Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008

Variable Details

Variablegorwkr
LabelRegion of place of work
Responses
1 Tyne and Wear 1092
2 Rest of North East 1231
3 Greater Manchester 2198
4 Merseyside 1001
5 Rest of North West 2795
6 South Yorkshire 1090
7 West Yorkshire 2178
8 Rest of Yorkshire and Humberside 1614
9 East Midlands 3944
10 West Midlands and Met. County 2086
11 Rest of West Midlands 2397
12 East of England 4802
13 Central London 2222
14 Inner London 1646
15 Outer London 2655
16 South East 7762
17 South West 4946
18 Wales 2505
19 Strathclyde 1902
20 Rest of Scotland 2944
21 Northern Ireland 2014
22 Workplace outside UK 8
-9 Does not apply 67820
-8 No answer 203
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008
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.