Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013

Variable Details

VariableREDYL13
LabelReason for leaving last job
Question text Could you tell me the reason you left your last job?
Responses
1 You were dismissed 258
2 You were made redundant 1693
3 You took voluntary redundancy 217
4 It was a temporary job which came to an end 965
5 You resigned 965
6 You gave up work for health reasons 1818
7 You took early retirement 1302
8 You retired (at or after state pension age) 3143
9 You gave up work for family or personal reasons 1992
10 Education or training 405
11 You left work for some other reason 885
-9 Does not apply 83616
-8 No answer 15
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY
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.