Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2017

Variable Details

VariableBEFOR
LabelActivity before starting to look for work
Question text What were you doing before you started to look for paid work, were you... working, in full-time education or training or on a government scheme, looking after the family or home or were you doing something else?
Responses
1 Working 823
2 In FT education/ training on a gov. scheme 712
3 Looking after the family/home 427
4 Doing something else 282
-9 Does not apply 85652
-8 No answer 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2017
Interviewer InstructionsCode one only (Main activity)
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: All persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly