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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableDIFFHR20
LabelHours different from usual
Responses
1 More than usual hours 2122
2 Hours vary 2400
3 Bank holiday 275
4 Maternity, paternity leave 214
5 Parental leave 12
6 Other leave holiday 2313
7 Sick or injured 534
8 Training course 15
9 Started changed job 14
10 Ended job 17
11 Bad Weather 8
12 Labour Dispute 0
13 Economic/Other causes 16
14 Personal/Family 109
15 Other reasons 465
16 No reason given 1696
17 Same as usual hours 18043
-9 Does not apply 32458
-8 No answer 589
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2024
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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