Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2015

Variable Details

VariableSMEARNER
LabelMain wage earner when respondent was 14 years old
Question text Who was the main wage earner in your house at that time?
Responses
1 mother 8354
2 father 46282
3 other family member 1202
4 joint main earners 2204
5 no earners 2703
-9 Does not apply 31459
-8 No answer 580
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY
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