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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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 196
2 You were made redundant 954
3 You took voluntary redundancy 269
4 It was a temporary job which came to an end 629
5 You resigned 1109
6 You gave up work for health reasons 1537
7 You took early retirement 1640
8 You retired (at or after state pension age) 3166
9 You gave up work for family or personal reasons 1464
10 Education or training 413
11 You left work for some other reason 785
-9 Does not apply 76556
-8 No answer 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2017
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY
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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