Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 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 1276
2 In FT ed or training or on scheme 1072
3 Looking after family or home 658
4 Doing something else 373
-9 Does not apply 96694
-8 No answer 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsCode one only (Main activity)
UniverseLocation of units of observation:National;Population:Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.