Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2012

Variable Details

VariableUsuHr
LabelJob: Thinking of your (main) job/ business, how many hours per week do you usually work
Question text Thinking of your (main) job/business, how many hours per week do you usually work - please exclude meal breaks and overtime?
Responses
2 1
3 1
4 4
5 3
6 3
6.5 1
7 3
7.5 3
8 8
9 3
9.5 1
10 6
11 5
11.75 1
12 12
12.5 2
13 2
13.5 2
14 3
14.5 2
15 19
16 28
16.25 1
16.5 2
17 3
17.5 6
18 18
18.5 3
18.75 3
19 6
19.5 3
20 49
21 14
21.75 1
22 8
22.5 11
23 3
23.25 1
24 24
24.5 3
25 34
25.75 1
26 1
26.5 1
27 5
27.5 4
28 10
28.75 1
29 3
29.75 1
30 70
31.25 2
31.5 1
32 19
32.25 1
32.5 6
33 5
33.25 1
33.5 2
34 8
34.5 1
35 176
35.25 1
36 45
36.25 2
36.5 9
37 243
37.25 1
37.5 297
38 48
38.5 4
38.75 1
39 81
39.5 5
40 378
40.5 2
41 4
41.75 1
42 22
42.5 11
43 1
43.5 1
44 4
45 39
46 2
47 3
47.5 1
48 24
49 1
50 27
51 1
52 1
52.5 1
53 1
55 3
60 5
62.5 1
68 1
80 1
90 1
97 97 or more 2
Sysmiss 11249
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.
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS primary setting GSS Harmonised Principles