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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2015

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 6357
2 Bank holiday 640
3 Maternity or paternity leave 632
4 Parental leave 26
5 Other leave or holiday 3861
6 Sick or injured 1374
7 Training course away from workplace 52
8 Started new job or changed jobs 35
9 Ended job and did not start new one 49
10 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by bad weather 70
11 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by labour dispute at ow 6
12 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by economic/other cause 93
13 Other personal or family reasons 215
14 Other reasons 636
-9 Does not apply 86025
-8 No answer 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD.
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.
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