Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2009

Variable Details

Variableregwkr
LabelRegion of place of work
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 1047
2 Rest of Northern region 1652
3 South Yorkshire 1066
4 West Yorkshire 1992
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 1504
6 East Midlands 3936
7 East Anglia 2161
8 Central London 2052
9 Inner London (not central) 1628
11 Outer London 2417
12 Rest of South East 9820
13 South West 4640
14 West Midlands Metropolitan 1998
15 Rest of West Midlands 2338
16 Greater Manchester 2247
17 Merseyside 954
18 Rest of North West 2173
19 Wales 2307
20 Strathclyde 1899
21 Rest of Scotland 2840
22 Northern Ireland 1814
23 Outside UK 147
-9 Does not apply 67367
-8 No answer 77
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2009
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.