Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2008

Variable Details

Variablefutype6
LabelType of family unit
Responses
1 1 person - male 9237
2 1 person - female 10885
4 Married couple with no children 25756
5 Married couple, non-dep children only 9489
6 Married couple with dep children 37664
7 Cohab couple with no children 5396
8 Cohab couple with non-dep children only 559
9 Cohab couple with dep children 7549
10 Male lone parent with dep children 830
11 Male lone par with non-dep children only 709
12 Female lone par with dep children 10784
13 Female lone par, non-dep children only 2811
14 Same sex cohabiting couple, no children 206
15 Same sex cohab couple, non-dep children 2
16 Same sex cohab couple, dep children 20
17 Civil Partners with no children 126
18 Civil Partners, non-dep children only 6
19 Civil Partners with dep children 20
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 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.