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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2009

Variable Details

VariableREDYLFT
LabelReason for leaving last job
Question text Could you tell me the reason you left your last job... you were dismissed, you were made redundant or took voluntary redundancy, it was a temporary job which came to an end, you resigned, you gave up work for health reasons, you took early retirement, you retired (at or after State Pension age), you gave up work for family or personal reasons, you left for some other reason.
Responses
-10 102516
1 Dismissed 309
2 Made redundant,voluntary redundancy 2419
3 Temporary job ended 1059
4 Resigned 1340
5 Gave up work for health reasons 2259
6 Took early retirement 1369
7 Retired (at or after state pension age) 3231
8 Gave up wk for family,personal reason 2306
9 Left for some other reason 1161
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY.
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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