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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996

Variable Details

VariableOYCIRC
LabelCircumstances 12 months ago
Question text I should (also) like to ask you now about your situation 12 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 yourself 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 43654
2 Laid off, short time 59
3 Unemployed, actively seeking 3704
4 On Government scheme 211
5 Unpaid work for self or relative 180
6 Full time student 4605
7 Looking after family 7041
8 Temp sick or injured 391
9 Long term sick or disabled 3763
10 Retired 15341
11 None of these 578
-10 No answer/Does not apply 27630
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
-5 Non-data due to seasonal-to-calendar quarter change 47056
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996
Interviewer InstructionsCODE FIRST THAT APPLIES
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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