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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2003

Variable Details

Variableconsey
LabelYear started as self employed
Question text In which year did you start working continuously as a self-employed person?
Responses
1939 1
1942 1
1943 1
1945 3
1946 1
1947 4
1948 6
1949 5
1950 13
1951 2
1952 5
1953 6
1954 5
1955 5
1956 5
1957 9
1958 13
1959 11
1960 34
1961 18
1962 20
1963 18
1964 20
1965 28
1966 15
1967 45
1968 31
1969 28
1970 81
1971 34
1972 121
1973 68
1974 50
1975 80
1976 62
1977 97
1978 110
1979 78
1980 158
1981 88
1982 203
1983 144
1984 117
1985 167
1986 150
1987 215
1988 191
1989 176
1990 243
1991 145
1992 318
1993 205
1994 208
1995 251
1996 257
1997 305
1998 361
1999 406
2000 489
2001 556
2002 887
2003 126
-9 Does not apply 127283
-8 No answer 50
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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