Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2017

Variable Details

VariableREDYL13
LabelReason for leaving last job
Question text Could you tell me the reason you left your last job?
Responses
1 You were dismissed 223
2 You were made redundant 1059
3 You took voluntary redundancy 293
4 It was a temporary job which came to an end 728
5 You resigned 1097
6 You gave up work for health reasons 1539
7 You took early retirement 1511
8 You retired (at or after state pension age) 3066
9 You gave up work for family or personal reasons 1467
10 Education or training 545
11 You left work for some other reason 851
-9 Does not apply 79911
-8 No answer 10
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2017
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY
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.