Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2012

Variable Details

VariableTotus1
LabelJob: How many hours per week do you usually work in your (main) job/business
Question text How many hours per week do you usually work in your (main) job/business - please exclude meal breaks?
Responses
0 1
0.5 2
1 3
1.5 2
2 21
2.5 2
3 13
3.75 1
4 19
4.5 1
5 25
5.5 2
6 32
6.25 1
6.5 2
7 18
7.5 7
8 49
9 11
9.5 1
10 76
10.5 2
11 4
11.25 2
11.5 3
12 55
12.5 13
13 12
13.5 2
13.75 1
14 17
14.5 2
15 81
15.5 1
16 158
16.5 2
17 15
17.25 1
17.5 10
18 52
18.25 1
18.5 8
18.75 3
19 13
19.5 4
20 177
21 40
21.75 1
22 33
22.5 20
23 12
24 79
24.5 1
25 126
26 14
26.5 2
27 14
27.5 7
28 24
28.5 2
29 12
30 216
31 4
32 51
32.5 10
32.75 1
33 11
34 11
34.5 1
35 199
35.25 1
35.5 2
36 75
36.25 4
36.5 8
36.75 1
37 349
37.5 256
37.75 2
38 78
38.75 1
39 103
39.5 6
40 601
41 3
41.25 1
42 47
42.5 8
43 9
44 21
45 139
46 1
47 6
47.5 3
48 49
49 1
50 148
52 5
52.5 1
54 5
55 38
56 4
57.5 1
60 97
63 1
64 2
65 12
66 3
68 1
70 30
72 4
75 3
77 1
78 1
80 7
84 6
97 97 or more 3
Sysmiss 9183
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsThe hours should be rounded to the nearest 15 minutes, with part hours as decimals, for example 36 hours 30 minutes would be recorded as 36.5, 40 hours 45 minutes would be recorded as 40.75.
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2012.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.