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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2003

Variable Details

Variableleftyr
LabelYear left last job
Question text Which year did you leave your last paid job?
Responses
1923 2
1924 1
1925 3
1928 2
1929 1
1930 10
1931 6
1932 8
1933 6
1934 12
1935 15
1936 13
1937 12
1938 16
1939 31
1940 41
1941 16
1942 39
1943 28
1944 36
1945 104
1946 80
1947 60
1948 60
1949 63
1950 134
1951 51
1952 89
1953 72
1954 58
1955 88
1956 77
1957 80
1958 82
1959 72
1960 168
1961 72
1962 142
1963 80
1964 80
1965 139
1966 76
1967 105
1968 102
1969 97
1970 284
1971 106
1972 262
1973 166
1974 191
1975 340
1976 261
1977 315
1978 392
1979 403
1980 888
1981 553
1982 1030
1983 727
1984 799
1985 1038
1986 907
1987 974
1988 945
1989 1026
1990 1542
1991 1271
1992 1685
1993 1341
1994 1197
1995 1266
1996 1425
1997 1489
1998 1534
1999 1730
2000 1769
2001 2140
2002 3802
2003 542
-9 Does not apply 97790
-8 No answer 174
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2003
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.
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS secondary setting GSS Harmonised Principles
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