Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2012

Variable Details

Variableuresmc
LabelRegion of usual residence
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 1943
2 Rest of Northern region 3607
3 South Yorkshire 2451
4 West Yorkshire 4361
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 3107
6 East Midlands 7892
7 East Anglia 4437
8 Inner London 4302
9 Outer London 7463
10 Rest of South East 20142
11 South West 9133
12 West Midlands (met county) 4513
13 Rest of West Midlands 4823
14 Greater Manchester 4478
15 Merseyside 2165
16 Rest of North West 4287
17 Wales 5274
18 Strathclyde 3669
19 Rest of Scotland 5070
20 Northern Ireland 4106
-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