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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008
Variable Details
| Variable | befor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Activity before started looking for work | ||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | What were you doing before you started to look for paid work, were you working, in full-time education or training or on a government scheme, looking after the family or home or were you doing something else? | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | CODE ONE ONLY (MAIN ACTIVITY). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | All 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Simple 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 Type | Repeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly. |
