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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2017

Variable Details

VariableACTHR
LabelActual hours (excluding overtime)
Question text Thinking now about the seven days ending Sunday the [date], how many hours did you actually work in your (main) job/business - please exclude meal breaks and overtime?
Responses
0 473
1 4
1.5 2
2 4
2.5 1
3 10
3.5 2
4 32
4.5 2
5 29
5.3 1
5.5 2
6 39
6.15 1
6.25 2
6.5 6
7 26
7.24 1
7.25 1
7.3 1
7.5 35
8 84
8.5 6
9 26
9.25 1
9.3 1
9.5 8
10 84
10.25 1
10.5 8
11 19
11.25 2
11.5 6
12 122
12.5 8
13 28
13.25 1
13.5 5
14 72
14.4 1
14.5 8
14.75 1
14.8 1
15 149
15.25 1
15.3 1
15.36 1
15.5 2
15.75 1
16 229
16.25 3
16.45 1
16.5 21
17 29
17.15 1
17.25 1
17.3 1
17.5 16
18 81
18.25 1
18.5 25
18.7 1
18.75 13
19 36
19.14 1
19.25 1
19.5 20
20 274
20.5 5
21 134
21.25 2
21.5 15
21.75 1
22 91
22.2 1
22.3 3
22.5 156
22.75 2
22.8 1
23 38
23.4 1
23.5 9
23.75 2
24 268
24.15 1
24.25 1
24.5 9
24.75 1
25 171
25.4 1
25.5 13
25.75 1
26 61
26.15 1
26.25 1
26.26 1
26.5 12
27 59
27.2 1
27.25 1
27.5 38
28 154
28.45 1
28.5 15
28.75 1
29 39
29.5 6
29.6 4
30 514
30.5 4
31 41
31.15 1
31.25 4
31.4 1
31.5 7
32 244
32.25 1
32.45 2
32.5 60
32.7 1
32.75 4
33 57
33.24 1
33.4 1
33.45 1
33.5 12
33.75 4
34 69
34.5 20
34.75 1
35 872
35.25 1
35.45 1
35.5 10
35.75 1
36 320
36.25 18
36.4 2
36.5 49
36.75 4
37 960
37.25 5
37.3 4
37.4 1
37.5 1838
37.75 2
38 269
38.25 1
38.33 1
38.5 35
38.75 9
39 375
39.1 1
39.2 1
39.5 17
40 2252
40.5 3
40.75 1
41 23
41.2 1
41.25 2
41.5 7
42 143
42.25 1
42.3 1
42.5 90
43 31
43.3 1
43.32 1
43.5 7
44 63
44.5 2
45 306
45.2 1
45.5 4
46 35
46.5 2
47 16
47.5 26
48 170
48.5 2
48.75 1
49 8
50 223
50.5 1
51 5
51.5 1
52 7
52.5 6
53 9
54 7
55 49
56 13
56.5 1
57 5
58 1
59 1
60 78
61 1
61.5 1
62 1
62.5 2
63 3
64 3
65 5
66 1
67 3
67.5 1
69 2
70 23
71 1
72 5
74 1
77 2
78 2
80 9
83.25 1
84 3
85 1
90 1
96 1
97 97 or more 4
99 Don't know/refusal 119
-9 Does not apply 75677
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2017
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
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