Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008

Variable Details

Variableinds92m
LabelIndustry SECTION (main job)
Responses
1 A:Agriculture, hunting & forestry 840
2 B:Fishing 25
3 C:Mining, quarrying 243
4 D:Manufacturing 6846
5 E:Electricity gas & water supply 385
6 F:Construction 4444
7 G:Wholesale, retail & motor trade 8107
8 H:Hotels & restaurants 2401
9 I:Transport, storage & communication 3674
10 J:Financial intermediation 2279
11 K:Real estate, renting & business activ. 6527
12 L:Public administration & defence 3983
13 M:educ 5210
14 N:Health & social work 6973
15 O:Other community, social & personal 3039
16 P:Private hholds with employed persons 296
17 Q:Extra-territorial organisations,bodies 28
18 NA,Inadequate description 0
19 Workplace outside UK 10
-9 Does not apply 67691
-8 No answer 54
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.