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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableYPTJOB
LabelReason for part-time job
Question text I would like to ask you why you took a part-time rather than a full-time job. Was it because... you were a student/you were at school, you were ill or disabled, you could not find a full-time job, you did not want a full-time job?
Responses
1 Student or at school 622
2 Ill or disabled 256
3 Could not find full-time job 467
4 Did not want full-time job 4538
-9 Does not apply 40162
-8 No answer 39
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2023
Interviewer InstructionsCODE 1ST THAT APPLIES.
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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