Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2017

Variable Details

VariableTYPINJ
LabelType of injury incurred through accident
Question text (Thinking of your most recent injury) how would you describe the injury you received? Choose one code which bests describes the injury: 1 Amputation (not loss of fleshy finger tips, teeth or nails - count as superficial) 2 Fracture/broken bones (not cartilage in nose - count as superficial) 3 dislocation of joints (without fracture) 4 Strain/sprain 5 Superficial (inc. bruising, abrasions, scratches, foreign body in eye) 6 Lacerations/ open wounds 7 Loss of sight (temporary or permanent) 8 Chemical or hot metal burn to the eyeball, or any penetrating injury to the eyeball (not the eye area of the face generally) 9 Burns/scalds (not to the eye) 10 Lack of oxygen (asphyxia) or poisoning 11 Other type of injury 12 Multiple injuries, no one injury type obviously more severe
Responses
1 Amputation (NOT superficial) 3
2 Fracture/ broken bones (NOT superficial) 100
3 Dislocation of joints (without fracture) 26
4 Strain/ sprain 210
5 Superficial (inc. bruising, abrasions, scratches, foreign bo 151
6 Lacerations/ open wounds 80
7 Loss of sight (temporary or permanent) 3
8 Chemical or hot metal burn to the eyeball/ any penetrating i 4
9 Burns/scalds (NOT to the eye) 28
10 Lack of oxygen (asphyxia) or poisoning 0
11 Other type of injury 137
12 Multiple injuries, no one injury type obviously more severe 10
-9 Does not apply 87775
-8 No answer 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2017
Interviewer InstructionsAsk or record.
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly