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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2015

Variable Details

VariableREDYL13
LabelReason for leaving last job
Question text Could you tell me the reason you left your last job?
Responses
1 You were dismissed 209
2 You were made redundant 1225
3 You took voluntary redundancy 270
4 It was a temporary job which came to an end 856
5 You resigned 1024
6 You gave up work for health reasons 1565
7 You took early retirement 1405
8 You retired (at or after state pension age) 3080
9 You gave up work for family or personal reasons 1731
10 Education or training 460
11 You left work for some other reason 828
-9 Does not apply 83273
-8 No answer 15
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY
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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