Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2017

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... 1 Working in a paid job or business? 2 Laid off or on short time at firm? 3 Unemployed, actively seeking work? 4 On a special government scheme? 5 Doing unpaid work for your or a relative? 6 A full-time student or pupil? 7 Looking after the family or home? 8 Temporarily sick or injured? 9 Long-term sick or disabled? 10 Retired from paid work?
Responses
1 Working in paid job or business 34319
2 Laid off, short time at firm 43
3 Unemployed, actively seeking work 1093
4 Special govt sheme 15
5 Unpaid work for self or relative 87
6 Full time student 3641
7 Looking after family or home 3137
8 Temporarily sick or injured 220
9 Long term sick or disabled 2705
10 Retired 12261
11 None of these 1069
-9 Does not apply 30131
-8 No answer 80
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2017
Interviewer InstructionsCODE FIRST THAT APPLIES
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly