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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 1998

Variable Details

Variablegovtor
LabelGovernment office regions
Responses
1 Tyne and Wear 2861
2 Rest of North East 3781
3 Greater Manchester 5981
4 Merseyside 3461
5 Rest of North West 7171
6 South Yorkshire 3269
7 West Yorkshire 5166
8 Rest of Yorkshire & Humberside 3989
9 East Midlands 10244
10 West Midlands Metropolitan County 6672
11 Rest of West Midlands 7009
12 Eastern 13184
13 Inner London 5595
14 Outer London 10164
15 South East 19454
16 South West 11972
17 Wales 7194
18 Strathclyde 6306
19 Rest of Scotland 7576
20 Northern Ireland 5671
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 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.;Households;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.
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