Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2023

Variable Details

VariableREDYL13
LabelReason for leaving last job
Question text Could you tell me the reason you left your last job?
Responses
1 You were dismissed 70
2 You were made redundant 463
3 You took voluntary redundancy 126
4 It was a temporary job which came to an end 292
5 You resigned 544
6 You gave up work for health reasons 998
7 You took early retirement 1623
8 You retired (at or after state pension age) 1945
9 You gave up work for family or personal reasons 626
10 Education or training 143
11 You left work for some other reason 404
-9 Does not apply 38774
-8 No answer 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2023
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY
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.