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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2015

Variable Details

VariableDIFFHR6
LabelHours different from usual
Responses
1 More than usual hours 4467
2 Hours vary 5719
3 Bank holiday 1201
4 Maternity, paternity leave 549
5 Parental leave 32
6 Other leave holiday 4976
7 Sick or injured 1121
8 Training course 41
9 Started changed job 32
10 Ended job 49
11 Bad Weather 63
12 Labour Dispute 3
13 Economic Other causes 63
14 Personal Family 213
15 Other reasons 630
16 No reason given 13
17 Same as usual hours 23986
-9 Does not apply 47190
-8 No answer 1270
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2015
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
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