Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2013

Variable Details

VariableBEFOR
LabelActivity before started looking for work
Question text What were you doing before you started to look for paid work, were you... working, in full-time education or training or on a government scheme, looking after the family or home or were you doing something else?
Responses
1 Working 1518
2 In FT ed or training or on scheme 1100
3 Looking after family or home 707
4 Doing something else 390
-9 Does not apply 95163
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsCode one only (Main activity)
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