Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2015

Variable Details

VariableBEFOR
LabelActivity before started looking for work
Question text What were you doing before you started to look for paid work, were you... working, in full-time education or training or on a government scheme, looking after the family or home or were you doing something else?
Responses
1 Working 1098
2 In FT ed or training or on scheme 929
3 Looking after family or home 599
4 Doing something else 315
-9 Does not apply 92415
-8 No answer 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsCode one only (Main activity)
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