Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariableTotus1
LabelJob: How many hours per week do you usually work in your (main) job/business
Question text How many hours per week do you usually work in your (main) job/business - please exclude meal breaks?
Responses
0 5
1 4
1.5 1
2 7
2.5 1
3 10
3.5 3
4 22
4.5 2
5 18
6 24
6.25 1
6.5 4
7 13
7.5 7
8 43
8.5 1
9 7
10 56
10.5 2
11 9
11.5 4
12 50
12.5 5
13 8
13.5 3
14 28
14.5 2
15 68
15.75 1
16 122
16.5 3
17 12
17.5 5
18 44
18.5 7
18.75 1
19 13
19.5 2
19.75 1
20 173
20.25 1
21 35
21.5 3
22 38
22.5 23
23 9
24 62
25 91
25.5 2
26 18
26.5 2
27 14
27.5 7
27.75 1
28 30
29 10
29.5 1
30 167
30.25 1
30.5 2
31 6
31.25 1
31.5 1
32 48
32.5 12
33 15
33.5 2
33.75 2
34 11
34.5 4
35 217
35.5 2
36 62
36.25 4
36.5 16
37 311
37.25 2
37.5 264
38 90
38.5 4
38.75 1
39 80
39.5 3
40 575
40.5 1
41 5
42 49
42.5 14
43 9
44 12
45 115
46 4
46.5 1
47 3
47.5 3
47.75 1
48 49
49 2
50 140
51 1
52 5
52.5 1
53 1
54 4
55 33
55.5 1
56 2
60 76
62 1
64 2
65 11
66 1
68 2
70 11
72 5
75 5
78 1
80 9
84 5
97 97 or more 5
Sysmiss 8546
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsThe hours should be rounded to the nearest 15 minutes, with part hours as decimals, for example 36 hours 30 minutes would be recorded as 36.5, 40 hours 45 minutes would be recorded as 40.75.
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2010.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Due to funding constraints, from January 2010 the Northern Ireland (NI) sample used for the LCF will be reduced to a sample proportionate to the NI population relative to the UK.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.