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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableXR04
LabelRelationship to person - 5
Question text I would now like to ask how all the people in your household are related to each other.
Responses
1 Spouse 2
2 Cohabiting partner 1
3 Natural son or daughter 9
4 Step son or daughter 0
5 Foster child 0
6 Son or daughter in law 1
7 Parent/Guardian 3
8 Step parent 0
10 Foster parent 0
11 Parent in law 0
12 Brother or sister 267
13 Step brother or sister 12
14 Foster brother or sister 7
15 Brother or sister in law 8
16 Grandchild 2
17 Grandparent 2
18 Other relation 27
19 Other non-relative 19
20 Civil partner 1
-9 Does not apply 45723
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2023
Interviewer InstructionsCode relationship of [Name] to [Name] Treat relatives of Civil Partners as though the Civil Partners were married. Also, treat cohabiting members of the household as though the cohabiting couple were married, unless the couple are a same sex couple but not in a Civil Partnership.
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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