Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2000

Variable Details

Variablegovtor
LabelGovernment office regions
Responses
1 Tyne and Wear 2784
2 Rest of North East 3560
3 Greater Manchester 5851
4 Merseyside 3159
5 Rest of North West 6950
6 South Yorkshire 3267
7 West Yorkshire 5168
8 Rest of Yorkshire & Humberside 4224
9 East Midlands 9928
10 West Midlands Metropolitan County 6173
11 Rest of West Midlands 6644
12 East of England 12930
13 Inner London 5468
14 Outer London 10250
15 South East 19217
16 South West 12045
17 Wales 7087
18 Strathclyde 5665
19 Rest of Scotland 7440
20 Northern Ireland 5890
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2000
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.