Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2016

Variable Details

VariableOYCIRC
LabelEmployment situation 12 months ago
Question text I should (also) like to ask you now about your situation twelve 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 your 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 35470
2 Laid off, short time at firm 43
3 Unemployed, actively seeking work 1288
4 Special govt sheme 30
5 Unpaid work for self or relative 119
6 Full time student 4119
7 Looking after family or home 3368
8 Temporarily sick or injured 228
9 Long term sick or disabled 2903
10 Retired 12171
11 None of these 945
-9 Does not apply 33201
-8 No answer 79
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsCODE 1ST THAT APPLIES
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.;Households;National
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.