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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariablePREFHR
LabelHours sought in new job
Question text In the job that you were looking for, would you rather work longer hours than in your present job, or would you rather work shorter hours?
Responses
1 Longer 435
2 Shorter 390
3 The same 914
4 Don't Know, no preference 223
-9 Does not apply 92002
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2016
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.
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