Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2003

Variable Details

Variablediffhr
LabelHours different from usual
Responses
1 More than usual hours 6731
2 Hours vary 8494
3 Bank holiday 1446
4 Maternity, paternity leave 414
5 Other leave, holiday 8156
6 Sick or injured 1929
7 Training course 194
8 Started, changed jobs 62
9 Ended job 54
10 Bad weather 30
11 Labour dispute 3
12 Economic, other causes 98
13 Personal, family 395
14 Other reasons 835
15 No reason given 6
16 Same as usual hours 28828
-9 Does not apply 72461
-8 No answer 1389
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 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.;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.