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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2009

Variable Details

VariableDIFFHR6
LabelHours different from usual
Responses
1 More than usual hours 5525
2 Hours vary 6808
3 Bank holiday 959
4 Maternity, paternity leave 639
5 Parental leave 33
6 Other leave / holiday 4783
7 Sick or injured 1725
8 Training course 111
9 Started / changed job 33
10 Ended job 55
11 Bad Weather 150
12 Labour Dispute 21
13 Economic / Other causes 260
14 Personal / Family 298
15 Other reasons 820
16 No reason given 12
17 Same as usual hours 28157
-10 No answer/Does not apply 63805
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2009
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 April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year.
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