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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

VariableXR00
LabelRelationship to person 1
Question text I would now like to ask how all the people in your household are related to each other.
Responses
1 Spouse 24634
2 Cohabiting partner 4699
3 Natural son or daughter 33715
4 Step son or daughter 1187
5 Foster child 106
6 Son or daughter in law 177
7 Parent / Guardian 525
8 Step parent 7
10 Foster parent 0
11 Parent in law 128
12 Brother or sister 542
13 Step brother or sister 27
14 Foster brother or sister 1
15 Brother or sister in law 96
16 Grandchild 674
17 Grandparent 5
18 Other relation 255
19 Other non-relative 2324
20 Civil Partner 68
-10 No answer/Does not apply 51659
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCode relationship of [name] [reltxt] to [name]. Treat relatives of Civil Partners as though the Civil Partners were married. Also, treat cohabiting members of the household as though the cohabiting couple were married, unless the couple are a same sex couple but not in a Civil Partnership.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.
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