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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2016

Variable Details

VariableUNDHRS
LabelExtra hours wished to work
Question text How many extra hours, in addition to those you usually work, would you like to work each week?
Responses
1 17
2 92
2.5 15
3 84
3.5 6
4 183
4.3 1
4.5 2
5 631
5.5 6
6 209
6.3 1
6.5 5
7 167
7.25 1
7.3 1
7.5 53
8 350
8.25 2
8.5 1
9 44
9.25 1
9.5 5
10 1051
10.5 5
11 31
11.5 3
12 155
12.5 16
13 30
13.5 1
14 78
14.5 3
14.8 1
15 261
15.5 1
16 137
16.25 1
16.5 1
17 34
17.5 9
18 39
18.5 1
18.75 1
19 16
19.45 1
20 364
21 31
21.5 1
22 16
22.5 6
23 9
24 62
25 52
26 12
27 7
27.5 1
28 14
28.5 1
29 7
30 89
31 3
32 13
33 1
34 2
35 15
36 6
36.5 1
37 14
37.5 5
38 6
40 30
43 1
44 1
48 2
50 4
60 3
80 1
97 97 or more 7
99 235
-9 Does not apply 86012
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2016
Interviewer Instructions97 hours or more = 97 Don't know or refusal = 99
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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