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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Household Dataset, April - June, 2024

Variable Details

VariableUNDHRS
LabelExtra hours wished to work
Question text How many extra hours, in addition to those you usually work, would you like to work each week?
Responses
1 14
2 50
2.25 1
2.5 12
3 66
3.5 3
4 101
4.5 1
5 311
5.25 1
5.5 4
6 84
6.5 5
7 99
7.25 1
7.3 1
7.5 29
8 204
8.5 2
9 10
9.5 2
10 407
10.5 1
11 10
11.5 2
12 71
12.5 3
13 17
13.5 1
14 27
15 121
16 54
17 15
17.5 5
18 18
18.5 1
18.75 1
19 6
20 153
20.5 1
21 11
22 6
22.5 2
23 2
23.5 1
24 23
25 31
26 4
27 3
27.5 2
28 6
29 3
30 42
31 1
32 4
32.5 1
34 1
35 8
36 2
36.5 1
37 1
37.5 1
40 5
45 2
47 1
48 1
50 1
60 1
97 97 or more 2
99 Did not know/no answer 81
-9 Does not apply 55268
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, Household Dataset, April - June, 2024
Interviewer Instructions97 hours or more = 97 Don't know or refusal = 99
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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