Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013

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 1411
2 Ill or disabled 315
3 Could not find full-time job 2175
4 Did not want full-time job 8891
-9 Does not apply 84401
-8 No answer 81
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsCODE 1ST THAT APPLIES.
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.