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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableRELH06
LabelRelationship to head of household
Responses
0 Head of household 37341
1 Spouse 18547
2 Cohabitee 4102
3 Child 26400
4 Step-child 1338
5 Foster child 89
6 Child-in-law 186
7 Parent 278
8 Step-parent 12
10 Foster parent 0
11 Parent-in-law 120
12 Brother or sister 446
13 Step-brother or sister 24
14 Foster brother or sister 5
15 Brother or sister-in-law 64
16 Grandchild 678
17 Grandparent 9
18 Other relation 251
19 Other non-relative 2048
20 Civil Partner 73
21 Same sex cohabitee 115
22 Undefined 4
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 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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