Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2015

Variable Details

VariableOYCIRC
LabelEmployment situation 12 months ago
Question text I should (also) like to ask you now about your situation twelve months ago, that is in [date], Were you... working in a paid job or business, laid off or on short time at firm, unemployed, actively seeking work, on a special government scheme, doing unpaid work for your or a relative, a full-time student or pupil, looking after the family or home, temporarily sick or injured, long-term sick or disabled, retired from paid work?
Responses
1 Working in paid job or business 37159
2 Laid off, short time at firm 37
3 Unemployed, actively seeking work 1645
4 Special govt sheme 33
5 Unpaid work for self or relative 93
6 Full time student 3965
7 Looking after family or home 3904
8 Temporarily sick or injured 255
9 Long term sick or disabled 3028
10 Retired 12800
11 None of these 974
-9 Does not apply 31340
-8 No answer 126
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsCODE 1ST THAT APPLIES
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