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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2020

Variable Details

VariableYPTJOB
LabelReason for part-time job
Question text I would like to ask you why you took a part-time rather than a full-time job. Was it because... you were a student/you were at school, you were ill or disabled, you could not find a full-time job, you did not want a full-time job?
Responses
1 Student or at school 1198
2 Ill or disabled 372
3 Could not find full-time job 1018
4 Did not want full-time job 8008
-9 Does not apply 70262
-8 No answer 49
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2020
Interviewer InstructionsCODE 1ST THAT APPLIES.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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