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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2017

Variable Details

VariableHHTYPE6
LabelType of household
Responses
1 1 person 9316
2 2 or more persons, all different family units 2573
3 Married couple, no children, no other family units 17372
4 Cohabiting couple, no children, no other family units 4328
5 Couple, no children, other family units 1272
6 Married couple, all dependent children, no other family unit 23413
7 Cohabiting couple, all dependent children, no other family u 5918
8 Married couple, dependent and non-dependent children, no oth 3712
9 Cohabiting couple, dependent and non dependent children, no 510
10 Married couple, all non-dependent children, no other family 7441
11 Cohabiting couple, all non-dependent children, no other fami 659
12 Couple, all dependent children, other family units 1055
13 Couple, dependent and non-dependent children, other family u 216
14 Couple, all non-dependent children, other family units 385
15 Lone parent, all dependent children, no other family units 6164
16 Lone parent, dependent and non-dependent children, no other 1228
17 Lone parent, all non-dependent children, no other family uni 3031
18 Lone parent, all dependent children, other family units 441
19 Lone parent, dependent and non-dependent children, other fam 64
20 Lone parent, all non-dependent children, other family units 295
21 2 or more family units, all dependent children 1021
22 2 or more family units, dependent and non-dependent children 535
23 2 or more family units, all non-dependent children 256
24 2 or more family units, no children 309
25 Same sex couple with or without others 341
26 Civil partners/same sex marriage, with or without others 361
-9 Does not apply 0
-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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