Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2023

Variable Details

VariableNOLOWA01
LabelReasons not looking for work in last 4 weeks - 1
Question text May I just check, what were the reasons you did not look for work (in the last 4 weeks)? Response 1
Responses
1 Waiting for the results/ being assessed by an ET agent 24
2 Student 1387
3 Looking after family home 1252
4 Temporarily sick or injured 103
5 Long-term sick or disabled 1960
6 Believes no jobs available 25
7 Not yet started looking 129
8 Doesn't need employment 469
9 Retired from paid work 3411
10 Any other reason 208
-9 Does not apply 37113
-8 No answer 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2023
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseHouseholds 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.