
60 147
61 2
62 3
62.5 1
63 2
64 4
65 14
66 1
68 4
70 35
72 7
75 8
76 1
80 13
82 2
84 14
88 1
90 3
97 15
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsTHE HOURS SHOULD BE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST 15 MINUTES, WITH PART HOURS AS DECIMALS, FOR EXAMPLE 36 HOURS 30 MINUTES WOULD BE RECORDED AS 36.5, 40 HOURS 45 MINUTES WOULD BE RECORDED AS 40.75. 97 OR MORE = 97.
UniversePrivate households in Great Britain;Households;National
SamplingSee documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS secondary setting GSS Harmonised Principles
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