Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2012

Variable Details

Variableredyl11
LabelReason left last job
Question text Could you tell me the reason you left your last job?
Responses
1 you were dismissed 274
2 you were made redundant or took voluntary redundancy 2103
3 it was a temporary job which came to an end 1172
4 you resigned 1011
5 You gave up work for health reasons 1879
6 You took early retirement 1216
7 You retired (at or after State Pension age) 3167
8 You gave up work for family or personal reasons 2088
9 Education or training 498
10 You left for some other reason 822
-9 Does not apply 92983
-8 No answer 10
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY
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