Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2011

Variable Details

Variablediffhr6
LabelHours different from usual
Responses
1 More than usual hours 4277
2 Hours vary 5958
3 Bank holiday 3534
4 Maternity, paternity leave 602
5 Parental leave 18
6 Other leave / holiday 3735
7 Sick or injured 1158
8 Training course 48
9 Started / changed job 40
10 Ended job 53
11 Bad Weather 51
12 Labour Dispute 9
13 Economic / Other causes 192
14 Personal / Family 218
15 Other reasons 539
16 No reason given 6
17 Same as usual hours 24995
-9 Does not apply 58552
-8 No answer 1214
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2011
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.;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