Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableCLAIMS14
LabelWhether claiming unemployment related benefit
Responses
1 Contributory JSA only 87
2 Income based JSA only 196
3 Both contributory and income based JSA 15
4 JSA type not stated 168
5 National Insurance credits 26
6 Universal Credit for looking for work only 144
7 Contributory JSA and UC looking for work 5
8 Not claiming unemployment related benefits 61169
-9 Does not apply 30401
-8 No answer 5
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.