Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

Variableuresmc
LabelRegion of usual residence
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 2285
2 Rest of Northern region 4111
3 South Yorkshire 2747
4 West Yorkshire 4658
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 3329
6 East Midlands 9118
7 East Anglia 4719
8 Inner London 4761
9 Outer London 7844
10 Rest of South East 23071
11 South West 10233
12 West Midlands (met county) 4911
13 Rest of West Midlands 5563
14 Greater Manchester 5030
15 Merseyside 2447
16 Rest of North West 5009
17 Wales 5901
18 Strathclyde 4326
19 Rest of Scotland 5975
20 Northern Ireland 4791
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
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.