Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2009

Variable Details

Variableregwkr
LabelRegion of place of work
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 971
2 Rest of Northern region 1529
3 South Yorkshire 1098
4 West Yorkshire 1941
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 1446
6 East Midlands 3757
7 East Anglia 2051
8 Central London 1882
9 Inner London (not central) 1375
11 Outer London 2235
12 Rest of South East 8957
13 South West 4346
14 West Midlands Metropolitan 2058
15 Rest of West Midlands 2264
16 Greater Manchester 2125
17 Merseyside 907
18 Rest of North West 2160
19 Wales 2071
20 Strathclyde 1719
21 Rest of Scotland 2691
22 Northern Ireland 1754
23 Outside UK 152
-9 Does not apply 64643
-8 No answer 62
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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.