Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2016

Variable Details

VariableBEFOR
LabelActivity before starting to look for work
Question text What were you doing before you started to look for paid work, were you... working, in full-time education or training or on a government scheme, looking after the family or home or were you doing something else?
Responses
1 Working 940
2 In FT education or training or on scheme 788
3 Looking after family or home 512
4 Doing something else 311
-9 Does not apply 89576
-8 No answer 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsCode one only (Main activity)
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.