Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2009

Variable Details

Variabledurun
LabelDuration of unemployment
Responses
1 Less than 3 months 1491
2 3 months but less than 6 months 746
3 6 months but less than 12 months 899
4 1 year but less than 2 years 643
5 2 years but less than 3 years 165
6 3 years but less than 4 years 75
7 4 years but less than 5 years 41
8 5 years or more 107
-9 Does not apply 108607
-8 No answer 3778
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsThe Durun (duration of unemployment) derived variable has been updated to include changes that were made to government training scheme variables in 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.