Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008

Variable Details

Variableuresmc
LabelRegion of usual residence
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 2325
2 Rest of Northern region 4293
3 South Yorkshire 2739
4 West Yorkshire 4804
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 3405
6 East Midlands 9037
7 East Anglia 4693
8 Inner London 4868
9 Outer London 7954
10 Rest of South East 23815
11 South West 10680
12 West Midlands (met county) 4693
13 Rest of West Midlands 5563
14 Greater Manchester 4842
15 Merseyside 2684
16 Rest of North West 5230
17 Wales 6088
18 Strathclyde 4370
19 Rest of Scotland 6134
20 Northern Ireland 4838
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
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.