Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableNOLOWA01
LabelReasons not looking for work in last 4 weeks - 1
Question text May I just check, what were the reasons you did not look for work (in the last 4 weeks)? Response 1
Responses
1 Waiting for the results/ being assessed by an ET agent 43
2 Student 3169
3 Looking after family home 3614
4 Temporarily sick or injured 278
5 Long-term sick or disabled 3158
6 Believes no jobs available 67
7 Not yet started looking 221
8 Doesn't need employment 846
9 Retired from paid work 5253
10 Any other reason 438
-9 Does not apply 75114
-8 No answer 15
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2017
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
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.