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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Eurostat Dataset, Quarter One, 2010

Variable Details

VariableHOURREAS
LabelMain reason for hours actually worked during the reference week being different from the person's usual hours
Responses
01 Worked more — variable hours (e.g. flexible working hours) 2447
02 Worked more — other reasons 1104
03 Worked less — bad weather 539
04 Worked less — slack work for technical or economic reasons 123
05 Worked less — labour dispute 20
06 Worked less — education or training 86
07 Worked less — variable hours (e.g. flexible working hours) 5976
08 Worked less — own illness, injury or temporary disability 685
09 Worked less — maternity or parental leave 27
10 Worked less — special leave for personal or family reasons 209
11 Worked less — annual Holidays 1506
12 Worked less — bank Holidays 661
13 Worked less — start of/change in job during reference week 22
14 Worked less — end of job w/o taking up new one in ref week 16
15 Worked less — other reasons 496
16 Worked more — overtime 1370
97 Person worked usual hours during the reference week 26985
98 No reason given for a diff between actual and usual hours 0
99 Not applicable 68006
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Eurostat Dataset, Quarter One, 2010
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Respondents to the UK QLFS; see main QLFS documentation for details.
SamplingSee main QLFS documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly.
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