Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013

Variable Details

VariableFLEX101
LabelType of working hours arrangement
Question text Some people have special working hours arrangements that vary daily or weekly. In your (main) job is your agreed working arrangement any of the following… 1 flexitime (flexible working hours), 2 an annualised hours contract, 3 term-time working, 4 job sharing, 5 a nine-day fortnight, 6 a four-and-a-half day week, 7 zero hours contract, 8 on-call working, or 9 none of these?
Responses
1 flexitime (flexible working hours) 3898
2 annualised hours contract 1395
3 term time working 1822
4 job sharing 170
5 nine-day fortnight 87
6 4.5 day week 188
7 zero hours contract 239
8 on-call working 703
9 none of these 29033
-9 Does not apply 59585
-8 No answer 154
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsCode up to 3
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;National
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.