Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

Variableflex9d3
LabelSpecial hours working arrangemnt
Question text Some people have special working hours arrangements that vary daily or weekly. In your (main) job is your agreed working arrangement any of the following... flexitime (flexible working hours), annualised hours contract, term time working, job sharing, a nine-day fortnight, a four-and-a-half day week, zero hours contract, none of these? Response 3
Responses
1 Flexitime 1
2 Annualized hours contract 4
3 Term time working 12
4 Job sharing 14
5 Nine day fortnight 3
6 Four and a half day week 4
7 Zero hours contract 0
8 None of these 0
-9 Does not apply 120791
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCODE UP TO 3. RUNNING PROMPT
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.