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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2024

Variable Details

VariableUSUHR
LabelUsual hours excluding overtime
Question text Thinking of your (main) job/business, how many hours per week do you usually work - please exclude meal breaks and overtime?
Responses
0 2
1.5 1
2 1
2.5 1
3 4
4 10
5 12
5.5 1
6 15
6.15 1
6.25 2
6.5 5
7 8
7.05 1
7.5 10
8 39
8.5 1
9 10
9.45 1
9.5 1
10 45
10.5 2
11 5
11.3 1
11.5 1
12 58
12.25 1
12.5 7
13 6
13.5 2
14 30
14.5 2
15 94
15.5 3
15.75 1
16 128
16.25 1
16.4 1
16.5 8
17 14
17.25 1
17.3 2
17.5 12
18 56
18.25 1
18.5 20
18.6 1
18.75 6
19 18
19.5 17
20 183
20.3 1
21 72
21.25 1
21.45 1
21.48 1
21.5 2
21.6 2
22 56
22.2 1
22.3 3
22.5 77
22.75 1
23 25
23.5 2
23.75 1
24 163
24.5 8
24.75 2
25 98
25.3 2
25.5 9
26 36
26.25 1
26.5 6
27 39
27.5 14
28 111
28.5 7
29 12
29.5 6
29.6 1
30 354
30.5 2
31 20
31.25 1
31.5 6
31.6 1
31.75 1
32 146
32.25 1
32.4 2
32.5 62
32.67 1
33 36
33.3 1
33.5 7
33.75 5
34 34
34.5 16
35 827
35.4 1
35.5 10
35.75 3
36 255
36.25 14
36.5 37
36.66 1
37 835
37.25 5
37.3 6
37.5 1625
37.6 1
37.7 1
37.75 5
38 218
38.25 1
38.33 1
38.5 26
38.66 1
38.75 1
39 155
39.3 1
39.5 12
40 1969
40.1 1
40.15 1
40.25 1
40.5 3
41 8
41.25 1
41.5 3
42 112
42.3 1
42.5 35
43 11
43.25 1
43.5 1
44 35
44.5 4
45 250
45.5 2
46 17
46.25 1
46.5 3
47 9
47.5 11
48 133
49 5
49.5 1
50 140
51 1
52 2
52.5 2
53 3
54 2
54.5 2
55 24
56 4
58 2
60 52
65 1
66 1
67.5 1
70 7
72 3
75 1
78 1
80 5
84 4
97 97 or more 5
99 Did not know/No answer 77
-9 Does not apply 55963
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2024
Interviewer Instructions97 = 97 or more 99 = don’t know or refusal
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.
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS primary setting GSS Harmonised Secondary Set
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