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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2003

Variable Details

Variableempmon
LabelLength of time contin employ (inc self)
Responses
0 561
1 969
2 933
3 980
4 1278
5 1175
6 1112
7 849
8 776
9 738
10 764
11 665
12 826
13 550
14 594
15 583
16 723
17 726
18 703
19 485
20 491
21 499
22 433
23 458
24 581
25 348
26 399
27 372
28 538
29 550
30 524
31 398
32 389
33 402
34 401
35 362
36 566
37 354
38 359
39 295
40 432
41 421
42 419
43 342
44 326
45 355
46 278
47 281
48 458
49 215
50 233
51 240
52 352
53 314
54 371
55 280
56 272
57 263
58 265
59 229
60 443
61 162
62 203
63 218
64 285
65 285
66 287
67 240
68 228
69 252
70 205
71 204
72 390
73 159
74 154
75 131
76 197
77 238
78 216
79 187
80 181
81 185
82 171
83 171
84 306
85 106
86 75
87 14
88 17
89 11
90 9
91 10
92 11
93 9
94 4
95 9
96 1924
108 1612
120 1333
132 1615
144 1189
156 1701
168 1418
180 1277
192 1271
204 934
216 829
228 754
240 638
252 754
264 488
276 735
288 543
300 534
312 477
324 367
336 359
348 399
360 312
372 353
384 188
396 255
408 136
420 139
432 132
444 83
456 87
468 69
480 69
492 57
504 46
516 66
528 24
540 26
552 19
564 12
576 9
588 7
600 11
612 5
624 5
636 11
648 4
660 8
672 4
684 2
696 4
720 1
732 1
768 1
-9 Does not apply 74320
-8 No answer 188
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.
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