Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2010-2011

Variable Details

Variablemainhrs
LabelHow many hours a week do you usually work in your main job, that is excluding meal breaks and overtime?
Question text How many hours a week do you usually work, that is excluding meal breaks?
Responses
0 2
2 1
3 2
4 5
5 10
6 3
7 3
7.5 1
8 9
9 4
10 24
10.5 1
11 2
12 26
12.5 2
13 2
14 5
14.5 1
15 30
16 59
16.2000007629395 1
17 4
17.5 3
18 20
18.5 2
18.75 3
19 7
20 95
21 17
22 24
22.5 8
23 6
23.5 1
24 37
25 54
26 6
26.5 1
27 9
27.5 7
28 13
29 1
29.5 1
30 98
31 4
32 28
32.5 6
33 8
33.5 1
34 9
35 109
35.5 1
36 86
36.25 1
36.5 5
37 199
37.5 191
38 102
38.5 1
39 61
39.5 2
40 459
41 3
42 42
42.5 6
43 3
44 8
45 85
46 4
47 2
47.5 1
48 21
49 4
50 95
52 2
54 6
55 20
56 2
60 67
65 6
68 1
69 1
70 17
75 2
80 7
84 1
85 1
90 1
100 2
105 1
999998 Refusal 0
999999 Don't Know 0
-3 Refused 10
-1 Dont Know 4
Sysmiss 2926
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2010-2011
Interviewer InstructionsCHECK WITH RESPONDENT THAT THIS IS TOTAL HOURS. IF WORK PATTERN NOT BASED ON A WEEK, GIVE AVERAGE OVER A FEW MONTHS EXCLUDE MEAL BREAKS.
UniversePrivate households in Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The CHS is based on a systematic random sample of 4,500 addresses drawn each year from the Land and Property Services AgencyGÇÖs (LPSA) list of domestic addresses. The LPSA addresses are sorted by district council and ward, so the sample is effectively stratified geographically. Data is collected by personal interview using CAPI, and the interviews are spread equally over the 12 months from April to March.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually.