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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2014

Variable Details

VariableYLESS6
LabelReason worked fewer hours than usual in ref week
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 6097
2 Bank holiday 908
3 Maternity or paternity leave 601
4 Parental leave 26
5 Other leave or holiday 4018
6 Sick or injured 1256
7 Training course away from workplace 32
8 Started new job or changed jobs 31
9 Ended job and did not start new one 48
10 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by bad weather 57
11 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by labour dispute at ow 4
12 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by economic/other cause 83
13 Other personal or family reasons 211
14 Other reasons 633
-9 Does not apply 81691
-8 No answer 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD. Value 11 = Laid off/short time/work interrupted by labour dispute at own workplace
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
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