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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableYLESS20
LabelReason worked fewer hours than usual in reference week
Question text What was the main reason that you did fewer hours than usual/were away from work in the week ending Sunday the …?
Responses
1 Number of hours worked/overtime varies 2212
2 Bank holiday 280
3 Maternity leave 233
4 Paternity leave 16
5 Adoption leave 0
6 Shared parental leave 3
7 Unpaid parental leave 2
8 Other leave/holiday 2089
9 Sick or injured 657
10 Attending a training course away from own workplace 13
11 Started new job/ changed jobs 12
12 Ended job and did not start new one that week 16
13 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by bad weather 24
14 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by labour dispute at ow 2
15 Laid off/short time/work interrupted by economic and other c 15
16 Off Season 77
17 Time off to deal with an emergency 6
18 Other personal/family reasons 111
19 Other reasons 331
-9 Does not apply 39980
-8 No answer 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2023
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD
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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