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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableRESTMR6
LabelReason job temporary (reported)
Responses
1 Permanent 16855
2 Seasonal job: includes training periods 1
3 Seasonal job: contract for proby period 1
4 Seasonal job: could not find permnt job 8
5 Seasonal job: did not want permnt job 29
6 Seasonal job: other reason 20
7 Seasonal job: no reason given 0
8 Fixed contract: includes training period 49
9 Fixed contract: contract for prob period 12
10 Fixed contract: could not find perm job 69
11 Fixed contract: did not want perm job 87
12 Fixed contract: other reason 161
13 Fixed contract: no reason given 0
14 Agency temp: includes period of training 7
15 Agency temp: contract for probty period 7
16 Agency temp: no reason given 55
17 Agency temp: did not want permanent job 49
18 Agency temp: other reason 32
19 Agency temp: no reason given 0
20 Casual: includes period of training 4
21 Casual: contract for probationary period 2
22 Casual: could not find a permanent job 43
23 Casual: did not want permanent job 121
24 Casual: other reason 55
25 Casual: no reason given 0
26 Other temp: includes period of training 12
27 Other temp: contract for probtry period 6
28 Other temp: could not find permanent job 13
29 Other temp: did not want permanent job 30
30 Other temp: other reason 49
31 Other temp: no reason given 0
32 Type of temporary job not stated 0
-9 Does not apply 28294
-8 No answer 13
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2023
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.
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