Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

Variableregwkr
LabelRegion of place of work
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 1046
2 Rest of Northern region 1677
3 South Yorkshire 1120
4 West Yorkshire 2083
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 1501
6 East Midlands 3965
7 East Anglia 2171
8 Central London 2182
9 Inner London (not central) 1666
11 Outer London 2506
12 Rest of South East 10080
13 South West 4677
14 West Midlands Metropolitan 2040
15 Rest of West Midlands 2417
16 Greater Manchester 2234
17 Merseyside 964
18 Rest of North West 2180
19 Wales 2370
20 Strathclyde 1875
21 Rest of Scotland 2844
22 Northern Ireland 1921
23 Outside UK 9
-9 Does not apply 67099
-8 No answer 202
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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.