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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2020

Variable Details

VariableSHFTYP
LabelType of shift pattern
Question text What type of shift pattern do you work? 1 Three-shift working 2 Continental shifts 3 Two-shift system with ‘earlies’ and ‘lates’/double day shifts 4 Sometimes night and sometimes day shifts 5 Split shifts 6 Morning shifts 7 Evening or twilight shifts 8 Night shifts 9 Weekend shifts 10 Other type of shiftwork
Responses
1 Three-shift working 388
2 Continental shifts 85
3 Two-shift system earlylate-double day 1172
4 Sometimes nights sometimes days 714
5 Split shifts 179
6 Morning shifts 190
7 Evening or twilight shifts 252
8 Night shifts 325
9 Weekend shifts 112
10 Other type of shiftwork 1360
-9 Does not apply 67597
-8 No answer 28
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2020
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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