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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2015

Variable Details

VariableDIFFHR6
LabelHours different from usual
Responses
1 More than usual hours 4617
2 Hours vary 5714
3 Bank holiday 2524
4 Maternity, paternity leave 589
5 Parental leave 41
6 Other leave holiday 3758
7 Sick or injured 1139
8 Training course 46
9 Started changed job 30
10 Ended job 49
11 Bad Weather 33
12 Labour Dispute 2
13 Economic Other causes 57
14 Personal Family 214
15 Other reasons 634
16 No reason given 4
17 Same as usual hours 25003
-9 Does not apply 53493
-8 No answer 1326
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2015
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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