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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, 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
0 496
1 5
1.5 2
2 4
2.5 1
3 11
3.5 2
4 36
4.5 2
5 29
5.3 1
5.5 2
6 39
6.15 1
6.25 2
6.5 7
7 27
7.24 1
7.25 1
7.3 1
7.5 35
8 89
8.5 7
9 27
9.25 2
9.3 2
9.5 8
10 89
10.25 1
10.5 10
11 19
11.25 2
11.5 6
12 136
12.5 11
13 30
13.25 1
13.5 5
14 74
14.4 1
14.5 8
14.75 1
14.8 1
15 153
15.25 1
15.3 1
15.36 1
15.5 2
15.75 1
16 241
16.25 3
16.45 1
16.5 21
17 30
17.15 1
17.25 1
17.3 1
17.5 17
18 83
18.25 1
18.5 27
18.7 1
18.75 13
19 41
19.14 1
19.25 1
19.5 22
20 292
20.5 5
21 141
21.25 2
21.5 16
21.75 1
22 94
22.2 1
22.3 3
22.5 161
22.75 2
22.8 1
23 38
23.4 1
23.5 9
23.75 3
24 282
24.15 3
24.25 1
24.5 9
24.75 1
25 182
25.4 1
25.5 13
25.75 1
26 69
26.15 1
26.25 1
26.26 1
26.5 12
27 61
27.2 1
27.25 1
27.5 38
28 162
28.45 1
28.5 16
28.75 2
29 43
29.5 6
29.6 4
30 533
30.5 4
31 41
31.15 1
31.25 5
31.4 1
31.5 7
32 263
32.25 1
32.45 2
32.5 61
32.7 1
32.75 4
33 59
33.24 1
33.4 1
33.45 1
33.5 12
33.75 4
34 74
34.5 21
34.75 1
35 913
35.25 1
35.45 1
35.5 10
35.75 1
36 337
36.25 19
36.4 2
36.5 51
36.75 4
37 999
37.25 5
37.3 4
37.4 1
37.5 1936
37.75 2
38 280
38.25 1
38.33 1
38.5 37
38.75 10
39 390
39.1 1
39.2 1
39.5 18
40 2386
40.5 3
40.75 1
41 23
41.2 1
41.25 2
41.5 7
42 151
42.25 1
42.3 1
42.5 97
43 31
43.3 1
43.32 1
43.5 7
44 67
44.5 2
45 322
45.2 1
45.5 4
46 37
46.5 2
47 16
47.5 27
48 176
48.5 2
48.75 1
49 13
50 235
50.5 1
51 5
51.5 1
52 7
52.5 6
53 9
54 8
55 52
56 14
56.5 1
57 5
58 1
59 1
60 81
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 24
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 5
99 Don't know/refusal 126
-9 Does not apply 78496
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2017
UniverseLocation of units of observation:National;Population:Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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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