Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2012

Variable Details

Variablefutype6
LabelType of family unit
Responses
1 1 person - male 7652
2 1 person - female 7954
4 Married couple with no children 21093
5 Married couple, non-dep children only 8858
6 Married couple with dep children 33371
7 Cohab couple with no children 5179
8 Cohab couple with non-dep children only 657
9 Cohab couple with dep children 7575
10 Male lone parent with dep children 768
11 Male lone par with non-dep chldren only 702
12 Female lone par with dep children 10128
13 Female lone par, non-dep chldren only 2847
14 Same sex cohabiting couple, no children 180
15 Same sex cohab couple, non-dep children 2
16 Same sex cohab couple, dep children 23
17 Civil Partners with no children 189
18 Civil Partners, non-dep children only 3
19 Civil Partners with dep children 42
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2012
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: All 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.
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