Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2008

Variable Details

Variablegovtor
LabelGovernment office regions
Responses
1 Tyne and Wear 2263
2 Rest of North East 3094
3 Greater Manchester 4927
4 Merseyside 2501
5 Rest of North West 5970
6 South Yorkshire 2598
7 West Yorkshire 4668
8 Rest of Yorkshire & Humberside 3263
9 East Midlands 8974
10 West Midlands Metropolitan County 4801
11 Rest of West Midlands 5505
12 East of England 11142
13 Inner London 4579
14 Outer London 7639
15 South East 16550
16 South West 10383
17 Wales 5827
18 Strathclyde 4264
19 Rest of Scotland 6019
20 Northern Ireland 4809
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 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.;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.