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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableRESTMR6
LabelReason job is temporary (reported)
Responses
1 Permanent 34569
2 Seasonal job: includes training periods 4
3 Seasonal job: contract for proby period 1
4 Seasonal job: could not find permnt job 31
5 Seasonal job: did not want permnt job 42
6 Seasonal job: other reason 51
7 Seasonal job: no reason given 0
8 Fixed contract: includes training period 114
9 Fixed contract: contract for prob period 36
10 Fixed contract: could not find perm job 223
11 Fixed contract: did not want perm job 156
12 Fixed contract: other reason 257
13 Fixed contract: no reason given 3
14 Agency temp: includes period of training 15
15 Agency temp: contract for probty period 8
16 Agency temp: no reason given 191
17 Agency temp: did not want permanent job 81
18 Agency temp: other reason 87
19 Agency temp: no reason given 2
20 Casual: includes period of training 9
21 Casual: contract for probationary period 5
22 Casual: could not find a permanent job 78
23 Casual: did not want permanent job 220
24 Casual: other reason 89
25 Casual: no reason given 3
26 Other temp: includes period of training 32
27 Other temp: contract for probtry period 26
28 Other temp: could not find permanent job 60
29 Other temp: did not want permanent job 47
30 Other temp: other reason 98
31 Other temp: no reason given 1
32 Type of temporary job not stated 0
-9 Does not apply 55638
-8 No answer 39
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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