Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2014

Variable Details

VariableYLESS6
LabelReasn wrkd few.hrs than usual in rf wk
Question text What was the main reason that you did fewer hours than usual/were away from work in the week ending Sunday the [date]?
Responses
1 Number of hours or OT varies 6451
2 Bank holiday 730
3 Maternity or paternity leave 579
4 Parental leave 20
5 Other leave or holiday 3709
6 Sick or injured 1340
7 Training course away from workplace 59
8 Started new job or changed jobs 25
9 Ended job and did not start new one 58
10 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by bad weather 94
11 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by labour dispute at ow 11
12 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by economic/other cause 126
13 Other personal or family reasons 211
14 Other reasons 584
-9 Does not apply 85313
-8 No answer 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD. 1 Number of hours worked/overtime varies 2 Bank holiday 3 Maternity or paternity leave 4 Parental leave 5 Other leave/holiday 6 Sick or injured 7 Attending a training course away from own workplace 8 Started new job/ changed jobs 9 Ended job and did not start new one that week 10 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by bad weather 11 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by labour dispute at own workplace 12 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by economic and other causes 13 Other personal/family reasons 14 Other reasons
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: All persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly