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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableSHFTYP
LabelType of shift pattern
Question text What type of shift pattern do you work? 1 Three-shift working 2 Continental shifts 3 Two-shift system with ‘earlies’ and ‘lates’/double day shifts 4 Sometimes night and sometimes day shifts 5 Split shifts 6 Morning shifts 7 Evening or twilight shifts 8 Night shifts 9 Weekend shifts 10 Other type of shiftwork
Responses
1 Three-shift working 528
2 Continental shifts 128
3 Two-shift system earlylate-double day 1582
4 Sometimes nights sometimes days 949
5 Split shifts 250
6 Morning shifts 333
7 Evening or twilight shifts 406
8 Night shifts 610
9 Weekend shifts 136
10 Other type of shiftwork 2051
-9 Does not apply 85280
-8 No answer 47
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.
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