Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 1998

Variable Details

Variablegorone
LabelRegion of residence one year ago
Responses
1 Tyne and Wear 1951
2 Rest of North East 2489
3 Greater Manchester 4121
4 Merseyside 2030
5 Rest of North West 4913
6 South Yorkshire 2503
7 West Yorkshire 3377
8 Rest of Yorkshire & Humberside 2917
9 East Midlands 6831
10 West Midlands Metropolitan County 4767
11 Rest of West Midlands 4264
12 Eastern 9254
13 Inner London 3667
14 Outer London 6541
15 South East 12798
16 South West 7897
17 Wales 5081
18 Strathclyde 4050
19 Rest of Scotland 5097
20 Northern Ireland 3735
22 Outside UK 445
23 Baby under 3 months 1268
-8 47984
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 1998
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.