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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2024

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 99
2 You were made redundant 528
3 You took voluntary redundancy 146
4 It was a temporary job which came to an end 389
5 You resigned 679
6 You gave up work for health reasons 1339
7 You took early retirement 1764
8 You retired (at or after state pension age) 2076
9 You gave up work for family or personal reasons 864
10 Education or training 250
11 You left work for some other reason 499
-9 Does not apply 52662
-8 No answer 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2024
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.
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