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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2012

Variable Details

VariableYPTJOB
LabelReason for part-time job
Question text I would like to ask you why you took a part-time rather than a full-time job. Was it because... you were a student/you were at school, you were ill or disabled, you could not find a full-time job, you did not want a full-time job?
Responses
1 Student or at school 1515
2 Ill or disabled 301
3 Could not find full-time job 2162
4 Did not want full-time job 9214
-9 Does not apply 86635
-8 No answer 74
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsCODE 1ST THAT APPLIES.
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly
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