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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2024

Variable Details

VariableFLEX221
LabelType of working hours arrangement
Question text Some people have special working hours arrangements that vary from the usual full-time pattern. In your (main) job is your agreed working pattern any of the following? 1 flexitime (flexible working hours), 2 an annualised hours contract, 3 term-time working, 4 job sharing, 5 Condensed/compressed hours, 6 zero hours contract, 7 on-call working, or 8 none of these?
Responses
1 Flexitime (flexible working hours) 4231
2 An annualised hours contract. 2027
3 Term-time working 1249
4 Job sharing. 80
5 Condensed/compressed hours. 466
6 Zero hours contract. 912
7 On-call working 574
8 None of these? 21271
-9 Does not apply 32204
-8 No answer 55
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2024
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingFour sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Data are collected quarterly
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