Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2012

Variable Details

Variablegovtor
LabelGovernment office regions
Responses
1 Tyne and Wear 1879
2 Rest of North East 2554
3 Greater Manchester 4399
4 Merseyside 2088
5 Rest of North West 4974
6 South Yorkshire 2254
7 West Yorkshire 4213
8 Rest of Yorkshire & Humberside 3006
9 East Midlands 7527
10 West Midlands Metropolitan County 4298
11 Rest of West Midlands 4608
12 East of England 9691
13 Inner London 3896
14 Outer London 6758
15 South East 13890
16 South West 8788
17 Wales 4940
18 Strathclyde 3567
19 Rest of Scotland 4775
20 Northern Ireland 4322
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 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