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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, November, 2020 - January, 2021

Variable Details

VariableREGWK2R
LabelRegion of place of work - 2nd job
Question text We are interested in understanding why you took a second job as self-employed. Which of the following reasons describe why you became self-employed?
Responses
1 Tyne & Wear 17
2 Rest of Northern region 32
3 South Yorkshire 18
4 West Yorkshire 35
5 Rest of Yorks & Humberside 47
6 East Midlands 94
7 East Anglia 52
8 Central London 22
9 Inner London (not central) 48
11 Outer London 71
12 Rest of South East 309
13 South West 182
14 West Midlands Metropolitan 32
15 Rest of West Midlands 77
16 Greater Manchester 33
17 Merseyside 22
18 Rest of North West 51
19 Wales 85
20 Strathclyde 31
21 Rest of Scotland 54
22 Northern Ireland 20
23 Outside UK 1
-9 Does not apply 75338
-8 No answer 51
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, November, 2020 - January, 2021
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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