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1. 292 st 294 GROSS INCOME SECOND JOB esnvrvvrrsnrvnnssvrvnsssnrrnsssnrnnnssvvnnsssnrnnsssnrnnsssnrnnnssnvnnsssnvnenssvvnesssnvnnsssnvnnnssnvrnsssvvnsseee 298 NETINGOME SECOND JOB ra G 301 SYSTEM VARIABLES wiccdscicsselesidecsscisecsessssssvetsvocsveisveistessecssst sesctetsduesselsdussVotsvoosvelsdessdesssssssescbessesssssssesslassvossvooess 302 5 5 308 AnA D LOA S H NO 256 O A E E 310 INDEX scccecccssscoscseisenscesscesstesssonseueicensdesteeestesineoseueisensdesicessdsssnesseueisensdusicecsdsssneoseueisensdesidessdssdnerseusisessdesicesdtessncsseneioensies 311 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GUIDE This edition completely replaces the 2012 version It contains only those variables which will appear in 2013 datasets or which have been removed within the past year Information on old LFS variables between the years 2006 and 2012 can be found in previous volumes Seasonal to Calendar Quarters From 2006 the LFS has been run on CALENDAR quarters i e January to March April to June July to September and October to December instead of seas
2. 134 EMPLOYMENT PATTERN pre beseglet 141 UNION REPRESENTATION june RT 154 SECOND JOB ererevevevevevererererererererererererereresereserereseresesesesereseneneresenesenenesenenesenenesenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenesenenenenenenener 155 n a n 155 OCCUPATION IN SECOND JOB he creire 155 INDUSTRY SECOND JOB CONVERSION 22 0 241 000060 00000000000000000000 156 INDUSTRY IN SECOND JOB SIC2007 158 EMPLOYMENE STATUS IN SECOND JOB E 159 HOURS IN SECOND JOB irnrrronennvnvnnvvevnvvevnevnenevnsnevnsnevnsvevnsnnenevnvnvnnsnevnsnennsvnvnsnnseennsnevnsvevnsnsenevnvnennsnevnsvennsvnensnnsnenn 163 HOME WORKERS SECOND JOB ivororvovorvrvnrvervrvrrnevernevrrveveevarnevarvevrsvevsrvevsevavvevasvevsevevsevevsevevsevasvevssvevssvessenenne 163 LOCATION OF SECOND JOB secsscccsecacscssecesgestesiscessuseseeseucts tess usacaves E dees E A E E NS OORSEE EREEREER EE 165 SEEKING NOT SEEKING WORK sersessevererererereseresesesesesesesesesesenesesesesesesenesenenesenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenener 166 REASON FOR SEEKING PAID JOB
3. 200 EDUCATION AND TRAITNIN Gi sisisisssicssscdsvssstecseotevsssccsossesesvocsccesscssesssssesesssesscesssiassesscesdstesstesstesstsasisesssssssssesssesess 203 204 PK CAN D arte eee 205 PRESENT STUDY anses 246 APPRENTICESHIP cccccccsssssccesssccsssssccessssccesssccesssccsssssccecesececsuseceesusecesusececsusecectsececsusececsssecesssseceesssecessesess 255 LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN THE LAST THREE MONTHG 0 cccssssscesssssccessssccesssccescsccesesccssessecesssecesssecesuseseseseeesssees 261 HIGHEST OQUALIFIGATION Asser enste 264 CURRENT STUDY sokkene 269 TYPE OF COURSE Ge 270 RECENTLY COMPLETED TRAINING eevororernornnsesnrnnsssvrnnsssvrnnsssvrnnsssvrnnsssnrnnssvnrnnsssnvnnsssnvnnsssnvnnssvnvnnsssnvnnsssnvesssns 271 QUALIFICATIONS FROM STUDY IN LAST 4 WEEKS rrrrnrornnrernnreenrrrenvernnrernnneennnsenrrsenvesnnnennnnsennnsenvesnnnessnnsen 271 5 273 HFA TH PRO D S hs 273 ACCIDENTS WORK AND WORK RELATED HEALTH 5 046 282 291 GROSS NO OME
4. 166 WHETHER LOOKING ar ee 168 EMPEOYMENE STATUS RE 168 2 170 ILO UNEMPLOYMENT eseseveveveveveverereresesesesereseseseseseseseseseseseresesesesesesenenesesesesenenesesesesenenenenenenenenesenenenenenenenenenenenenen 172 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 WHEN LEFF LAS TJO B vistes 172 OCCUPA MON IN LAST JOB 174 INDUSTRY IN LAST JOB CONVERSION 0 2 2200000 0 00 00 0600000600 175 INDUSTRY INLASTJOB SIC2007 a eee eee 176 EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN LAST JOB rvrssnvrvvsenvrvnnssvrnnnssvrnnnssnvnnsssnrnnsssnrnnsssnvnnsssnvnnsssvvnnsssnvnnsssnvrenssnvrnsssnvnesene 178 MAIN METHODS OF SEEKING WORK i rrrrrvvrvvsernrnnsssvrnnsssvrnnsssnrnnsssnrnnsssnrnnssvnrnnsssnrnnsssnrnnsssnrnnssvnrnnsssnrnnsssvrnsssee 179 AVAMABITY TO START WORK E E or EEEE 187 DETAILS OFJOBSEARCH E ETE RE ETA REO ETA ERT a 190 BENEFIT EN TERE MEIN T 5 191 EMPLOYMENT TWELVE MONTHS esosesseessesseenseensesssensesnsenssensesnsensssnsesnsensssnseensennssnsesnsenessneesnsensssneeensen 196 OCCUPATION TWELVE MONTHS AGO nieces dnd t daddi edah ea 200 INDUSTRY TWELVE MONTHS AGO CONVERSION
5. 32 FUTYPE 86 HMA4WK 125 ETHWSC 32 FWKWEN 190 79 20022 222022 147 HNFTIME 80 00222 22 2242 146 HNFTSTUD 80 00222 22 222 135 GB iia ef 40 5 4 2 79 22 22 112 95 GCSE 226 81 0 2 002 147 1 5 225 2 81 98 124 GNACD 237 HNIWSKD 81 0222 222224 147 222222 237 HNIWSTU uw 80 5 2222222222 221 151 11 237 664 78 TAVAI OIN 151 GNVQOLL 238 5964 78 220222204 86 238 HNNOWK05 81 F 238 80 238 0022 2 222 78 03 1 3 195 282 HNPENY 78
6. 87 283 80 2 2 219 GORI eee 61 HNUNEMP 04 22 2222 79 FDCMBMA 221 63 HNWOTHOS 81 8 222 166 73 5 88 127 HOLS 151 88 GOVTOF 41 HOLSB 151 88 41 22 124 2 88 05599 291 2 22 163 88 GRSEXP 292 1 3 125 88 GRSPRD 291 2 1 3 163 FDSINCOM 217 GRSSWK 292 297 FDSNGDEG 219 2 299 2 298 FDSUBJ 217 5 2 208 293 1 5
7. 283 281 2000 285 ACEM 282 284 ACCY 282 ACTHR 136 ACTHRZ s t 163 22222222 2 137 ACTUO LT Hud 137 1 7 22 129 ADD its 302 22222222 167 271 ADLRNSY 272 ADVEST 224 AGE 9 Lasses 9 10 AGES hie 9 22222222 109 2222222 22 16 16 87 87 16 77 19 77 APPR 255 255 APPRLEV 255 256 1 256 164 2222222 126 271 253 AWARE 286 170 222 20 222 170 AXPA 169 AXPB 169 9 87 AYHLI9 77 138 BANDG 292 BANDG2 ised een nie 299 2 2222222
8. 259 HOUT 305 FIFSAL eorvrvrvrvevrerrsrsesrsrssrses 104 H 305 10 142 301 288 0 1 3 143 16 HOW2CAUS 288 144 515 76 HOW3CAUS 289 10 145 S 1D INKY 222 113 2 144 8 77 HPRMB 273 3 02 144 9 76 2 273 4 200 222 144 4 2 76 73 FIEX W S anekani 144 217 FIRPID 83 6 02222222210 144 HDSUBJCT 217 HRRATE 297 FLEX 145 78 2 298 145 HEAHEAD 78 304 FEEXWO 145 01 17 274 HSERIALP 304 0 25 308 4 404144222 276 1 2 1
9. INE I FREQUENCY JM quarters only from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents for whom ILLWRK 1 and TYPILL 7 OR 9 This variable replaces HOWCAUSE from JM10 NOTES This question was removed from the questionnaire in JM13 HOW3CAUS How work caused the illness or made it worse 1 General work environment uncomfortable hot cold damp wet dry draughts enclosed space By breathing in airborne materials from spray painting or manufacturing foam products By breathing in dusts from flour or grain cereal animal feed or bedding straw By breathing in airborne materials while welding soldering or cutting grinding metals By breathing in dusts from stone cement brick or concrete e g during building construction quarrying or road maintenance work 6 By breathing in fumes from engine exhaust FREQUENCY JM quarters only from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents for whom ILLWRK 1 and TYPILL 4 This variable replaces HOWCAUSE from JM10 NOTES This question was removed from the questionnaire in JM13 REASOFF9 Reasons for not working 1 This illness caused or made worse by work 2 The workplace injury you told me about 3 Or for some other reason FREQUENCY JM quarters every 2 years from 9 onwards 2009 2011 etc 289 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 From JM13 onwards this will be asked in even years only COVERAGE
10. 173 1 9207 96 LERND 276 11 29 IN9207ER 120 278 NATIDELL 29 920750 0 176 LESPAY 167 NATIDNE detected totes 29 1592078 22022500 95 TESPA Y eceran 171 NATIDO 1 owe 29 13920755 156 LESPAY rn 171 811 2 29 291 LEVQUL ILs 266 11 29 193 305 Lundes 17 177 LIKEWK 188 NATOXT 20 07 98 LIMACT 222 22 277 264 gt 0782 158 LIMITA ii orses 274 NET99 293 177 LIMIT R 274 NETPRD sranna 294 INDDO7M 98 EIV12W onnaa 13 294 7 201 LKETPA un 169 2 301 22 2222 122 169 NFE13WK 261 INDDOTS 158 168 NFE4WK 262 22 224022 22
11. 287 UALADGB 45 WINDT see 287 UVALD3 45 150 UVALDO 45 2 149 2 4 4 4 0200 45 WKSAT 150 2 45 WKSUNS Ka 150 222 WK HU 150 170 WK TUES tet Sik Seeks 149 UNDHRS 170 2 001 150 knekket 171 225 UNDY98 1 9 170 1 00222 22 0 173 1 2 192 WNLEFTI1 I 173 2 154 2 288 207 WOCCT 288 136 WOQUAL nr 207 5 40 15 48 WRKING 94 WSESL Pisce eee 297a 086 8599 293 X USNET99 WEE TEET IE TETEN PIETEN 295 XDISDD A 280 293 AMD C 76 USUHR e AEn NE iny 135 XEMND Coena 76 0 0 295 12 1 3 146 ae 09 1 9 22 192 V Y VARYER srrn
12. a member of a staff association of trade union NOTES From Autumn 99 onwards this question was altered from whether there were unions etc present at the workplace to whether others employed at the workplace were members of such organisations and also asked only to those who are not members of such organisations themselves rather to all in paid employment excluding government schemes Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions TUCOV Whether agreements between trade union and employer affect pay and conditions 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Autumn quarters only from Autumn 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on certain government schemes and unpaid family workers NOTES Replaces TUJOIN from Autumn 96 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions The order and routing of UNION TUPRES and TUCOV were changed from Spring 1999 onwards 154 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 SECOND JOB WORKING IN REFERENCE WEEK SECJOB Whether had second job in reference week 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees self employed and persons on Government schemes but not those who are doing paid work in addition to that done on a New Deal scheme NOTES
13. in employment with an regular additional job NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit SECJMBR supersedes the variable SECJMB This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 for further guidance This variable should be used in preference to SECJOB for analysis of second jobs Adding categories 1 to 3 gives the total number of people with second jobs For the Winter 93 quarter when using this variable you should also filter on in employment to get the correct total as some inactive respondents miscoded STAT2 Employment status in second job reported 1 Employee 2 Self employed FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES From Spring 92 to Winter 00 this variable was called NSTAT2 NSTAT2 was processed through the Census Matrix Edit which checks the respondents occupation and their employment status for inconsistencies With the removal of the edit STAT2 supersedes the variable NSTAT2 PDWG102 Employer s company that provides wage in second job 1 by the organisation or company you actually did the work for 2 or by a different organisation or company FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is an employee in their second job NOTES New for JM12 SELF2 Origin of income for those self employed in their second job 1 Paid a salary or wage by an employment agency 2
14. 1 Pakistani Pakistani Scottish Pakistani British 2 Indian Indian Scottish Indian British 3 Bangladeshi Bangladeshi Scottish Bangladeshi British 4 Chinese Chinese Scottish Chinese British 5 Any other Asian background FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are of an Asian Asian Scottish Asian British ethnicity and living in Scotland The variable was agreed for insertion on government alongside ONS only datasets ETHBL11 Black ethnic group FREQUENCY All quarters from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are of Black ethnicity Black African Caribbean Black British From AJ11 onwards the variable was agreed for insertion on government alongside ONS only datasets ETHAFS African Ethnic Group Scotland 1 African African Scottish African British 2 Any other African ethnic group 33 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENGY Each quarter from AJ11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are of an African ethnicity and living in Scotland ETHCBS Ethnic Group Scotland 1 Caribbean Caribbean Scottish Caribbean British 2 Black Black Scottish Black British 3 Any other Caribbean or Black ethnic group FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are of an African ethnicity and living in Scotland 11 Other Ethnic Group Enter description of e
15. 165 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 GORWK2ER Region of workplace for second job reported 1 Tyne amp Wear 2 Rest of North East 3 Greater Manchester 4 Merseyside 5 Rest of North West 6 South Yorkshire 7 West Yorkshire 8 Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside 9 East Midlands 10 West Midlands met county 11 Rest of West Midlands 12 East of England 13 Central London 14 Inner London 15 Outer London 16 South East 17 South West 18 Wales 19 Strathclyde 20 Rest of Scotland 21 Northern Ireland 22 Workplace outside UK FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Autumn 93 to Autumn 97 Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit GORWK2R supersedes the variable GORWK2 This variable is derived from STAT2 2 GOVTOR UALAD99 LADWAD UALDWK2 amp WKPL299 From Spring 2000 UALDWK2 is used in the derivation of this variable prior to this LADWK2 was used This variable is based on Government Office Regions Central London is defined by the Department of Transport as the area within the bounds of the main London British Rail train termini SEEKING NOT SEEKING WORK REASON FOR SEEKING REPLACEMENT ADDITIONAL PAID JOB DIFJOB Whether looking for different or additional paid job or business 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each q
16. GCSE4 Whether respondent has following qualifications 1 GCSE s grade C or above 2 CSE s grade 1 3 Standards grade 3 or above O grades C or above 4 Intermediate 1 grade A or above 5 Intermediate 2 grade D or above 6 None of these FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 04 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a standard O grades GCSE or CSE qualification or Scottish National Qualifications Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NUMOL5 Number of level GCSE passes etc already held 1 Fewer than five 2 Or five or more 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who said they had GCSEs grade C or above CSEs grade 1 Standards grades 3 or above O grades C or above Intermediate Scottish National Qualifications or GCE O levels NOTES This variable replaces NUMOL4 from Spring 05 Analysts of this variable should be aware that prior to JS13 there was a minor routing error with this variable Respondents who answered the following way were not routed to this question when they should have been SCQUAL UNIQUAL W OQUAL GSQUAL OTQUAL 21 and 22 QGCSE4 2 or 1 GCSE4 6 Please note that this routing error will subsequently have affected MEGCSE NUMOL50 NUMOL5F It may also have an impact on the derived variable LEVQUL11 This error has bee
17. Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 6 Level 6 7 Level 7 8 Level 8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is working towards an OTHER NVQ SVQ QCFNOW type of other qualification being studied for 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Other 5 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is working towards an Entry Level or Level 1 to 8 Award Certificate or Diploma qualification QCFLVNW level of Entry Level or Level 1 to 8 Award Certificate or Diploma qualification 1 Level 1 2 Level 2 3 Level 3 4 Level 4 5 Level 5 6 Level 6 7 Level 7 8 Level 8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is working towards an Entry Level or Level 1 to 8 Award Certificate or Diploma qualification ENROLL Whether enrolled on education course 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE until JMO8 this variable applied to all respondents who were in employment or of working age From 8 it applies only to those aged between 16 and 69 NOTES This variable also includes those who are temporarily absent or on vacation from the course but who still intend to return to the course ATTEND Whether still attending education course 253 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details
18. Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 IL2BEF First period of sickness start day 1 2 on the first day of your working week before that FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE 2 Applies to all respondents who had more than one period of sickness absence ILL1PD ILLFST11 main condition that caused first sickness absence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Back pain Neck and upper limb problems e g arthritis in hand joints stiff neck Other musculoskeletal problems Stress depression anxiety common mental health problems Manic depression schizophrenia and other serious mental health problems Minor illnesses coughs colds and flu sickness nausea and diarrhoea Other respiratory conditions e g asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease OPD bronchitis pneumonia Other gastrointestinal problems e g irritable bowel syndrome IBS piles bowel cancer stomach ulcer Headaches and migraines Genito urinary to include urine infections menstrual problems pregnancy problems Heart blood pressure amp circulation problems Eye ear nose amp mouth dental to include sinusitis and toothache Diabetes Other accidents poisonings infectious diseases skin disorders and anything else not covered above Prefers not to give details FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to those with more than one period of sickne
19. 294 2 300 BANK 152 BEFOR 191 8 191 INDEX 20000405 153 153 153 BHPAID 153 BNKHI bennn 152 152 1 4 296 BTACD renean 227 BTCOTLA 228 229 228 BETEL neiise 227 BEE eiii ion 228 228 BUSUR 138 CAGI nt hen anh 234 234 235 235 235 236 67 CAMEMT vere sri assist 27 26 2 200000 0 27 301 301 95 55 COTES 196 ene tka 251 251 CGNWLEV 251 CGSUBJ 235 CIGNOW orinis 281 CEAIMS 193 CMBD 220 CMBDEGN 219 CMBHDMA 221 220
20. 62 from Spring 94 on government scheme or at college or at a training centre From JM12 this applies to people where TYPSCH12 4 6 7 9 10 11 97 NOTES Respondents with a paid job in addition to a place on a scheme are included in the Government employment amp training programmes category of economic activity not as employees or self employed NI schemes are applicable to Spring quarters only from Spring 92 94 and in all quarters from Winter 94 93 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 MAIN JOB WORKING IN REFERENCE WEEK WRKING Whether did paid work in reference week 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 GB Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 NI Each quarter from Winter 94 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents 16 not on a government training scheme and those aged between 65 and 99 JBAWAY Whether temporarily away from paid work 1 Yes 2 No 3 Waiting to take up new job business already obtained FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no paid work in the reference week WRKING 2 NOTES People temporarily away from paid work are still defined as in employment OWNBUS Whether doing unpaid work for own business 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents doing unpaid work but not away from a job business or waiting
21. Please note that after the move to calendar quarters in AJO6 this no longer applies NA s and DNA s Unless otherwise specified in this guide the coding for answer NA and does not apply DNA are 8 and 9 respectively Multi Response Variables Multiple response items are questions that can have more than one value for an individual case This form of question is very useful when respondents are required to select a number of items from a list of possible answers The LFS makes use of a number of such questions For example ILLDAYS which asks respondents to identify on which day or days of the week they were off work due to sickness or injury As a week contains seven days answers to ILLDAYS are stored in one or more of seven separate variables ILLDAYS1 to ILLDAYS7 Answers are recorded sequentially so the first answer is held in ILLDAYS1 the second in ILLDAYS2 and so on A code one to seven Monday to Sunday is used within each variable to distinguish each day Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Some multi response variables may be ranked a particular order QUALS6 is an example of such a variable where the respondent s highest qualification is recorded QUALS601 their second highest QUALS602 and so on The structure of such variables means that users need to adjust their analysis accordingly e g to arrive at the total number of people sick on
22. 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 FREQUENCY 1 person 2 or more persons all different family units Married couple no children no other family units Cohabiting couple no children no other family units Couple no children other family units Married couple all dependent children no other family units Cohabiting couple all dependent children no other family units Married couple dependent amp non dependent children no other family units Cohabiting couple dependent amp non dependent children no other family units Married couple all non dependent children no other family units Cohabiting couple all non dependent children no other family units Couple all dependent children other family units Couple dependent amp non dependent children other family units Couple all non dependent children other family units Lone parent all dependent children no other family units Lone parent dependent amp non dependent children no other family units Lone parent all non dependent children no other family units Lone parent all dependent children other family units Lone parent dependent amp non dependent children other family units Lone parent all non dependent children other family units 2 or more family units all dependent children 2 or more family units dependent amp non dependent children 2 or more family units all no
23. 201 Bedfordshire 202 Cambstec 203 Essex 204 Greater Peterborough 205 Hertfordshire 206 Norfolk and Waveney 207 Suffolk 301 Aztec 304 London East 305 North London 306 North West London 309 West London 311 Solotec 312 Focus Central London 401 Devon and Cornwall 402 Dorset 403 Gloucestershire 404 Somerset 405 Western 406 Wiltshire 501 Birmingham 503 Coventry and Warwickshire 504 Dudley 505 Hawtec 506 Sandwell 507 Shropshire 508 Staffordshire 509 Walsall 510 Wolverhampton 601 Greater Nottingham 602 Leicestershire 603 Lincolnshire 604 North Derbyshire 605 North Nottinghamshire 606 Northamptonshire 607 South Derbyshire 701 Barnsley and Doncaster 702 Bradford and District 703 Calderdale and Kirklees 704 Humberside 705 Leeds 706 North Yorkshire 707 Rotherham 708 Sheffield 709 Wakefield 801 Cewtec 802 Merseyside 803 St Helens 804 Bolton Bury 805 Cumbria 806 Eltec 807 Lawtec 808 Manchester 809 Metrotec 810 Normidtec 811 Oldham 812 Rochdale 813 South and East Cheshire 814 Stockport and High Peak FREQUENCY Every year from 2000 COVERAGE NOTES Applies to all respondents in Great Britain 901 County Durham 902 Northumberland 903 Tees Valley 904 Tyneside 905 Sunderland City S01 Ayrshire S02 Borders S03 Dunbartonshire
24. 258 MARDY6 13 91 109 14 1407920 175 2 162 12 130792 96 5 193 MATEVE 140 13079200 201 ISATYR 193 227 INO792DR 122 L METHAL 01 14 182 INOT92DS reiia 157 METHM sirene 187 792 97 38 01 11 181 INOT92ER 122 EANGDL 39 1 6 181 1 79285 96 2 2000000 39 664 10 INO792SS vara aner 157 EEA 50 MESIG RAN 10 139207 175 271 2 179 139207 95 LEARNA 271 2 105 139207 0 200 174 2 161 1 9207 120 174 N 159207106 0 156
25. 431 432 433 434 440 450 510 511 512 520 521 522 530 531 532 540 541 542 550 561 562 563 611 612 620 630 641 642 651 652 661 662 670 710 720 730 740 750 760 770 780 781 782 783 794 795 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Partial Int Part resp part proxy Partial HH Interview by Proxy HH Int by proxy but non cont with 1 HH Int by proxy but refusal with 1 Other Partial Int by Proxy No contact with anyone at address Contact made but not with resident Contact made but not w responsible res Office Refusal Info refused about no of dwellings Info refused about resp ts within dwelling Refusal by desired respondent Refusal by proxy Refusal of access to site Not yet finished with case Refusal during interview Broken Appointment Respondents temporarily ill at home notified HO at home notified Interviewer Away in hospital Away in hospital notified HO Away in hospital notified Interviewer Physically mentally unable incompetent Phys mentally unable incompetent nfd HO Phys mentally unable incomp t nfd Intvr Language difficulties Language difficulties notified HO Language difficulties notified Intvwr Interview lost Full Int data deleted at resp s request Proxy Int data deleted at resp request Other non response Not issued to an intervie
26. 9 South East 10 South West 11 Wales 12 Scotland 13 Northern Ireland FREQUENCY Each quarter from 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable conforms to the standard presentation of Government Office Regions It is derived from UALAD99 Merseyside is generally included in the North West region in published data LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANISATION IN APRIL 2009 In April 2009 there was a reorganisation of local government that created nine new unitary authorities UAs Five of these UAs were created from existing county councils and their district councils The remaining four were created by splitting Cheshire and Bedfordshire into two each along existing district council boundaries All nine unitary authorities will therefore be aggregates of existing local authorities Note Isles of Scilly also changes from 15UH to OOHF at this time Currently these variables are produced on the LFS using UA LAD data UALA UACNTY UALADGB UALD3 UALDO UALDWK UALDWK2 UALD3 is only on ONS datasets To apply these changes to back data syntax can be used to recode the above variables into new variables representing these new classifications This syntax can be obtained by contacting the UK Data Archive This syntax will need to be used for all files up to AJ10 data From AJ10 data onwards we will be producing quarterly datasets with the new UA variables on them PLEASE NOTE The LFS data will be weighted based on
27. Arab Other ethnic group Every quarter from AJ11 Applies to all living in Scotland This variables replaces 11 ETH11NI Ethnic group Northern Ireland 1 2 3 4 White Irish Traveller Mixed Multiple ethnic groups Asian Asian British 31 5 6 7 8 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Black African Caribbean Black British Chinese Arab Other ethnic group Every quarter from AJ11 Applies to all living in Northern Ireland This variables replaces ETHNI 11 ETHWHE White Ethnic Group England 1 2 3 4 FREQUENCY COVERAGE English Welsh Scottish Northern Irish British Irish Gypsy or Irish Traveller Any other White background Every quarter from JM11 Applies to respondents who are of white ethnicity and living in England This variable replaced ETHWH The variable was agreed for insertion on government alongside ONS only datasets ETHWHW White Ethnic Group Wales 1 2 3 4 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Welsh English Scottish Northern Irish British Irish Gypsy or Irish Traveller Any other White background Every quarter from JM11 Applies to respondents who are of white ethnicity and living in Wales The variable was agreed for insertion on government alongside ONS only datasets ETHWSC White Ethnic Group Scotland 1 2 3 4 5
28. FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who said their second job was not permanent in some way JOBTYP2 2 NOTES Those who regard their job as not permanent are asked to specify in what way it is not permanent If at this stage the respondent volunteers an answer relating to his or her personal circumstances e g retired the interviewer is asked to return to JOBTYP and stress the first clause again This variable replaced JOBTMP2 JM 2010 From JM11 this variable became multi coded allowing respondents the opportunity to code five possible options Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable 162 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 HOURS IN SECOND JOB 2 Actual hours in second job including overtime 0 96 Hours 97 97 or more hours 99 Don t know or refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies if Y2Job 2 NOTES This variable includes both paid and unpaid overtime HOME WORKERS SECOND JOB HOME2 Whether working from home in additional job 1 In your home 2 In the same grounds or buildings as your home 3 In different place using home as a base 4 Or somewhere quite separate from home FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 92 to Winter 96 Each quarter from Spring 97 COV
29. Office for MG National Statistics Labour Survey n User Guide VOLUME DETAILS OF LFS VARIABLES 2013 Version 4 February 2014 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 DETAILS OF LFS VARIABLES 2013 CONTENTS INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GUIDE esevevevevevevevererererererereresesesesesesesesenesenenenenesenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenen 3 INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHICS esesevevevevevererereseseseseseseseresesesesesesenesesenesesenenesenesenesenenenenenenenenenenenenenesenenenenenenenenenenen 9 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS sun 9 ETHNICITY RELIGION ENGLISH AS 2 22 00080 8 8 31 RESIDENTIAE DETAIES tissa 40 RESPONSE DETAILS 67 HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS ensosevevevevererererereserereseresesesesesenenesesesesesesesenesesenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenen 69 69 HOUSEHORD COMPOSLEION sk 78 HOUSING TENURE knee en 83 FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS eseoeoevevenenvererererereseseseresesesesesesesesesesesenesesesesenenesenesesesenenenenenenenesenenenenenenenenenenenenenenen 85 STRUCTURE tet 86 ECONOMIC ACTIV
30. SKDSBN9 1 7 of sickness or disability benefit claimed 1 Incapacity Benefit 2 Severe Disablement Allowance 3 Employment and Support Allowance 4 Statutory Sick Pay 5 Invalid Care Allowance 7 Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment PIP 8 Attendance Allowance 9 Industrial Injuries Disablement Allowance FREQUENCY Each quarter from JMO09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are claiming sickness or disability benefit 3 NOTES This variable replaces SKDSBN3 1 7 with options 3 now valid with Employment and Support Allowance option However 6 is still no longer valid Please note that the reference to Personal Independence Payment was introduced in AJ13 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable PENBEN3 1 3 of state pension claimed 1 Retirement or Old Age Pension 2 Widowed Parent s Allowance 3 Bereavement Allowance or Widow s Pension 4 War Disablement Pension or War Widow s Pension including any related allowances FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are claiming pension related benefits 4 NOTES This variable replaces PENBEN 1 3 This question was changed to incorporate new State Pensions Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note
31. This variable amalgamates the main headings of INECAC05 From Spring 96 when analysing economic activity at family unit or household level INECACR should be used because ILODEFR does not have a DNA category The ILO unemployment rate is ILO unemployed as a percentage of the economically active 91 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 GOVERNMENT TRAINING SCHEMES SCHM12 Work schemes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50 66 97 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Work Club or Enterprise Club New Enterprise Allowance Work Experience Work Trial Work Programme Training for Success Northern Ireland only option Steps to Work Northern Ireland only option Training for Work Scotland only option Get ready for work Scotland only option Any other training scheme or none of these Just 16 and non response this time Each quarter from JM12 Applies if aged between 16 and 64 This question replaced SCHM08 in JM12 FUND12 Funding of work schemes 1 a scheme in England funded by the Skills Funding Agency or the Young People s Learning Agency 2 a scheme in Wales funded by the Department for Education and Skills 3 4 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES a programme in Scotland run by Skills Development Scotland or was it some other scheme Each quarter from JM12 Applies if aged between 16 and 64 This question broadly replacesTECLEC4 i
32. 1 male 65 with no children 02 1 female 65 with no children 03 1 adult under pensionable age with no children 04 1 adult with one child 05 1 adult with two or more children 06 married couple both under pensionable age with no children 07 cohabiting couple both under pensionable age with no children 08 married couple one or more over pensionable age with no children 09 cohabiting couple one or more over pensionable age with no children 10 Married couple with one child 11 Married couple with 2 children 12 Married couple with 3 or more children 13 Cohabiting couple with one child 14 Cohabiting couple with 2 children 15 Cohabiting couple with 3 or more children 16 2 adults not married or cohabiting both under pensionable age with no children 17 2 adults not married or cohabiting one or more over pensionable age with no children 18 2 adults not married or cohabiting with 1 or more children 19 3 or more adults with no children including at least one married cohabiting couple 20 more adults with 1 or 2 children including at least one married cohabiting couple 21 more adults with or more children including at least one married cohabiting couple 22 3 or more adults with no children 23 3 or more adults with one or more children 24 Same sex cohabiting couple 25 Same sex civil partnership couple FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ10 on household and ONS datasets
33. 6 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Scottish Other British Irish Gypsy traveller Polish Any other white ethnic group Every quarter from AJ11 Applies to respondents who are of white ethnicity and living in Scotland This variable replaces ETHWHS 11 Mixed ethnic group 1 White and Black Caribbean 32 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 2 White and Black African 3 White and Asian 4 Any other mixed multiple ethnic background FREQUENGY All quarters from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are of Mixed ethnicity Mixed Multiple ethnic groups JM11 Applies to respondents who are of Mixed ethnicity and living in England Wales or Northern Ireland AJ11 onwards This variable saw minor routing amendment for AJ11 From AJ11 onwards the variable was agreed for insertion on government alongside ONS only datasets ETHAS11 Asian Ethnic Group 1 Indian 2 Pakistani 3 Bangladeshi 4 Any other Asian background FREQUENCY All quarters from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are of an Asian ethnicity Asian Asian British JM11 Applies to respondents who are of an Asian ethnicity and living in England Wales or Northern Ireland AJ11 This variable saw minor routing amendment for AJ11 From AJ11 onwards the variable was agreed for insertion on government alongside ONS only datasets ETHAS11S Asian Ethnic Group Scotland
34. 9 Elementary Occupations FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from 2011 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 and over NOTES This variable replaces SC2KOMJ and is derived from SOC100 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes SC10OMN Occupation 1 year ago minor group 111 927 Range of Occupation Codes FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from 2011 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 and over NOTES This variable replaces SC2KOMN and is derived from SOC100 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes INDUSTRY TWELVE MONTHS AGO CONVERSION VARIABLE To convert SIC92 codes to SIC2007 codes The SIC 2007 industry coding frame has been introduced to replace the existing SIC 1992 version In order to maintain some continuity the following variables are available to convert SIC92 codes to SIC2007 codes 13920700 Industry division in job twelve months ago 01 99 Range of values 200 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY April to June quarters only from January 2009 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions SIC92 to SIC2007 conversion variables are also available for 3 ye
35. 96 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 01 A Agriculture hunting amp forestry 02 B Fishing 03 C Mining quarrying 04 D Manufacturing 05 E Electricity gas amp water supply 06 F Construction 07 G Wholesale retail amp motor trade 08 H Hotels amp restaurants 09 I Transport storage amp communication 10 J Financial intermediation 11 K Real estate renting amp business activities 12 L Public administration amp defence 13 M Education 14 N Health amp social work 15 O Other community social amp personal 16 P Private households with employed persons 17 Q Extra territorial organisations bodies FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those in certain government schemes NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 0792 1 Agriculture amp fishing 2 Energy amp water 3 D Manufacturing 4 F Construction 5 G H Distribution hotels amp restaurants 6 I Transport amp communication 7 J K Banking finance amp insurance etc 8 L N Public admin education amp health 9 O U Other services FREQUENCY Each quarter from 9 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employ
36. ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 356 INDIA 360 INDONESIA 364 IRAN 368 IRAQ 376 ISRAEL 392 JAPAN 400 JORDAN 398 KAZAKHSTAN 408 KOREA NORTH 410 KOREA SOUTH 414 KUWAIT 417 KYRGYZSTAN 418 LAOS 422 LEBANON 446 MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 458 MALAYSIA 462 MALDIVES 983 Middle East and Asia NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 496 MONGOLIA 524 NEPAL 512 OMAN 586 PAKISTAN 608 PHILIPPINES 634 QATAR 682 SAUDI ARABIA 702 SINGAPORE 144 SRI LANKA 760 SYRIA 762 TAJIKISTAN 764 THAILAND 795 TURKMENISTAN 784 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 860 UZBEKISTAN 704 VIETNAM 275 WEST BANK INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM AND GAZA STRIP 887 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA 016 AMERICAN SAMOA 58 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 010 ANTARCTICA 989 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 036 AUSTRALIA 074 BOUVET ISLAND 086 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 162 CHRISTMAS ISLAND 166 COCOS KEELING ISLANDS 184 COOK ISLANDS 242 FIJI 258 FRENCH POLYNESIA 260 FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES 316 GUAM 334 HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS 296 KIRIBATI 584 MARSHALL ISLANDS 583 MICRONESIA 520 NAURU 540 NEW CALEDONIA 554 NEW ZEALAND 570 NIUE 574 NORFOLK ISLAND 580 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 585 PALAU 598 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 612 PITCAIRN HENDERSON DUCIE AND OENO ISLANDS 882 SAMOA 090 SOLOMON ISLANDS 239 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWI
37. As an employee 2 As self employed 3 No preference FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 168 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents looking for paid work in the last four weeks DIFJOB 1 OR LOOK4 1 AND JBAWAY 3 LKSELG Will be starting work as an employee or self employed 1 employee 2 self employed FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are waiting to take up a job WAIT 1 OR JBAWAY 3 LKFTPA Whether looking for full or part time work 1 Full time 2 Part time 3 No preference FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were seeking work as an employee or had no preference over working as an employee or self employed LKSELA 1 or 3 LKFTPC Will be starting full or part time work 1 Full time 2 Part time FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who would be willing to work as an employee LKSELC 1 AXPA Whether would accept part time work 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 97 not Spring 93 Spring quarters only from Spring 98 to Spring 08 Every quarter from JS08 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents that would like a full time job LKFTPA 1 NOTES Respondents are asked whether they would accept a part time job if they could not find a fu
38. Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry level and Levels 1 to 8 Any other professional work related qualification FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has UK gained qualifications related to work NOTES This variable replaces QULS10 01 20 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable GSQUAL all qualifications form Government schemes NO of WD Degree level qualify Incl foundation degrees graduate memb ship of a profess institute PGCE or higher Diploma in Higher Education HNC HND ONC OND BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC Teaching qualify excl PGCE 208 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Nursing or other medical qualify Not yet mentioned Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level A Level Vocat l A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent New Diploma Welsh Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate NVQ SVQ GNVQ GSVQ AS level Vocat AS Level or equiv Certificate of 6 Yr Studies CSYS or equiv Access to HE O Level or equiv Standard Ordinary Grade Lower Scotland GCSE Vocat I GCSE CSE Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland RSA OCR City and Guilds YT Certificate Key skills Core skills Scotland Basic skills Ski
39. COVERAGE Applies to all households NOTES HLDCMP6Y is not available on the person level datasets but is included on both household and ONS datasets from AJ 2010 RELHO6 Relationship to head of household 0 Head of household 12 Brother sister 1 Spouse 13 Step brother sister 2 Cohabitee 14 Foster brother sister 3 Child 15 Brother sister in law 4 Step child 16 Grandchild 5 Foster child 17 Grandparent 6 Child in law 18 Other relation 7 Parent 19 Other non relative 8 Step parent 20 Civil Partner 10 Foster parent 21 Same sex cohabitee 11 Parent in law 22 Undefined FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2006 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable was called RELH96 between Spring 1996 and Spring 2006 RELHRP6 Relationship to HRP 72 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 0 Household Reference Person 12 Brother or sister 1 Spouse 13 Step brother or sister 2 Cohabitee 14 Foster brother or sister 3 Child 15 Brother or sister in law 4 Step child 16 Grandchild 5 Foster child 17 Grandparent 6 Child in law 18 Other relation 7 Parent 19 Other non relative 8 Step parent 20 Civil Partner 10 Foster parent 21 Same sex cohabite 11 Parent in law 22 Undefined FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJO6 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES There are a lot of changes taking place in the m
40. I Transport storage amp communication 157 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 10 J Financial intermediation 11 Real estate renting amp business ualify 12 L Public administration amp defence 13 M educ 14 N Health amp social work 15 O Other community social amp personal 16 P Private hholds with employed persons 17 Q Extra territorial organisations bodies FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions This variable is derived from INDSCO7S LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDUSTRY IN SECOND JOB SIC2007 5 075 Industry sub class in second job 01 62 1 93 19 9 Range of industry codes 8 Not Applicable NA 9 Did Not Answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This variable is derived from Y2JOB YTETJB amp ICD2 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives complete industry breakdown of both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDCO7S Industry class in second job 01 11 99 00 Range of industry codes 8 Not Applicable NA 9 Did Not Answer DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from 9 COVE
41. ILCURR 287 07 97 LOOKMII 167 TEIPD 130 INDSET Oesen 201 ERE E 53 1 7 129 INDSCOTS vinissi 158 EPCODE 54 133 INBGACO0S 90 52 8 1 131 261 LSSOTH i 143 EENG EE 277 22222 22 261 LSTHO 307 55 133 2 20205 39 TRENET settet 130 2 40 132 39 M3CRY jens 57 132 IOUTCOME 67 M3CRYO 58 WESA Theni an 134 IREND2 nakunan 14 MAINMA 186 131 184 ESUN 134 J 184 LETHU shayn 133 162 MANAG 161 TEL TUB vaker 133 IJBAWAY guess 94 104 133 109 MANAGER 105 EWK pes 129 JOBBEG 187 MANAGER 178 2222 2222 285 257 MARCHK 13 132
42. Nine times a year Ten times a year Three months 13 weeks 292 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 26 Six months 26 weeks 52 One year 12 months 52 weeks 90 Less than one week 95 One off lump sum 97 None of these FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving a figure for either their actual last payment as an employee or on government scheme or a figure for the payment which they expect NOTES This question replaces GOEMGB as of Spring 99 GRSEXP Gross pay expected 1 99994 1 to 99994 self assessment 99995 Paid 99995 or more self assessment 99998 Don t know 99999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have not yet received pay from government scheme or an employer GROSS99 99996 NOTES This question replaces GOEMEX as of Spring 99 BANDG Weekly monthly annual pay bands Winter 92 to Winter 96 See Volume 5 LFS Classifications for band details Spring 97 onwards See start of Income section in this volume FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents government scheme or employee who do not know their gross pay NOTES BANDG was changed from a numeric to a text variable in Autumn 97 but the bands are coded using two decimal places GRSSWK Gross weekly pa
43. Only days where respondent was scheduled to work but was unable to do so because of sickness or injury are recorded 133 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 ILLSAT Whether off work sick Saturday 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had days off due to sickness injury ILLWK 2 NOTES Only days where respondent was scheduled to work but was unable to do so because of sickness or injury are recorded ILLSUN Whether off work sick on a Sunday 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had days off due to sickness injury ILLWK 2 NOTES Only days where respondent was scheduled to work but was unable to do so because of sickness or injury are recorded HOURS Structure of LFS hours variables hours worked per week When conducting analysis of hours worked there are three elements to consider 10 whether to use usual or actual hours worked ii whether to include or exclude paid and unpaid overtime iil whether to include hours worked in second jobs The table below shows which LFS variables are available to provide this information Second job information is only available for actual hours including overtime In general it is recommended that the derived variables are used because these include all respondents The derived variables TOTHRS and SUMHRS both
44. This variable is derived from EVERWK ICDM and STAT LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDCO7L Industry class in last job 01 11 99 00 Range of industry codes 8 Not Applicable NA 9 Did Not Answer DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This variable is derived from INDSCO7L LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a full industry breakdown of both SIC92 amp SIC2007 codes INDGO7L Industry group in last job 01 1 99 0 Range of industry codes 8 Not Applicable NA 9 Did Not Answer DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This variable is derived from INDSCO7L LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a full industry breakdown of both SIC92 amp SIC2007 codes INDDO7L Industry division in last job 01 99 Range of industry codes 8 Not Applicable NA 9 Did Not Answer DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from 9 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This vari
45. U Extraterritorial organisations 120 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents made redundant in the three months prior to interview NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions This variable is derived from Redcls EVERWK REDIND INDM92M IMDM92L RDIC92 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 121 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 To convert SIC2007 codes to SIC92 codes INO792DR 01 60 Range of values FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents made redundant in the three months prior to interview NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions This variable is derived from Redcls EVERWK REDIND INDSCO7M INDSCO7L RDICO7 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 0792 1 Agriculture amp fishing 2 Energy amp water 3 D Manufacturing 4 F Construction 5 G H Distribution hotels amp restaurants 6 I Transport amp communication 7 J K Banking finance amp insurance etc 8 L N Public admin education amp health 9 O U Other services FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to
46. Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 MAINMA Method of looking for work no preference Spring 92 to Spring 94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Visit Jobcentre Visit Jobclub Have your name on the books of a private employment agency Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals Apply directly to employers Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs Wait for the results of an application for a job Look for premises or equipment Seek any kind of permit Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business Do anything else to find work Summer 94 onwards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 FREQUENCY COVERAGE four weeks NOTES Visit a Jobcentre Visit a Careers office Visit a Jobclub Have your name on the books of a private employment agency Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals Apply directly to employers Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs Wait for the results of an application for a job Look for premises or equipment Seek any kind of permit Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business Do anything else to find work Each quarter from Spring
47. are in work that they are looking for work or that they would like a regular paid job NOTES Disabled current disability includes those who have a long term disability which substantially limits their day to day activities Work limiting disabled includes those who have a long term disability which affects the kind or amount of work they might do Please see notes on a discontinuity between Q4 2009 and Q1 2010 and changes made to this derived variable in 20110n page 5 of this user guide Users should be aware that the variables that feed into DISCURR changed in AJ13 and users may therefore see a break in the series Please see notes at LNGLST and LIMACT before carrying out analysis on this variable 279 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 As a result of the AJ13 change 2014 reweighted data sets will not reference DISCURR and will instead reference DISCURR13 from AJ13 onwards This is to demonstrate that there is break in the time series Until the 2014 reweighted datasets are released AJ13 and JS13 datasets will still contain the variable DISCURR However OD 13 will not contain DISCURR and will instead reference DISCURR13 Please be aware that no analysis can be carried out on DISCURR on APS datasets that contain both DISCURR and DISCURR13 Explanation of which variables will appear on individual datasets Datasets prior to 2014 2014 reweighted datasets reweighting AJ13 DISCURR LNG
48. or 9 FLEX10 1 3 Type of agreed work arrangement 1 Flexitime Flexible working hours 2 Annualised hours contract 3 Term time working 4 Job sharing 5 Nine day fortnight 6 Four and a half day week 7 Zero hours contract 8 On call working 9 None of these FREQUENCY AJ OD or wave 1 only from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable replaced FLEX9D 1 3 in 2010 which in turn replaced NINDAY which was discontinued from 1993 Respondents may give up to three responses Prior to Spring 97 this variable was coded FLEX9D 0 2 Option 9 Don t know has been removed from Spring 04 See FLED10 for definitions of the individual categories Please be aware that between the first quarter of 2004 and JS13 there was a check in the questionnaire that did not allow respondents to say that they worked shift work at SHFTWK99 and then go on to say that they worked zero hours at FLEX10 However as SHFTWK99 is only asked in wave 1 and in AJ this check only affected AJ respondents and all wave 1 respondents From JS13 onwards this check has been removed i e zero hours contracts and shift work are no longer deemed incompatible Analysts should be aware of this when doing any analysis surrounding zero hours contracts and are advised to restrict their analysis to OD quarters Please note that this does not affect data sets prior to 20
49. 2 a first diploma or general diploma level 2 3 a first certificate or general certificate below level 2 4 modules towards a National Certificate 5 other SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 6 None of these 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification NOTES This variable replaces STECOTH Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable STECOTH Other SCTVEC qualifications 230 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 A full National Certificate level level 3 2 first diploma or general diploma level 2 3 first certificate or general certificate below level 2 4 Modules towards a National Certificate 5 None of these 6 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM07 to OD10 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC qualification and their highest SCOTVEC qualification is at the higher level National Certificate or National Diploma level a first diploma or general diploma or a first certificate or general certificate STCOTLA type of SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualifications an 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qu
50. 32 1 33 38000 40999 2 33 1 34 41000 or more 2 34 GROSS INCOME 1100 1199 1200 1299 1300 1399 1400 1499 1500 1599 1600 1699 1700 1799 1800 1899 1900 1999 2000 2199 2200 2499 2500 2999 3000 3499 3500 3999 4000 or more INCNOW Prompt to ask income questions 1 2 3 8 9 FREQUENCY COVERAGE GROSS99 Gross pay before deductions 1 99994 1 to 99994 self assessment 99995 99996 No pay yet received 99998 Don t know 99999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE New Deal in the voluntary sector or environmental task force NOTES Now Later Non contact proxy interview not possible Answer state benefit questions only Refusal Each quarter from Winter Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 or those in employment in the reference week Paid 99995 or more self assessment 92 275 299 300 324 325 349 350 374 375 399 400 424 425 449 450 474 475 499 500 549 550 599 600 649 650 699 700 749 750 or more Applies to all respondents who are employees and those on government scheme not This variable replaces GOVGRO and EMPGRO from Spring 99 GRSPRD Period covered by last gross pay 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 13 One week Two weeks Three weeks Four weeks Calendar month Two calendar months Eight times a year
51. 4 weeks TAUT4 1 TAUTHRS total hours of instruction or tuition received Recorded to nearest hour FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent received any tuition or attend any taught classes in the last 4 weeks TLRN4WK any other learning activities that were not taught classes or did not include tuition in the last 4 weeks 1 yes 2 no FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent received any tuition or attend any taught classes in the last 4 weeks TAUTSM as part of other learning was the respondent in receipt of any tuition or attend any taught classes 1 yes 2 no FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent did not receive any learning or tuition in the last 4 weeks TSUBJ3M the main subject in which tuition was received Text FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent received tuition or attended taught classes in the last three months TSUB3COD subject look up code FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent provided main subject area of tuition or taught classes received TLRNSM any other learning activities that were not taught classes or did not 263 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 include tuition in the last 3 months 1 yes 2 no FREQUENCY COVERAGE Each quarter from JM 2011 Applies if respondent did receive
52. 5 4 Don t know FREQUENGY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies respondents who started their apprenticeship in the year 2000 or later APPSAM Apprenticeship part of main job 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is aged between 16 and 69 and finished full time education between age 5 and 95 or never attended full time education or is currently on a course though not at school NOTES Those still doing their apprenticeship are asked for full details of what they are doing FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has completed an apprenticeship APPST12 When apprenticeship started 1 Yes before 2000 2 No in 2000 or after FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have completed or are currently doing formal apprenticeship NOTES Replaced APPSTRT in JM12 SOC10A Occupation in apprenticeship 1111 9279 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable replaces SOC2KAP This variable is derived from OCOD10A amp APPR8 Training Done In Last 13 Weeks 4 Weeks ED13WK Job related training or education in the last 3 months 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 94 256 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who ar
53. 5 Foster child 5 Foster child 6 Son or daughter in law 6 Son or daughter in law 7 Parent 7 Parent Guardian 8 Step parent 8 Step parent 9 Guardian 10 Foster parent 10 Foster parent 11 Parent in law 11 Parent in law 12 Brother or sister 12 Brother or sister 13 Step brother or sister 13 Step brother or sister 14 Foster brother or sister 14 Foster brother or sister 15 Brother or sister in law 15 Brother or sister in law 16 Grandchild 16 Grandchild 17 Grandparent 17 Grandparent 18 Other relation 18 Other relation 19 Other non relative 19 Other non relative 20 Civil Partner FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is based on a relationship grid which calculates family units by defining household members relationship to one another The relationship grid will only appear if there is more than one person in the household Response options were harmonised in the Winter 2005 questionnaire TOTNUM Total number of eligible people in household 1 16 Total number of eligible people in household FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 96 on household datasets only Each quarter from Spring 2000 on household and ONS datasets COVERAGE Applies to all households NOTES TOTNUM is only included on the household datasets prior to Spring 2000 It is also included on both household and ONS datasets from Spri
54. 92 Applies to all respondents looking for work as an employee or self employed in the last As with LKWFWM all the method of looking for work variables have been increased by one category 2 Careers office from Summer 94 This variable codes the main responses given in METHAL 186 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Main method of looking for work Spring 92 to Spring 94 1 Visit a Jobcentre 2 Visit Jobclub 3 Have your name on the books of a private employment agency 4 Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals 5 Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals 6 Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals 7 Apply directly to employers 8 Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs 9 Wait for the results of an application for a job 10 Look for premises or equipment 11 Seek any kind of permit 12 Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business 13 Do anything else to find work Summer 94 onwards 1 Visit a Jobcentre 2 Visit a Careers office 3 Visit a Jobclub 4 Have your name on the books of a private employment agency 5 Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals 6 Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals 7 Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals 8 Apply directly to employers 9 Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs 10 W
55. Applies to all respondents who suffered from an illness in last 12 months caused made worse by work OR respondents injured at work in the last 12 months AND Respondents not currently working but have worked in the past 12 months This was previously called REASOFF from 7 NOBACK9 Expected return to work 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Prior to JM13 JM quarters every 2 years 2009 2011 etc From JM13 onwards this will be asked in JM quarters even years only It is therefore not included in the JM13 data set COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who not currently in work because of illness that was caused or made worse by work HWWA4WK Illness preventing work 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE to all respondents who are working who have worked within the last three months or who are currently enrolled on a government scheme training programme considered as employment NOTES New for JM12 HWWRET Return to work 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has had a period of illness or injury lasting four weeks or longer NOTES New for JM12 290 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 INCOME Up to Winter 96 all questions in the income section were asked of respondents in wave 5 From Spring 97 they have been asked in wave 1 as well Coverage of the following questions includes only people a
56. Argyll amp Bute QE Scottish Borders QF Clackmannanshire QG West Dunbartonshire QH Dumfries amp Galloway QJ Dundee City QK East Ayrshire QL East Dunbartonshire QM East Lothian QN East Renfrewshire QP City of Edinburgh QQ Falkirk QR Fife QS City of Glasgow QT Highland QU Inverclyde QW Midlothian QX Moray QY North Ayrshire QZ North Lanarkshire RB Perth amp Kinross RC Renfrewshire RE South Ayrshire RF South Lanarkshire RG Stirling RH West Lothian 460 Northern Ireland COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is included on UA LA Unitary Authority Local Authority and ONS datasets only It is derived using UALAD99 From Autumn 93 to Summer 00 the UACNTY variable included local authorities as well as counties The coding frame changed in Autumn 00 with the introduction of the variable UALA The Autumn 93 to Summer 00 UACNTY coding frame can be found in the LFS User Guide Volume 3 2002 43 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 UALA Unitary Authority Local Authority 09 Bedfordshire 11 Buckinghamshire 12 Cambridgeshire 13 Cheshire 15 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 16 Cumbria 17 Derbyshire 18 Devon 19 Dorset 20 Durham 21 East Sussex 22 Essex 23 Gloucestershire 24 Hampshire 26 Hertfordshire 29 Kent 30 Lancashire 31 Leicestershire
57. Casual or small jobs are included provided the job was paid SECJMB should be used in preference to SECJOB when analysing numbers of people with second jobs Y2JOB Whether had 2 jobs because of a change of job in reference week 1 Yes changed jobs during week 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a second paid job SECJOB 1 NOTES One purpose of this question is to distinguish between two groups of respondents those who had two jobs in the reference week only because they changed jobs that week and those who held two jobs at the same time The first group are not asked details of their second job The second group however are asked for more information about their second job OCCUPATION IN SECOND JOB SOC10S Occupation in second job 1111 9279 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have an additional regular job NOTES This variable replaces SOCSEC LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes SC10SM J Major occupation group second job 11 Managers Directors And Senior Officials 2 Professional Occupations 3 Associate Professional And Technical Occupations 4 Administrative And Secretarial Occupations 5 Skilled Trades Occupations 6 Caring Leisure And Other Service Occupations 7 Sales And
58. Customer Service Occupations 8 Process Plant And Machine Operatives 155 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 9 Elementary Occupations FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This variable replaces SC2KSMJ and is derived from SOC10S LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes SC10SMN Minor occupation group second job 111 927 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This variable replaces SC2KSMN and is derived from SOC2KS LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes SC2KSMN Minor occupation group second job 111 999 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This variable replaces SOCMINS and is derived from SOC2KS LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes INDUSTRY IN SECOND JOB CONVERSION VARIABLE To convert SIC92 codes to SIC2007 codes The SIC 2007 industry coding frame has been introduced to replace the existing SIC 1992 version In order to maintain some continuity the following variables
59. Darlington UA ET Halton UA EU Warrington UA EX Blackburn with Darwen UA EY Blackpool UA FA City of Kingston upon Hull UA FB East Riding of Yorkshire UA FC North East Lincolnshire UA FD North Lincolnshire UA FF York UA FK Derby UA FN Leicester UA FP Rutland UA FY Nottingham UA GA County of Herefordshire UA GF Telford and Wrekin UA GL Stoke on Trent UA HA Bath and North East Somerset UA HB City of Bristol UA North Somerset UA HD South Gloucestershire UA HG Plymouth UA HH Torbay UA HN Bournemouth UA HP Poole UA HX Swindon UA JA Peterborough UA KA Luton UA KF Southend on Sea UA KG Thurrock UA LC Medway UA MA Bracknell Forest UA MB West Berkshire UA MC Reading UA MD Slough UA ME Windsor and Maidenhead UA MF Wokingham UA MG Milton Keynes UA ML Brighton and Hove UA MR Portsmouth UA MS Southampton UA MW Isle of Wight UA FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 00 NA Isle of Anglesey NC Gwynedd NE Conwy NG Denbighshire NJ Flintshire NL Wrexham NN Powys NQ Ceredigion NS Pembrokeshire NU Carmarthenshire NX Swansea NZ Neath Port Talbot PB Bridgend PD The Vale of Glamorgan PF Rhondda Cynon Taff PH Merthyr Tydfil PK Caerphilly PL Blaenau Gwent PM Torfaen PP Monmouthshire PR Newport PT Cardiff QA Aberdeen City QB Aberdeenshire QC Angus QD
60. Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE Applies if currently working as an employee government scheme or unpaid family worker STAT 1 or 3 or 4 or PRELBUS 1 and has been with their current employer self employed for 12 months or less CONYRLES lt 1 and CONMLES lt 12 and was not in paid employment or self employed before current job CONPRE 3 TMPCON Whether respondent has contract with employment agency 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 Spring AJ quarters only from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who got their current work through a private employment agency or business HOWGET 5 NOTES This variable is included on ONS datasets only Respondents working directly for a temporary employment agency and are not performing any work for and under the supervision of another organisation should be coded 2 No 115 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 REDUNDANCY WITHIN LAST 3 MONTHS REDUND Whether made redundant in last three months 1 Made redundant 2 Not made redundant FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 NOTES This variable combines all the questionnaire variables and should be used in all analysis of redundancies This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User guide for further detail Changes have made to the derivation of REDUND in the LFS It now covers the number o
61. Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an RSA OCR qualification NOTES This variable replaces RSAOTH Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable RSAOTH 1 3 Other RSAO OCR qualifications 1 An advanced diploma or advanced certificate Level 3 2 A diploma Level 2 3 Or some other RSA including Stage I Il amp Ill Level 1 4 None of these 5 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JMO7 to OD10 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have an RSAO OCR qualification RSAOTLA type of other RSA OCR qualifications 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know 233 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER RSA OCR qualification Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable RSAOTLB level of other RSA OCR qualifications 1 Level 1 2 Level2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER RSA OCR qualification Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding t
62. From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing period highest NVQ SVQ qualification as obtained 1 2009 or earlier 2 2010 or later FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has NVQs SVQs NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing 239 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NVQ11 highest level of full NVQ SVQ 1 Level 1 2 Level2 3 Level 3 4 Level4 5 Level5 6 Other NVQ SVQ qualification 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has NVQs SVQs NOTES This variable replaces NVQLEV Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing NVACD type of highest NVQ SVQ 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s NVQ or SVQ is categorised as OTHER at NVQ1 1 NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents
63. JBAWAY 3 NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets in Summer 02 This variable identifies when person is due to begin their new job LIKEWK Whether would like work 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Yes No Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who are not looking for work or place on government scheme in the last 4 weeks and not waiting to start work WAIT 2 NOLOWA 01 10 Reasons for not looking for work in last 4 weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 FREQUENCY COVERAGE WAIT 2 NOTES Waiting for the results of an application for job being assessed by ET training agent Student Looking after the family home Temporarily sick or injured Long term sick or disabled Believes no jobs available Not yet started looking Doesn t need employment Retired from paid work Any other reason Each quarter from Spring 05 Applies to respondents aged 16 69 who are not waiting to take up a job already obtained NOLOWA and NOLWM replace the variables NOLOOK and NOWANT from Spring 05 Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NOLWM Main reason not looking for work in last 4 weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Waiting for the results of an application for a job being assessed by an ET training agent Student
64. Laid off short time work interrupted by economic and other causes applies to respondents who were not working for technical or economic reasons e g shortage of orders economic reason or because production at their workplace was impeded by a shortage of material supplies e g caused by a labour dispute outside the respondents workplace or at another firm halting supplies In the latter case the respondent would not be personally involved in the labour dispute Between Spring 1992 and Winter 2005 this variable was called YLESS 139 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 YMORE Reason for working more weekly hours 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Variable hours worked Overtime Other reasons Spring only in 98 All quarters in 99 Spring only in 2000 Each quarter from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents in employment except those on certain government schemes who worked more hours than usual MATLVE Status of maternity leave 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE A legal entitlement statutory maternity leave absence Leave employer has allowed contractual maternity leave Don t know Each quarter from Spring 96 to Winter 97 AJ quarters only from Spring 98 Applies to all women respondents on maternity leave YLESS 3 and SEX 2 VARYHR Whether weekly hours tend to vary 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Yes No Spring quarters only from Spring 98 to S
65. Looking after the family home Temporarily sick or injured Long term sick or disabled Believes no jobs available Not yet started looking Doesn t need employment Retired from paid work 188 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 10 Any other reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 69 who are not waiting to take up a job already obtained and more than one response is given at NOLOWA NOTES NOLOWA and NOLWM replace the variables NOLOOK and NOWANT from Spring 05 NOLWF Not looking for work because of looking after family home 1 You were caring for children below school age 2 You were caring for other children 3 You were caring for a dependent adult relative 4 Or some other reason FREQUENCY OD or wave 1 only from Autumn 05 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 69 whose main reason for not looking for work is because they are looking after family home NOWLM 3 NOTES This variable replaces NOLOKF and NOWNTF Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions NWNCRE 1 2 Reasons for not looking for work 1 Care services for children are not available or affordable 2 Care services for ill disabled or elderly adults are not available or affordable 3 Care facilities do not influence your decision for working part time FREQUENCY OD quarters only from Au
66. No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work overtime and actually worked in reference week NOTES Those respondents who did not work in the reference week even though they had a job i e on holiday or sick are coded as 0 As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc ACTUOT Actual hours of unpaid overtime 0 96 Hours of overtime 97 97 or more 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work overtime and actually worked in reference week NOTES Those respondents who did not work in the reference week even though they had a job i e on holiday or sick are coded as 0 As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc TOTAC2 Actual hours worked including paid and unpaid overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 or more 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 137 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work overtime and actually worked in reference week NOTES Those respondents who did not work in the reference week even though they had job i e on holiday or sick are coded a
67. Single Subject Combined Subject in one subject area Combined Subject in more than one subject area Each quarter from JM12 Applies to respondents who have higher qualification SINCOMN FDSINCOM and HDSINCOM replaced in SINCOM in JM12 From JM12 those who have higher qualification will be routed to this question FDSUBJ Subject studied at undergraduate degree FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Free Text Each quarter from JM12 Applies if respondent has an undergraduate degree From JM12 FDSUBJ HDSUBJCT and SUBJCTN replaced SUBJCT HDSUBUJCT Subject studied at higher level 217 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Free Text FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has a higher degree NOTES From JM12 FDSUBJ HDSUBJCT and SUBJCTN replaced SUBJCT SUBJCTN Subject studied for nursing qualification Free Text FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has nursing qualification NOTES From JM12 FDSUBJ HDSUBJCT and SUBJCTN replaced SUBJCT SNGDEGN Coding frame for single subject nursing qualifications FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents whose undergraduate degree is single subject NOTES SNGDEGN FDSNGDEG and SNGHD replaced SNGDEG in JM12 From JM12 those who have a nursing qualification will be routed to this question SNGDEGB single subject of degree banded 1 Medic
68. Spring 2000 on ONS datasets only In 1996 URESMC showed DNA cases when tables were run at household level These were for non responding individuals in responding household From 1997 these non responders were given the URESMC value of the household so that no DNA s showed up GOVTOR Government Office regions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Tyne amp Wear Rest of North East Greater Manchester Merseyside Rest of North West South Yorkshire West Yorkshire Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside East Midlands West Midlands Metropolitan County Rest of West Midlands East of England Inner London Outer London South East South West Wales Strathclyde Rest of Scotland Northern Ireland Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents This variable replaces GOR It was renamed due to the re ordering of categories From Spring 2000 it is derived from UALAD99 prior to this it was derived from COUNTY which has been removed from all datasets Merseyside is generally included in the North West region in published data GOVTOF Government Office Regions Summary 1 2 3 4 5 North East North West Merseyside Yorkshire amp Humberside East Midlands 41 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 6 West Midlands 7 Eastern 8 London
69. TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification 6 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has a BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL NOTES This variable replaces 8 BTACD Was your highest BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification an 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL is categorised as OTHER at BTE11 227 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 BTLEV level of Award Certificate Diploma BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification 1 Level 1 2 Level2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM1 1 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL is categorised as OTHER at BTE11 BTSUBuJ subject title awarding body of BTEC TEC EDEXCEL qualification Free text input max 250 characters FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondents BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL is categorised as OTHER or DON T KNOW at BTE11 BTCTH11 any BIEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualifications below 1 at National Certificate or National Diploma level level 3 2 afirst diploma or general diploma level 2 3 a first certificate or general certificate below level 2 4 other BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification 5 None of these 6 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter
70. Text labels are not available for these variables This variable is derived from CAIND RELHFU amp AGE FDPCH2 Number of dependent children in family aged under 2 0 3 Number of dependent children in family aged under 2 FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 NOTES The notes for 19 also apply to this variable FDPCH4 Number of dependent children in family aged between 2 amp 4 0 3 Number of dependent children in family aged between 2 amp 4 FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 NOTES The notes for FDPCH19 also apply to this variable FDPCH9 Number of dependent children family aged between 5 amp 9 0 5 Number of dependent children in family aged between 5 amp 9 FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 NOTES The notes for FDPCH19 also apply to this variable FDPCH15 Number of dependent children in family aged between 10 15 0 5 Number of dependent children in family aged between 10 amp 15 FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 NOTES The notes for FDPCH19 also apply to this variable FDPCH16 Number of dependent children in family aged under 16 0 10 Number of dependent children in family aged under 16 FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 NOTES The n
71. User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 972 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 336 VATICAN CITY 973 YUGOSLAVIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN 660 ANGUILLA 028 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 032 ARGENTINA 533 ARUBA 044 BAHAMAS THE 052 BARBADOS 084 BELIZE 060 BERMUDA 068 BOLIVIA 076 BRAZIL 092 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 124 CANADA 988 CARIBBEAN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 136 CAYMAN ISLANDS 986 CENTRAL AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 152 CHILE 170 COLOMBIA 188 COSTA RICA 192 CUBA 212 DOMINICA 214 DOMINIGAN REPUBLIC 218 ECUADOR 222 EL SALVADOR 238 FALKLAND ISLANDS 254 FRENCH GUIANA 304 GREENLAND 308 GRENADA 312 GUADELOUPE 320 GUATEMALA 328 GUYANA 332 HAITI 340 HONDURAS 388 JAMAICA 474 MARTINIQUE 484 MEXICO 500 MONTSERRAT 530 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 558 NICARAGUA 985 NORTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 591 PANAMA 600 PARAGUAY 604 PERU 630 PUERTO RICO 987 SOUTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 659 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 662 ST LUCIA 666 ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON 670 ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 740 SURINAM 780 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 796 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 840 UNITED STATES 850 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 858 URUGUAY 862 VENEZUELA AFRICA 982 AFRICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 012 ALGERIA 024 ANGOLA 204 BENIN 072 BOTSWANA 854 BURKINA 108 BURUNDI 120 CAMEROON 912 CANARY ISLANDS 132 CAPE VERDE 140 CENT
72. Usual method of travel to work 1 Car van minibus works van 2 Motorbike moped scooter 3 Bicycle 4 Bus coach private bus 5 Taxi 6 Railway train 7 Underground train light railway tram GB only 8 Walk 9 Other way of travelling FREQUENCY Autumn quarters from Autumn 92 to Autumn 99 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 00 to Spring 01 Autumn quarters only from Autumn 01 to Autumn 06 OD quarters only from OD06 and every quarter waves 1 amp 5 every three years COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on government schemes and hose working from home or using their home as a working base NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets in Spring 2000 From Autumn 06 all Travel to work questions are asked in Autumn every year and in waves 1 and 5 every quarter every 3 years e g 2006 2009 etc Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions TRVDRV Use of car van minibus works van to travel to work 1 As a driver 2 As a passenger 3 Sometimes as a passenger sometimes as a driver FREQUENCY Autumn quarters from Autumn 96 to Autumn 99 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 00 to Spring 01 Autumn quarters only from Autumn 01 to Autumn 06 and every quarter waves 1 amp 5 every three years COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who use car van minibus works van to travel to work TRVMTH 1
73. Welsh Baccalaureate 1 At the foundation level 2 At the intermediate level 3 Or advanced level 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a Welsh Baccalaureate QUALS4 12 NOTES This variable replaces WLSHBC QGCSE4 1 5 Type of GCSE or equivalent held below grade C 1 1 GCSE s below grade C 2 CSE s below grade 1 3 Standard grades 4 7 0 grades below 4 Scoitish NQ s Intermediate 1 below grade A 5 Scoitish NQ s Intermediate 2 below grade D 6 None of these FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 04 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a standard O grades GCSE CSE or Scottish National qualifications NOTES This variable replaces QGCSE Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable GCSEFUL 1 5 Type of GCSE or equivalent held above grade C 1 1 GCSE s grade C or above 2 CSE s grade 1 3 Standards grade 3 above O grades or above 4 Scottish NQ s Intermediate 1 grade or above 5 Scottish NQ s Intermediate 2 grade D or above 6 None of these 225 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 04 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have standard O grades GCSE CSE or Scottish National Qualifications NOTES This variable replaces GSCE
74. a Friday you would need to sum answers from ILLDAYS1 to ILLDAYS7 Some data analysis packages have multiple response tools that can assist in this State Pension Age Change Between April 2010 and April 2020 women s State pension age in the UK will increase from 60 to 65 at the rate of one month every two months From August 2010 ONS will publish headline employment and inactivity rates based on the 16 64 population No change was made concerning the unemployment rate which was and is still based on the population aged 16 and over The LFS definition of pension age has changed from 65 plus for men and 60 plus for women to 65 plus for men and women all children under 16 years are classified as economically inactive Therefore from April 2010 any routing that previously used the population males 16 64 and females 16 59 should change to all those aged 16 64 and routing that previously used the population males 65 and females 60 pension age should change to all those aged 65 A detailed flag can be calculated over the course of the incremental change to the female State pension age This will be needed if detailed analysis concerning state pension age is intended It is recommended that datasets contain two flag variables These derived variables should be called PENFLAGP which indicates an individual who is actually of State pension age at the time of interview and NOPENFLG which indicates individuals who a
75. address less than 3 months RESLNO 6 Each quarter from Spring 96 onwards Applies to all respondents who have lived at their address less than 3 months AND they not a baby born within the last 3 months RESMTH lt 3 AND RESBBY 1 NOTES Although the coverage of this variable seems contradictory at first glance it is in fact referring to the address the respondent was living at prior to their current address For example if the respondent is currently living in Bristol but three months ago was living in Bognor this variable checks whether the respondent was living in Bognor 12 months ago It should also be noted that the same circumstances apply if the respondent is living at a different address from 12 months ago but is still living in the same town or county REGONE Region of residence 12 months ago 1 Tyne amp Wear 12 West Midlands Met County 2 Rest of Northern Region 13 Rest of West Midlands 3 South Yorkshire 14 Greater Manchester 4 West Yorkshire 15 Merseyside 5 Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside 16 Rest of North West 6 East Midlands 17 Wales 7 East Anglia 18 Strathclyde 8 Inner London 19 Rest of Scotland 9 Outer London 20 Northern Ireland 10 Rest of South East 22 Outside of the UK 11 South West 23 Baby under 1 year FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES From Spring 92 to Spring 95 this variable was derived fro
76. all respondents made redundant in the three months prior to interview NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions This variable is derived from Redcls EVERWK REDIND INDSCO7M INDSCO7L RDICO7 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDDO7R Industry division in job made redundant from 01 99 Range of industry codes 8 No Answer NA 9 Did Not Ask DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents made redundant in the three months prior to interview NOTES This variable is derived from REDUND EVERWK INDDO7L REDIND and INDDO7M INDEO7R Industry sectors in job made redundant from 1 A B Agriculture forestry amp fishing 2 C E Energy amp water 3 D Manufacturing 4 F Construction 5 G H Distribution hotels amp restaurants 6 I Transport amp communication 7 J K Banking finance amp insurance etc 8 L N Public admin education amp health 9 O U Other services 122 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents made redundant in the three months prior to interview NOTES This variable is derived from REDUND EVERWK INDDO7ZL REDIND and INDDO7M RDICd07 Industry made redundant from 01 99 Range of industry codes 8 No Answer N
77. an OTHER City amp Guilds HSTNOW Level at which studying for National qualification 251 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Access level 2 Intermediate level 1 3 Intermediate level 2 4 Higher 5 Advanced Higher FREQUENCY Autumn and Winter quarters only in 2000 on ONS datasets Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are studying for a Scottish National Qualification NVQKN2 Whether working towards any NVQs or SVQs 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 93 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 to Autumn 99 Each quarter from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are studying for a qualification NVQLE11 highest level of NVQ SVQ being working towards 1 Level 1 2 Level 2 3 Level 3 4 Level 4 5 Level 5 6 Other 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has or is currently working towards an NVQ SVQ NOTES This variable replaces NVQLE2 NVNWACD type of NVQ SVQ being worked towards 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is working towards an OTHER NVQ SVQ NVNWLEV level of Award Certificate Diploma 1 Level 1 2 Level 2 3 Level 3 4 Level 4 5 Level 5 252 Labour Force Survey User Guide
78. an impact on LEVQUL11 please see QUALUK for more information The cases associated with this issue would have been coded as no qualifications at LEVQUL11 This problem would have been rectified from JS13 onwards HITQUA11 Highest qualification training leads to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Higher degree NVQ level 5 Level 8 Diploma Level 8 Certificate Level 7 Diploma Level 7 Certificate Level 8 Award First degree Other degree NVQ level 4 Level 6 Diploma Level 6 Certificate Level 7 Award Diploma in higher education Level 5 Diploma Level 5 Certificate Level 6 Award HNC HND BTEC higher etc Teaching qualification Nursing OCR higher Other higher education below degree Level 4 Diploma Level 4 certificate Level 5 award NVQ level 3 Progression or advanced diploma Level 3 Diploma Advanced Welsh Bac International Bac A level or equivalent OCR advanced Ond onc btec scotvec national level etc City amp Guilds advanced craft part 3 Scoitish sixth year certificate SCE higher or equivalent Access to Higher Education A S level or equivalent Trade apprenticeship Level 3 certificate Level 4 award 267 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 42 NVQ
79. and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 8 H Transportation and storage 9 I Accommodation and food service activities 10 J Information and communication 11 K Financial and insurance activities 12 L Real estate activities 13 M Professional scientific and technical activities 14 N Administrative and support service activities 15 O Public administration and defence compulsory social security 16 P Education 17 Q Human health and social work activities 18 R Arts entertainment and recreation 19 S Other service activities 20 T Activities of households as employers undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use 21 U Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This variable is derived from INDSCO7S LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete industry breakdown of both SIC92 amp SIC2007 EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN SECOND JOB SECJMBR Employment status in second job derived 1 Employee 2 Self employed 3 Status not stated 4 Changed jobs 5 No second job 159 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 6 No answer to second job 7 Does not apply FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who
80. are available to convert SIC92 codes to SIC2007 codes IN9207DS 01 99 Range of values FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions SIC92 to SIC2007 conversion variables are also available for 3 years 2006 2008 of back series data in SPSS and SAS This variable derives from INDSC07S LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 IN9207SS SIC07 92 Conversion DV Industry Section Second Job 1 A Agriculture forestry and fishing 2 B Mining and quarrying 3 C Manufacturing 156 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 4 D Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply 5 E Water supply sewerage waste management and remediation activities 6 F Construction 7 G Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 8 H Transportation and storage 9 I Accommodation and food service activities 10 J Information and communication 11 K Financial and insurance activities 12 L Real estate activities 13 M Professional scientific and technical activities 14 N Administrative and support service activities 15 O Public administration and defence compulsory social security 16 P Education 17 Q Human health and soci
81. are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing NVLEV level of Award Certificate Diploma NVQ SVQ qualification 1 Level 1 2 Level2 3 Level3 4 Level4 5 Level 5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s NVQ or SVQ is categorised as OTHER at NVQ11 NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing 240 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NVQSUB subject title awarding body of NVQ SVQ qualification Free text input max 250 characters FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s NVQ SVQ is categorised as OTHER or DON T KNOW at NVQ11 ONS datasets only NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD 13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing NVQO11 NVQs SVQs qualifications below 1 Level 1 2 Level 2 3 Level 3 4 Level 4 5 Level 5 6 Other NVQ SVQ qualification 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an
82. at this level Don t know Each quarter from Spring 95 Applies to all respondents who have a AS level qualification Highest National Qualification Access level Intermediate Level 1 Intermediate Level 2 Higher Advanced Higher Autumn and Winter quarters only in 2000 on ONS datasets Each quarter from Spring Applies to all respondents who have a Scottish National qualification From Spring 04 respondents can record up to 5 options Prior to this only a single response was recorded Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable ADVHST Whether respondent has one or more Advanced Higher 1 2 3 One Advanced Higher or more than one Don t know 224 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Autumn and Winter quarters only in 2000 on ONS datasets Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who advanced Scottish National qualification TYPHST 5 HST Whether respondent has three or more Highers 1 Three or more highers 2 or fewer than three 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Autumn and Winter quarters only in 2000 on ONS datasets Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have higher Scottish National qualification or an advanced higher Scottish national qualification WLSHBC8 Level of
83. call allowances 10 Tax credits 11 Any other additions to basic pay FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents whose last pay contained additions to their basic pay ERNFILT 1 or 3 NOTES This question is useful in determining how wage levels correlate with employment patterns as well as allowing more accurate analysis of how calculations of average hourly earnings should be adjusted to allow for hidden components Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable 1 4 Which type of bonus did pay contain 1 Group or team bonuses 2 Individual bonuses 3 Commission or sales bonuses 4 Other type of bonus FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only 297 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents whose last pay contained additions to their basic pay in the form of bonuses Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable HOURLY Whether paid a fixed hourly rate 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents whose last pay period is less than monthly a lump sum or is not known Respondents should still answer yes here if the
84. credits 6 Not claiming unemployment related benefits FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 and over NOTES This variable is derived from AGE WRKING JBAWAY OWNBUS RELBUS BENFTS 09 UNEMBN amp JSATYP INCSUP Whether claiming income support in reference week Spring 92 to Autumn 96 1 Yes 2 No 193 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Spring 98 onwards 1 Sick Person 2 Pensioner 3 Lone Parent 4 Any other form of Income Support FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Autumn 96 Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who claiming income support but not as unemployed person Spring 92 to Winter 97 UNBENA 2 or UNBENB 2 Spring 98 to Winter 00 TYPBEN 2 Spring 01 to Winter 02 TPBNO1 2 From Spring 03 TPBENS 2 NOTES This question identifies people who are registered as ILO unemployed and are claiming Income Support but not Unemployment Benefit This variable should not be used on its own or with UNBENA or NICRED to identify individual benefits All these variables are used to give a total number of claimants from the series of questions see CLAIM INCSUP is not asked after 7 October 1996 when it was replaced by JSATYP however from Spring 98 the categories in INCSUP changed and only applies to people who are receiving Income Support not as an unemployed person
85. forward or checked at subsequent interviews so users should be careful about attributing data to a telephone or face to face interview without checking first how the data are collected See LFS User Guide volume 1 Background and Methodology section on Fieldwork HOUT Household outcome 11 12 20 31 36 37 41 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 59 60 61 62 89 FREQUENCY Full interview Economically inactive Partially co operating household Refusal to HQ letter Outright refusal Circumstantial refusal Non contact No trace of address Not yet built or under construction Demolished or derelict Vacant or being refurbished Non residential or business only Institution Temporary accommodation second residence Directed not to sample at this address Holiday home Household no longer resident Previously ineligible now eligible Household not finished with Each quarter from Spring 97 HOUT04 Final Outcome Code Hout04 gives the final outcome for the household 110 120 130 140 211 212 213 214 Complete Interview by Desired Respondent Complete Interview Part resp part prox Complete Interview by Proxy Economically Inactive 70 Partial HH Interview HH Int but non cont w certain element HH Int but refusal w certain elements Other Partial int by desired respondents 306 220 231 232 233 234 310 320 330 410 421 422
86. from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has a BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification NOTES This variable replaces BTECOTH Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable BTCOTLA type of BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualifications 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 228 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable BTCOTLB levels of BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualifications 1 Level 1 2 Level2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable VOCYRB when highest SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC obtained 1 2009 or earlier 2 2010 or later FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has a SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC SCTVC11 level of highest SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 1 higher level
87. from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This variable is derived from INDSCO07L LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a full industry breakdown of both SIC92 amp SIC2007 codes EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN LAST JOB STATLR Employment status last job reported 1 Employee 2 Self employed 3 Government scheme 4 Unpaid family worker FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES From Spring 92 to Winter 00 this variable was called NSTATL NSTATL was processed through the Census Matrix Edit which checks the respondents occupation and their employment status for inconsistencies With the removal of the edit STATLR supersedes the variable NSTATL The filter EVERWK 1 is applied to the questionnaire variable STAT to distinguish between current last job STATR is employment status in current job as reported STATLR is employment status in last job as reported MANAGLR Managerial status last job reported 1 Manager 2 Foreman or supervisor 178 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 3 Not manager or supervisor FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees STAT 1 NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit MANAGLR supersedes t
88. in last 3 months or unemployed in ref wk left last job within 8 yrs of ref wk 116 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant This variable replaces REDYLFT This question was removed from the questionnaire in JM13 and replaced with REDYL13 REDYL13 Reason left last job 1 dismissed 2 made redundant 3 took voluntary redundancy 4 temporary job which came to an end 5 resigned 6 gave up work for health reasons 7 took early retirement 8 retired at or after state pension age 9 gave up work for family or personal reasons 10 education or training 11 left for some other reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM13 COVERAGE Applies if respondent working and left paid job in last 3 months or unemployed in ref wk left last job within 8 yrs of ref wk NOTES If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant This variable replaces REDYL11 HTHDIS Health reason for being dismissed or redundant 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from 9 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were dismissed made redundant or took voluntary redundancy REDYLFT 1 or 2 HTHRET Health reason for early retirement 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each qu
89. level 4 2 a full National Certificate level 3 3 a first diploma or general diploma level 2 4 a first certificate or general certificate below level 2 5 modules towards a National Certificate 6 other SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has a SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC NOTES This variable replaces SCTVEC SCACD type of highest SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know 229 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC is categorised as OTHER at SCTVC11 SCLEV level of Award Certificate Diploma SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 1 Level 1 2 Level2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC is categorised as OTHER at SCTVC11 SCSUBJ subject title awarding body of this SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification Free text input max 250 characters FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC is categorised as OTHER at SCTVC11 STCOT11 any SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualifications below 1 a full National Certificate level 3
90. measure total hours worked in main and second jobs but are derived in different ways and give slightly different results SUMHRS is available from Spring 1995 onwards and should be used in preference to TOTHRS People who People who Derived variables Never work overtime work overtime all people Usual hours main job Total usual hours excluding overtime TOTUS1 USUHR BUSHR Usual paid overtime POTHR Usual unpaid overtime UOTHR Total usual hours including overtime TOTUS2 TTUSHR Actual hours main job Total actual hours excluding overtime TOTAC1 ACTHR BACTHR Actual paid overtime ACTPOT Actual unpaid overtime ACTUOT Total actual hours including overtime TOTAC2 TTACHR Actual hours second job Actual hours in second job including ACTHR2 overtime Actual hours main and second job Total hours worked in reference week TOTHRS 134 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 in main and second jobs SUMHRS EVEROT Whether ever work paid or unpaid overtime 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees self employed and those on employer based government schemes NOTES This question is asked first so that respondents who never work overtime are not asked the overtime questions TOTUS1 Total usual hours worked excluding lunch breaks no overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 or more 99 Don t know N
91. of LFS variables 2013 Spring 93 to Winter 96 1 Yes 2 No not yet started Spring 97 onwards 1 Still attending 2 Waiting for term to re start 3 Stopped going FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are currently at school or enrolled on a full time part time course ENROLL 1 NOTES The aim is to check that the respondent is not only enrolled but still actually attending the course For distance learning going to means taking part in or using Respondents who have enrolled on a course but have not started at the time of interview are coded 2 Waiting for term to re start The introduction of this category in Spring 97 caused a discontinuity in data on full time students see Labour Market Trends June 1998 Those who are on holiday breaks are coded 1 COURSE Type of course all persons are enrolled Spring 92 to Winter 96 1 A sandwich course 2 Studying at university polytechnic college full time 3 Training for a qualification in nursing physiotherapy or a similar medical subject 4 Part time course at university polytechnic or college including day release and block release 5 Open college 6 Open University 7 Any other correspondence course or open learning method Spring 97 onwards 1 School full time 2 School part time 3 A sandwich course 4 Studying at university polytechnic college full time 5 Training for a qualifica
92. or injured ILLDAYS response IL1BEF Period of sickness start day 1 the first day of your working week 2 before that FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had one period of sickness absence ILL1PD 1 ILLNE11 main condition that caused sickness absence 1 Back pain 2 Neck and upper limb problems e g arthritis in hand joints stiff neck 3 Other musculoskeletal problems 4 Stress depression anxiety common mental health problems 5 Manic depression schizophrenia and other serious mental health problems 6 Minor illnesses coughs colds and flu sickness nausea and diarrhoea 7 Other respiratory conditions e g asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease OPD bronchitis pneumonia 8 Other gastrointestinal problems e g irritable bowel syndrome IBS piles bowel cancer stomach ulcer 9 Headaches and migraines 10 Genito urinary to include urine infections menstrual problems pregnancy problems 11 Heart blood pressure amp circulation problems 12 Eye ear nose amp mouth dental to include sinusitis and toothache 13 Diabetes 14 Other accidents poisonings infectious diseases skin disorders and anything else not covered above 15 Prefers not to give details FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to those with one period of sickness absence This variable replaced ILLNESS 130 Labour Force Survey User Guide
93. relating to historical quarterly specific questions Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable USUWRK 1 3 Respondents usual pattern of work 1 Usual to work during day 2 Usual to work during evening 3 Usual to work at night FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment NOTES From Spring 2000 the coding structure of this variable changed and USUWRK was set to YES 1 if respondents usually worked during the relevant period and NO 2 to those who did not work during the relevant period Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions EVENG Evening work in last 4 weeks 1 Half or more of the total time you worked was at night 2 Less than half 3 No time worked at night in past 4 weeks FREQUENCY quarters only from 7 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who usually work in the evening USUWRK 2 NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions NIGHT Night work in the last 4 weeks 1 Half or more of the total time you worked was in the night 2 Or less than half 3 No time worked in evening in past 4 weeks FREQUENCY quarters only from 7 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who usually work in the night U
94. scheme NOTES This variable is derived from ACTWKDY 1 7 149 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 WKWED Whether worked Wednesday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE scheme NOTES Yes No Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents in employment during reference week or on government This variable is derived from ACTWKDY 1 7 WKTHU Whether worked on Thursday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE scheme NOTES Yes No Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents in employment during reference week or on government This variable is derived from ACTWKDY 1 7 WKFRI Whether worked on a Friday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE scheme NOTES Yes No Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents in employment during reference week or on a government This variable is derived from ACTWKDY 1 7 WKSAT Whether worked on a Saturday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE scheme NOTES Yes No Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents in employment during reference week or on a government This variable is derived from ACTWKDY 1 7 WKSUN Whether worked on a Sunday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE scheme NOTES Yes No Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents in
95. settlement of 10 000 or more RURAL Scoiland very remote rural RURAL Each quarter from Spring 05 Applies to all respondents This variable is only available on ONS datasets Clear definitions are provided of the Scottish Urban Rural classifications contained within the variable Rural areas comprise of villages hamlets and isolated dwellings in England and Wales In Scotland in addition to these types of area accessible or very remote small towns are also included Non rural areas consist of urban areas with a population of 10 000 or more and town fringe areas In Scotland both large and small urban areas are also classified as non rural 48 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 WARD03 Ward 2003 Range of codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets WARD98 Ward 98 Range of codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 93 to Winter 02 Spring amp Autumn quarters only from Spring 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets This variable is only available in SPSS format on ONS datasets from Spring 99 49 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 LEA Local Education Authorities 201 City of London 202 Camden 203 Greenwich 204 Hackney 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 206 Islingt
96. those not in work or full time education and who have taken part in a job related education training course in the 3 months prior to the reference week FUTUR13 1 The course is connected to a job that the respondent might be able to do in the future NOTES FUTURA applies to respondents 16 69 who are not at school to whom ED4WK does not apply To get JOBTRN for In employment unemployed and Inactive ED4WK and FUTUR4 need to be added together There are errors in the coverage of these variables in Winter 93 94 as the question was asked of those still at school and not asked of those in other full time continuous education this also affects all other variables routed from these variables JOBED Was training part of the education course previously mentioned 1 Yes 2 No 257 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have taken part in job related education training in the previous months are on a full time part time course ED13WK 1 OR FUTUR13 1 and ATTEND 1 2 On Off Job Training TRNOPP11 whether employer has offered any training or education on or away from job 1 Yes education or training offered 2 No not offered FREQUENCY JM quarters only from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent in work and has not been on any job related training in the previous 3 months NOT
97. to day activities while taking medication For example Respondent A suffers from asthma In JM13 they answer yes to HEALIM as without their medication they would suffer breathlessness and would struggle to carry out day to day tasks However In AJ13 they answer at to LIMACT because if they use their inhaler they can go about their daily life whilst experiencing no health problems When analysing LIMACT users are advised to use the filter LNGLST 1 before carrying out any further analysis ILLLNG For how long has your ability to carry out normal day to day activities been reduced 1 Less than six months 2 Between six months and 12 months 3 Twelve months or more FREQUENCY New question from AJ11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have indicated that their health problems limit their ability to carry out normal day to day activities NOTES When analysing ILLLNG users are advised to use the filter HEALIM 1 before carrying out any further analysis REDACT Period that day to day activities have been reduced 1 Less than six months 2 Between six months and 12 months 3 Twelve months or more FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ13 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who answered yes a lot or yes a little to LIMACT LIMACT 1 2 277 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This is a harmonised question that replaces ILLLNG from AJ13 onwards When analys
98. to sample at this address 60 Holiday home 61 Household no longer resident 62 Previously ineligible now eligible 89 Household not finished with FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 ADDRESS FEATURES BLOCK RTYPHH Type of Household 1 Single person household not retired 2 Elderly retired household 3 Lone parent 4 Couple 1 or both working age with children 5 Couple 1 or both working age no children or not sure about dependants 6 Multi person household students sharers 7 Other 8 Not known Uncertain FREQUENCY Wave 1 and Face to Face Only NOTES This is an outcome coding variable RTYPOTH Composition of Household Enter a text at most 100 characters FREQUENCY Wave 1 and Face to Face Only Applies if the household does not neatly fall into any of the given categories at RTypHH 308 NOTES Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 This is an outcome coding variable DWELLTYP Type of accommodation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FREQUENCY NOTES House or bungalow detached House or bungalow semi detached Terraced end of terrace Flat or maisonette purpose built Flat or maisonette Part house Converted house Other Mobile home caravan or houseboat Some other kind of accommodation Wave 1 and Face to Face Only This is an outcome coding variable FLOORN On which floor level is the accommodatio
99. training course in the 4 weeks prior to the reference week and the course is connected to a job that the respondent might be able to do in the future FUTUR4 1 NOTES This question is only asked to respondents in Northern Ireland This variable replaces TRATIR7 TFEE10 1 5 Who pays the fees for training 1 Employer or potential employer 2 ELWa LEC LSC 3 Other government or local authority organisation 4 Self or family or relative 5 Other 6 No fees 7 Don t know FREQUENCY and AJ quarters from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have taken part in job related education training in the last 4 weeks and this training has not been solely based in the workplace JOBTRN 2 3 OR FUTUR4 1 NOTES This question is only asked to respondents in Great Britain This variable replaces TRNFEE 1 5 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable FEEIR 1 5 Who pays fees for training NI 259 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Employer or potential employer 2 Government YTP 3 Government Adult scheme 4 Self or family or relative 5 Other 6 No fees 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Winter 94 only Each quarter from Spring 95 to Winter 95 Spring and Autumn quarters in 96 Spring and Winter quar
100. tuition or attend classes in the last three months or has not taken part in any other learning activities in the last 4 weeks NEETS Main reason not in work education or training 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES data sets only In custody Caring for a dependant adult relative Pregnant or caring for own children Disability or ill health Doing unpaid voluntary work Waiting to start job you have already obtained or a course on which you have been accepted Taking gap year before entering higher education Looking for work or a suitable course You refugee or asylum seeker Other reason Each quarter from 9 Applies to all respondents age 16 24 and not in paid work education or training The routing of this variable changed in JS11 This is available on ONS and Government Please see the following article that explains how the LFS data is used to measure NEETS Users are advised to use the methods outlined in this article to calculate the level of NEETs HIGHEST QUALIFICATION HIQUAL11 Highest qualification trade apprenticeship 1 Higher degree 2 NVQ level 5 3 Level 8 Diploma 4 Level 8 Certificate 5 Level 7 Diploma 6 Level 7 Certificate 7 Level 8 Award 8 First degree foundation degree 9 Other degree 10 NVQ level 4 11 Level 6 Diploma 12 Level 6 Certificate 13 Level 7 Award 14 Diploma in higher education 15 Leve
101. unemployed NOTES This is a derived variable changes have been made to the way it has been calculated in 2012 in order to reflect the change in Government training scheme questions Please see Volume 4 user Guide for further detail It shows the minimum of the length of time looking for work and the length of time since the respondent s last job 172 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 WNLEFT11 When left last job 1 Less than 3 months 2 3 months but less than 6 months 3 6 months but less than 12 months 4 1 year but less than 2 years 5 2 years but less than 3 years 6 3 years but less than 4 years 7 4 years but less than 5 years 8 5 years or more 9 Never had paid job FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past This variable replaced WNLEFT from JM11 Although neither of the response options have changed an amendment was required to the derivation of the variable This is a derived variable changes have been made to the way it has been calculated in 2012 in order to reflect the change in Government training scheme questions Please see Volume 4 user Guide for further detail WN2LFT11 When left last job 1 Less than 3 months 2 3 months but less than 6 months 3 6 months but less than 12 months 4 12 months but les
102. variables will continue to reference LIVWTH not LIV12W Please see User Guide 4 for further guidance 13 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 MARSEXE6 Sex and marital status 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Men Women married cohabiting civil partner Women non married Each quarter from AJ06 Applies to all respondents This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User guide for further guidance This variable was called MARSEX between Spring 2000 and Winter 2005 IREND2 Religious denomination 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Catholic Presbyterian Church of Ireland Methodist Other Protestant Other religion No denomination Under 16 years Unwilling to answer Each quarter from Winter 94 Applies to all respondents in Northern Ireland This variable is only asked of people in Northern Ireland It is important to remember that this is a voluntary question Respondents who refuse to answer are coded as unwilling Other Protestant includes Baptist Free Presbyterian Unitarian Congregational Plymouth Brethren Church of Nazarene Church of England Pentecostal Mormon etc Other religions include Jewish Hindu Sikh Buddhist Muslim RELBUP May just check then what religious denomination if any were you brought up in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTE
103. working full or part time 1 Full time 2 Part time 3 Full time work additional to Government Training Scheme From Summer 98 4 Part time Government Training Scheme From Summer 98 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 who are in employment NOTES From Summer 98 FTPT includes those on New Deal FTPT differs from FTPTWK in that it includes only those in employment whilst FTPTWK also includes those who are unemployed but have had a job in the last 8 years FTPTWK Whether full or part time in main job 1 Full time 2 Part time FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees self employed and unpaid family workers plus those on work based government training schemes plus those currently unemployed or inactive who have had a previous job within the last 8 years NOTES This variable can be used to identify full or part time employment for a previous job if left within the last 8 years for currently unemployed or inactive people as well as for a current job You should filter the economic category required YPTJOB Reason for part time job 1 Student still at school 2 Iil disabled 3 Could not find full time job 4 Did not want full time job FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 107 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are currently w
104. year HEALYR 1 NOTES If respondents were receiving medication or treatment they are asked to consider what the situation would be without the medication or treatment The qualifying statement concerning medication or treatment includes the use of a prosthesis i e any artificial device attached to the body as an aid for example an artificial limb a heart pacemaker or a hearing aid except spectacles or contact lenses the use of any other form of aid or equipment such as a wheelchair If someone says their condition does not have any affect on them because it is kept under control by treatment they are still coded 1 For example some people take medication and experience no impairment in their quality of life as a result but without that medication they would die Normal day to day activities are those which are carried out by most people on a daily basis and we are interested in disabilities nealth problems which have a substantial adverse effect on respondent s ability to carry out these activities See HEALIM for examples of ways in which a problem may affect the respondent s day to day activities DISCURR Current disability 1 Both current disability and work limiting disabled 2 disabled current disability only 3 Work limiting disabled only 4 Not disabled FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age and those above working age who indicate they
105. 0 0 1 8 269 TTACHR 138 5 11 249 SUMBRS 141 138 222 300 148 TIWA 46 249 0 8 104 154 249 0 2 161 TUPRES 154 1 2 2 2 206 TYEMPS 168 5 5 230 1 5 224 222 229 222222224 262 00 4004000000 286 SECEX 000044224000 299 22 2222221 262 283 a 298 263 TYPINT 305 OGB rn 299 263 00 92 2 2222 298 TAUT4WK 262 42 4044222 159 TAUTHRS 263 315 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 U WEEK satse 302 VAGNTY raset 43 6 12444 109 10 2 4 22 27 44
106. 0 and over Absences from the address which by their nature are temporary i e without permanent intent are ignored For example a person now ages 22 who was born at this address and whose only absence was when he went to university for three years at the age of 18 is recorded as having lived at the address for 22 years code 6 10 years or longer RESMTH Months at this address 0 11 Months FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have lived at their address less than 12 months RESTME 1 NOTES RESMTH and RESBBY are used to identify babies born less than 3 months ago i e between survey waves RESBBY Whether respondent is baby 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have lived at their address less than 3 months RESMTH lt 3 NOTES RESMTH and RESBBY are used to identify babies born less than 3 months ago i e between survey waves 56 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 M3CRY Place of residence 3 months ago 1 UK 2 Somewhere else FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 95 Spring quarters only from Spring 96 COVERAGE Spring quarters only Spring 92 Spring 94 Applies to all respondents who have lived at their address less than 3 months RESLNO 6 Non Spring quarters Summer 92 Winter 94 Applies to all respondents who have lived at their add
107. 04 and after AJ13 Please see the following article that explains in further detail how the LFS estimates zero hour contracts Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable LSSOTH Time off flexi or annual 1 Yes 2 No 143 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Spring only in 2000 AJ quarters only from Spring 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who give a reason for working less hours and they work either flexi time or annualised hours YLESS 1 4 12 or 13 AND FLEX10 1 or 2 NOTES This variable relates to reasons for the respondent not having worked in the reference week although they have a job Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions FLEXW1 Whether respondent works flexi time 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment and on certain government schemes FLEXW2 Whether respondent works to annualised hours contract 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment on certain government schemes FLEXW3 Whether respon
108. 06 Applies to all respondents who said their first language at home was Other LANG 5 NOTES This question is only asked in the Summer quarter every 3 years e g 2003 2006 2009 etc Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions INTUSE Last used internet 1 Within the last 3 months 2 Between 3 months and a year ago 3 More than 1 year ago 4 Never used it 5 Don t know proxy only FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to all respondents over the age of 15 NOTES Available on ONS datasets only for JM11 Available ONS and Government only files only from AJ11 onwards INTPROB Problems with the internet 1 Yes 2 No 39 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has never used the internet is giving a personal response to the survey and is in their final wave of the LFS cycle NOTES New for JM12 Available on ONS and Government only files INTPROB2 Possible reasons behind problems with internet 1 you have difficulty seeing 2 you have difficulty hearing 3 you have difficulty reading or writing 4 you have difficulty using a keyboard or mouse 5 or some other reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has problems using a computer or internet NOTES New for JM12 Available on ONS
109. 08 UNWEIGHTED LINKED RECORDS Filter inecac05_OD08 gt 1 amp inecac05_OD08 lt 3 amp iout_OD08 1 or iout_OD08 Total Q4 08 Total Q1 09 Change Q4 Change as SIC 2007 Section mapped recorded 08 to Q1 09 A Agriculture forestry and fishing 402 392 10 2 B Mining amp quarrying 152 127 25 16 C Manufacturing 3 899 3 549 350 9 D Electricity gas amp air con supply 203 191 12 6 E Water supply sewerage amp waste 282 275 7 2 F Construction 3 020 2 894 126 4 G Distribution 5 028 4 921 107 2 H Transport amp storage 1 920 1 881 39 2 Accommodation amp food services 1 340 1 416 76 6 J Information amp communication 1 308 1 164 144 11 K Financial amp insurance services 1 372 1 336 36 3 L Real estate services 288 328 40 14 M Professional scientific amp technical activities 1 779 2 128 349 20 N Admin amp suppport services 1 291 1 503 212 16 O Public admin amp defence 2 658 2 569 89 3 P Education 3 448 3 677 229 7 Q Health amp social work 4 683 4 741 58 1 R Arts entertainment amp recreation 889 831 58 7 5 Other service activities 833 919 86 10 T Households as employers 161 72 89 55 U Extra territorial 10 52 42 420 Total 34 966 34 966 0 0 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Some of the main step changes at Q1 2009 when deriving time series on SIC 2007 basis be explained further as follows e Sections and P
110. 1 COVERAGE Applies if respondents GNVQ GSVQ is categorised as OTHER or DON T KNOW at GNVQ11 NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing GNVQ0O11 GNVQs GSVQs qualifications below 1 Full Intermediate level 2 Part One Intermediate level 3 Full Foundation level 4 Part One Foundation level 5 other GNVQ GSVQ qualification 6 None 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has GNVQs GSVQs NOTES This variable replaces GNVQ40 Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable GNVQOLA type of GNVQ GSVQ qualifications 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER GNVQ GSVQ qualification Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for
111. 1 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_4 Whether ONC OND obtained 1 Yes 0 No 210 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 5 Whether BECTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 6 Whether SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_7 Whether Teaching qualification excluding PGCE obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_
112. 1 Answer given as year FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who give the year at which they obtained their highest qualification VERQAL1 2 Present Study Education refers to continuous full time education that is education without break Holiday jobs do not count as break provided that the person intended to complete the course In addition a gap of up to a year between going to school and going to college or university would not count as break continuous full time education Similarly National Service between school or college would not count as break sandwich course begun immediately after school finishes would be counted as continuous full time education Nursing training and similar vocational training undertaken while receiving a wage not counted as part of the continuous education process EDAGE Age when completed full time education 0 95 Age left school 96 Still in education 97 Never had education FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE to all respondents in employment or of working age QULNOW Whether working or studying towards a qualification 246 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 93 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 to Autumn 99 Each quarter from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respon
113. 1 and asked their basic rate of pay at the next question HRRATE2 Basic hourly rate in second job 1 994 Amount in pounds amp pence 995 995 or more 998 Don t know 999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are paid an hourly rate in their second job HOURLY2 1 SECGRO Gross pay before deductions 1 99994 1 99994 self assessment 99995 Paid 99995 or more 99996 No pay received yet 99998 Don t know 99999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees in a second job SECGA Period of gross earnings 2nd Job Spring 96 onwards 01 One week 02 Two weeks 03 Three weeks 04 Four weeks 05 Calendar month 07 Two calendar months 08 Eight times a year 09 Nine times a year 10 Ten times a year 13 Three months 13 weeks 26 Six months 26 weeks 52 One year 12 months 52 weeks 90 Less than one week 95 One off lump sum 97 None of these FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees in a second job 299 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 SECEX Expected gross earnings Amount of pay 1 99994 1 99994 self assessment 99995 Paid 99995 or more 99998 Don t know 99999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all resp
114. 12 December FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents did no work in the reference week and who left their last job within eight years of the reference week LEFTYR lt 8 LEFTW Whether left last job in reference week 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who left their last job within the last month NOTES The coverage of this variable implies that the respondent left their last job within the last four weeks OCCUPATION IN LAST JOB SOC10L Occupation last job 1111 9279 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This variable replaces SOC2KL and is derived from STAT EVERWK amp OCOD10M LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes SC10LMJ Major occupation group last job 12 Managers Directors And Senior Officials 174 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Professional Occupations Associate Professional And Technical Occupations Administrative And Secretarial Occupations Skilled Trades Occupations Caring Leisure And Other Service Occupations Sales And Customer Service Occupations Process Plant And Mac
115. 16 TAUTA4WK in receipt of any tuition or attend any taught classes as part of other learning 1 yes 2 no FREQUENCY Every quarter from 2011 COVERAGE APPLIES IF AGED 16 TSUBJ4WK main subject received during this tuition FREQUENCY Every quarter from 2011 COVERAGE APPLIES IF AGED 16 TSUB4COD coding frame for subject studied FREQUENCY Every quarter from 2011 COVERAGE APPLIES IF AGED 16 NOTES This variable replaces T4CODE T4CODE Main subject of course 1 00 9 99 Area of study FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who have attended a taught course in past 4 weeks TAUT4 1 NOTES LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a full breakdown of subject codes T4PURP Main purpose of training 1 Mostly related to a job you have 2 Mostly personal or social reasons FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 03 262 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who have attended a taught course in past 4 weeks TAUT4 1 T4WORK Whether training during work hours 1 Only during paid working hours 2 Mostly during paid working hours 3 Mostly outside paid working hours 4 Only outside paid working hours 5 Not employed at that time FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have attended taught course in past
116. 17 Q Human health and social work activities 18 R Arts entertainment and recreation 19 5 Other service activities 20 Activities of households as employers undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use 21 U Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from INDSCO7M LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDE07M Industry sectors in main job 1 A B Agriculture forestry amp fishing 2 Energy amp water 3 D Manufacturing 4 F Construction 5 G H Distribution hotels amp restaurants 6 I Transport amp communication 7 J K Banking finance amp insurance etc 8 L N Public admin education amp health 9 O U Other services FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from INDSCO7M LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SECTOR For this survey the public sector is defined as that owned funded or run by central or local government and the private sector as everything else The priv
117. 2 1 month but less than 3 months 3 3 months but less than 6 months 4 6 months but less than 12 months 5 12 months but less than 18 months 6 18 months but less than 2 years 7 2 years but less than 3 years 8 3 years but less than 4 years 9 4 years but less than 5 years 10 5 years or more 11 Time not fixed yet FREQUENCY quarters only from Spring 92 Every quarter from JMO08 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who said their job was not permanent in some way JOBTYP 2 NOTES This variable details the total duration of the temporary job not just up to the time of the interview RESTMR6 Reason job is temporary reported 1 Permanent 2 Seasonal job includes training periods 3 Seasonal job contract for probationary period 4 Seasonal job could not find permanent job 5 Seasonal job did not want permanent job 6 Seasonal job other reason 7 Seasonal job no reason given 8 Fixed contract includes training period 9 Fixed contract contract for probationary period 10 Fixed contract could not find permanent job 11 Fixed contract did not want permanent job 12 Fixed contract other reason 13 Fixed contract no reason given 14 Agency temp includes training period 15 Agency temp contract for probationary period 16 Agency temp could not find permanent job 17 Agency temp did not want permanent job 18 Agency temp other reason 19 Agency temp no reason gi
118. 2 18 19 20 21 22 NOTES This variable is included on household datasets only HNNOWKO05 Number of people in household who are inactive and do not want work 0 19 Number of people 81 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are inactive and do not want to work INECAC05 23 33 NOTES This variable is included on household datasets only 82 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 HOUSING TENURE HRPID Respondent accommodation responsibility 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Yes No Each quarter from Spring 96 Applies to all respondents aged 16 TEN1 Accommodation details 1 2 3 4 5 6 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Owned outright Being bought with mortgage or loan Part rent part mortgage Rented Rent free Squatting Each quarter from Spring 06 Applies to all respondents This variable was introduced in Spring 2006 as result of the GSS Social Survey Harmonisation Project Between Spring 1996 and Spring 2006 this variable was called TEN96 TIED Accommodation tied to job 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE 5 NOTES Yes No Each quarter from Spring 06 Applies to all respondents to rent their accommodation or live their rent free TEN1 4 or This variable was introduced in Spring 2006
119. 2 With employees FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are self employed and who have a regular additional job STAT2 2 NOTES From Spring 92 to Winter 00 this variable was called NSOLO2 NSOLO2 was processed through the Census Matrix Edit which checks the respondents occupation and their employment status for inconsistencies With the removal of the edit SOLO2 supersedes the variable NSOLO2 Self employed people who use only other self employed people in the business they run e g builders are coded 1 JOBTYP2 Permanency of second job 1 Permanent 2 Some way not permanent FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a regular additional job and didn t change jobs during the reference week SECJOB 1 AND Y2JOB 2 NOTES Permanency relates to the job itself rather than to the individual who does the job Someone who is being made redundant retiring going on maternity leave or taking up another job may not regard their job as permanent but they are still coded as 1 permanent job Respondents who have short term contracts are coded according to whether they consider their job to be of a permanent nature JB2T10 Way in which 2 job was not permanent 1 Working for an employment agency 2 Casual type of work 3 Seasonal work 4 Under contract for a fixed period or fixed task 5 Some other reason for not being permanent
120. 2011 12 Boxing Day Tues 28 Dec 2010 13 Christmas Day Mon 27 Dec 2010 FREQUENCY OD quarters only from OD11 odd years only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have worked on at least one bank public holiday in the previous 12 months and country of work is UK NOTES The number of categories in this variable depends on the number of public holidays for the year This variable was called BNKHOL 1 12 up to and including Autumn 2009 This variable is called BNKHL 1 12 in Autumn 01 Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable BNKHOLF How many Bank or Public Holidays did respondent work on in past year 1 13 Number of days FREQUENCY Autumn quarters only from Autumn 99 to Autumn 03 OD quarters only odd years from Autumn 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have worked on at least one bank public holiday in the previous 12 months and country of work is NOT UK NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions 152 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 BHPAID Whether paid for working on Public Holidays 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Autumn quarters only from Autumn 99 to Autumn 03 OD quarters only odd years from Autumn 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and worked on a Publi
121. 303 REFWKM oorrrrrrrrrssssssssssr 303 REFWKY saia 303 61 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 00 40444100 62 722000424 155 248 165 SECNET 300 248 REGWER 126 IKAKO 101 249 102 14 101 1 6 223 08 94 1 00 2 22 40 103 24 4222000 125 72 lt p 160 24 4 12220202 125 2 22 4 1 01 87 SEX 9 TELFTF ce 305 72 9 9 141 2 0 163 38 141 2 2222 2202 163 2222 37 SIDFTFON 4 224 4 15 022 20004 110 38 22 4014220 15 TEND una 83 2222 37 2124 217 10 1 5 259 RESBBY 56 284 303 56 SITE
122. 32 Lincolnshire 33 Norfolk 34 Northamptonshire 35 Northumberland 36 North Yorkshire 37 Nottinghamshire 38 Oxfordshire 39 Shropshire 40 Somerset 41 Staffordshire 42 Suffolk 43 Surrey 44 Warwickshire 45 West Sussex 46 Wiltshire 47 Worcestershire 48 Eilean Siar Orkney amp Sheltand AB Barking and Dagenham AC Barnet AD Bexley AE Brent AF Bromley AG Camden AH Croydon AJ Ealing AK Enfield AL Greenwich AM Hackney AN Hammersmith and Fulham AP Haringey AQ Harrow AR Havering AS Hillingdon AT Hounslow AU Islington AW Kensington and Chelsea AX Kingston upon Thames AY Lambeth AZ Lewisham BA Merton BB Newham BC Redbridge BD Richmond upon Thames BE Southwark BF Sutton BG Tower Hamlets BH Waltham Forest BJ Wandsworth BK Westminster BL Bolton BM Bury BN Manchester BP Oldham BQ Rochdale BR Salford BS Stockport BT Tameside BU Trafford BW Wigan BX Knowsley BY Liverpool BZ St Helens CA Sefton CB Wirral CC Barnsley CE Doncaster CF Rotherham CG Sheffield CH Gateshead CJ Newcastle upon Tyne CK North Tyneside CL South Tyneside CM Sunderland CN Birmingham CQ Coventry CR Dudley CS Sandwell CT Solihull CU Walsall CW Wolverhampton CX Bradford CY Calderdale CZ Kirklees DA Leeds FREQUENCY Each q
123. 4WK 1 OR FUTUR4 1 NOTES Here the total length of the course was recorded not just the part that has so far been completed For persons engaged on day or block release the total length of training is given For persons who have dropped out of a course the time spent on the course not the length is recorded Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions TRHR11 time hours spent on education or training including private study Number of hours if more than 97 97 used FREQUENCY AJ quarters from 2011 260 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies if ED4WK 1 taken part in job related education training in 4 wks before ref wk NOTES This variable replaces TRHR93 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions TRONJB Time spent training on the job 0 96 Hours spent training 97 97 or more hours spent training FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 93 to Winter 98 AJ quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have taken part in any on or off the job related education or training in the reference week ED1FUT 1 AND JOBTRN 1 or 3 NOTES This identifies the number of training hours that are on the job training In Spring 93 this variable was incorrectly routed to JOBTRN 2 and 3 instead of 1 and 3 and so the data shou
124. 512 OMAN 586 PAKISTAN 608 PHILIPPINES 634 QATAR 23 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 682 SAUDI ARABIA 702 SINGAPORE 144 SRI LANKA 760 SYRIA 762 TAJIKISTAN 764 THAILAND 795 TURKMENISTAN 784 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 860 UZBEKISTAN 704 VIETNAM 275 WEST BANK INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM AND GAZA STRIP 887 YEMEN ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA 016 AMERIGAN SAMOA 010 ANTARCTICA 989 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 036 AUSTRALIA 074 BOUVET ISLAND 086 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 162 CHRISTMAS ISLAND 166 COCOS KEELING ISLANDS 184 COOK ISLANDS 242 FIJI 258 FRENCH POLYNESIA 260 FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES 316 GUAM 334 HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS 296 KIRIBATI 584 MARSHALL ISLANDS 583 MIGRONESIA 520 NAURU 540 NEW CALEDONIA 554 NEW ZEALAND 570 NIUE 574 NORFOLK ISLAND 580 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 585 PALAU 598 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 612 PITCAIRN HENDERSON DUCIE AND OENO ISLANDS 882 SAMOA 090 SOLOMON ISLANDS 239 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 772 TOKELAU 776 TONGA 798 TUVALU 581 UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 548 VANUATU 876 WALLIS AND FUTUNA OTHER COUNTRIES 991 AT SEA 992 IN THE AIR FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM07 COVERAGE From JM12 this applies to all respondents whose country of birth is not UK Irish Republic India Pakistan or Poland CRY12 997 Previous to JM12 this applied to all respond
125. 58 NICARAGUA 985 NORTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 591 PANAMA 600 PARAGUAY 604 PERU 630 PUERTO RICO 987 SOUTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 659 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 662 ST LUCIA 666 ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON 670 ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 740 SURINAM 780 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 796 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 840 UNITED STATES 850 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 858 URUGUAY 862 VENEZUELA AFRICA 982 AFRICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 012 ALGERIA 024 ANGOLA 204 BENIN 072 BOTSWANA 854 BURKINA 108 BURUNDI 120 CAMEROON 912 CANARY ISLANDS 132 CAPE VERDE 140 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 148 CHAD 174 COMOROS 178 CONGO 180 CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 262 DJIBOUTI 818 EGYPT 226 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 232 ERITREA 231 ETHIOPIA 266 GABON 270 GAMBIA THE 288 GHANA 324 GUINEA 624 GUINEA BISSAU 384 IVORY COAST 404 KENYA 426 LESOTHO 430 LIBERIA 434 LIBYA 450 MADAGASCAR 454 MALAWI 524 NEPAL 512 OMAN 586 PAKISTAN 608 PHILIPPINES 634 QATAR 466 MALI 478 MAURITANIA 480 MAURITIUS 175 MAYOTTE 504 MOROCCO 508 MOZAMBIQUE 516 NAMIBIA 562 NIGER 566 NIGERIA 638 REUNION 646 RWANDA 678 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 686 SENEGAL 690 SEYCHELLES 694 SIERRA LEONE 706 SOMALIA 710 SOUTH AFRICA 654 ST HELENA 736 SUDAN 748 SWAZILAND 834 TANZANIA 768 TOGO 788 TUNISIA 800 UGANDA 732 WESTERN SAHARA 894 ZAMBIA 716 ZIMBABWE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA 004 AFGHANISTAN 984 ASIA EXCEPT MID
126. 6 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 96 NOTES This variable is an alternative presentation of the information contained in REFWKD REFWKM amp REFWKY RECNO Record number 1 15 Record number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES This variable is created automatically and establishes the sequence order of individual records 304 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 PERSNO Person number within household 0 90 Person number within household 91 97 Person number within halls of residence FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES This variable should only be used for including or excluding persons in student halls of residence Care should be taken as these are mainly proxy responses RESPNO Person number of the person who completed the interview 0 97 Person number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES At the end of each individuals interview the interviewer records the PERSNO of the person who completed the interview Often proxy interviews are conducted where someone else in the household will answer on behalf of the individual HSERIAL Number that uniquely identifies household FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all households NOTES This variable is only available on SPSS household datasets This variable is derived using QUOTA WEEK W1YR QRTR ADD
127. 6 Muslim 7 Sikh 8 Any other religion FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over and live in England NOTES This variable replaces RELIG RELIGW What is your religion 1 No religion 2 Christian all denominations 3 Buddhist 4 Hindu 5 Jewish 6 Muslim 37 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 7 Sikh 8 Any other religion FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over and live in Wales NOTES This variable replaces RELIG RELIGS Religion Scotland No Religion Church of Scotland Roman Catholic Other Christian Buddhist Hindu Jewish Muslim Sikh Any other Religion a ee ee en o amp FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over and live in Scotland NOTES This variable replaces RELIG RELIG11 Religion GB level NI excluded 1 No Religion 2 Christian all denominations 3 Buddhist 4 Hindu 5 Jewish 6 Muslim 7 Sikh 8 Any other Religion 8 No Answer FREQUENCY Each quarter JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Great Britain new derived variable which amalgamates the responses at RELIGE W S to give GB indicator LANG First language at home 1 English 2 Welsh 3 Gaelic 4 Ulster Sco
128. 7 onwards 5 Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals 6 Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals 11 Look for premises or equipment 12 Seek any kind of permit 13 Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business 181 14 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Do anything else to find work Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents looking for self employed work in the last four weeks Respondents can give as many responses as there are categories but these are not recorded in any order of priority this is done in the variable MAINMS From Spring 92 to Winter 96 this variable was called METHSE 0 5 Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable METHAL 01 14 Method of looking for work no preference Spring 92 to Spring 94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Visit a Jobcentre Visit a Jobclub Have your name on the books of a private employment agency Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals Apply directly to employers Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs Wait for the results of an application for a job Look for premises or equipment Seek
129. 8 Whether Nursing or other medical qualification not yet mentioned obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_9 Whether Other Higher Education qualification below degree level obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_10 Whether A level Vocational A level GCE in applied subjects or equivalents obtained 211 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM1 1 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 11 Whether New Diploma obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_12 Whether Welsh Baccalaureate obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This
130. 8 LATVIA 440 LITHUANIA 442 LUXEMBOURG 470 MALTA 528 NETHERLANDS 616 POLAND 620 PORTUGAL 642 ROMANIA 703 SLOVAKIA 705 SLOVENIA 911 SPAIN EXCEPT CANARY ISLANDS 913 SPAIN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 752 SWEDEN 248 LAND ISLANDS 008 ALBANIA 020 ANDORRA 051 ARMENIA 031 AZERBAIJAN 112 BELARUS 070 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 191 CROATIA 902 CYPRUS NON EUROPEAN UNION 903 CYPRUS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 981 EUROPE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 234 FAROE ISLANDS 268 GEORGIA 292 GIBRALTAR 352 ICELAND 891 KOSOVA AND METOHIA 438 LIECHTENSTEIN 807 MACEDONIA 498 MOLDOVA 492 MONACO 499 MONTENEGRO 972 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 336 VATICAN CITY 973 YUGOSLAVIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN 660 ANGUILLA 028 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 032 ARGENTINA 533 ARUBA 044 BAHAMAS THE 052 BARBADOS 084 BELIZE 060 BERMUDA 068 BOLIVIA 076 BRAZIL 092 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 124 CANADA 988 CARIBBEAN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 136 CAYMAN ISLANDS 986 CENTRAL AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 152 CHILE 170 COLOMBIA 188 COSTA RICA 192 CUBA 212 DOMINICA 214 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 218 ECUADOR 222 EL SALVADOR 238 FALKLAND ISLANDS 254 FRENCH GUIANA 304 GREENLAND 308 GRENADA 312 GUADELOUPE 320 GUATEMALA 328 GUYANA 332 HAITI 340 HONDURAS 388 JAMAICA 474 MARTINIQUE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 659 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 662 ST LUCIA 666 ST PIERRE
131. 80 Address number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES This variable is for interviewers use and refers to the number of the address on their address list WAVEND Wave at which household was first found 1 5 Wave number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES The household can change between waves because people move during their time in the survey This variable allows a change of household to be identified 303 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 HHLD Household reference 1 81 Household reference FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES At some addresses more than one household can be found NUMHHLD identifies the number of occupied households at particular address whereas HHLD identifies which household including vacant households at that address the data refers to THISWV Wave to which data refers 1 5 Wave number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 REFWKD Reference day for current interview 1 31 Day number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 REFWKM Reference month for current interview 1 12 Month number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 REFWKY Reference year for current interview Two digits corresponding to last two digits of year e g 95 for 1995 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 REFDTE Reference date for current interview YYMMDD where Y is year M is month D is day e g 961225 for 25 December 199
132. 815 North Yorkshire 816 York 820 Bedfordshire 821 Luton 825 Buckinghamshire 826 Milton Keynes 830 Derbyshire 831 Derby 835 Dorset 836 Poole 837 Bournemouth 840 Durham 841 Darlington 845 East Sussex 846 Brighton and Hove 850 Hampshire 851 Portsmouth 852 Southampton 855 Leicestershire 856 Leicester FREQUENCY Every year from 2000 COVERAGE NOTES 857 Rutland 860 Staffordshire 861 Stoke on Trent 865 Wiltshire 866 Swindon 867 Bracknell Forest 868 Windsor and Maidenhead 869 West Berkshire 870 Reading 871 Slough 872 Wokingham 873 Cambridgeshire 874 Peterborough 875 Cheshire 876 Halton 877 Warrington 878 Devon 879 Plymouth 880 Torbay 881 Essex 882 Southend on Sea 883 Thurrock 884 Herefordshire 885 Worcestershire 886 Kent 887 Medway 888 Lancashire 889 Blackburn with Darwen 890 Blackpool 891 Nottinghamshire 892 Nottingham 893 Shropshire 894 Telford and Wrekin 908 Cornwall 909 Cumbria 916 Gloucestershire 919 Hertfordshire 921 Isle of Wight 925 Lincolnshire 926 Norfolk 928 Northamptonshire 929 Northumberland 931 Oxfordshire 933 Somerset 935 Suffolk 936 Surrey 937 Warwickshire 938 West Sussex Applies to all respondents in Great Britain NA Isle of Anglesey NC Gwynedd NE Conwy NG Denbighshire
133. 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had a paid job or were laid off on short time work 12 months OYCIRC 1 or 2 NOTES From Spring 92 to Winter 00 this variable was called NOYSTAT NOYSTAT was processed through the Census Matrix Edit which checks the respondents occupation and their employment status for inconsistencies With the removal of the edit OYSTAT supersedes the variable NOYSTAT Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions OYSUPVI Supervisory responsibilities 1 year ago 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were employees 12 months ago OYSTAT 1 OYMNGE Managerial duties 1 year ago reported 1 Manager 2 Foreman or supervisor 3 Not manager or supervisor FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were employees 12 months ago OYSTAT 1 NOTES From Spring 92 to Winter 00 this variable was called NOYMNGE NOYMNGE was processed through the Census Matrix Edit which checks the respondents occupation and their employment status for inconsistencies With the removal of the edit OYMNGE supersedes the variable NOYMNGE If respondents have both managerial and supervisory duties then their main duty is recorded Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions OYMPR02 Num
134. 92 5 108 155 TPBENO 1 8 192 24 2 212 127 50 02 77 162 244 148 179 260 SATIS sj 15 0 DO 105 nese 259 SCIOLMJ ervrrvrrvrrrrsrssrserserne 174 8 2222222 189 0 020 260 175 STAT 103 11 258 SCLOMMD sun 102 STAT 160 2204 261 102 STATIR nenei aan 178 128 OILO A 200 STAT R vadis 103 128 0 200 6 1 230 128 SCOS LONIV A 155 STCOTLA 231 93 SCLOSMN 156 231 TSTEIO 258 2 175 STECOTH 230 263 SC2KSMN 156 8 2222222 22 270 8 262 229 1 8 268 263 6 2 92 0 218 262 SCEEV Ltd 23
135. 95 EMDR 75 01 10 278 HSNGNI 195 75 276 ea niei ttes 225 FMPLUS rorvrrvrvevrorsersesrsrssrses 75 HEALY D asonansi 279 251 204 HEALYR 278 5 117 205 79 118 11 205 12 93 117 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 222 22 117 122 EKTIMA 190 HWENG 104 INDGO7L 177 191 222 222 289 07 98 179 HWWRET 289 INDGOTS 158 168 1 1 08071 177 LEORD i 83 807 98 273 ILIBEF 130 INDSO S neies 159 ENGEST 274 2 131 8 071 176 168
136. 99 169 222222 2 146 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NITAR 104 onn 160 NOBACK9 289 106 01 10 188 189 NOLWM ossi 188 11 NRMS 84 10 1 4 2 47 7 111 NSECMJ10 112 NTAXCRD5 osasia 195 27 NTLNI UG aA 28 NSG 28 NTLWI 28 NINLTYVID 16 NUMAL sonn 224 NUMAS oon 224 NUMHHLD sasaaina 302 285 155 1 2 2 47712 226 NUMOLSF nssrrrrreresssssssssnr 227 1 50 4 2 004042 226 NURSE 301 NOTS 45 NTS 46 240 NYLEV 240 41 2 252 442 252 NVOTLEA 241 2244112 241 NEO hete 240 NVOKN2 nossa 252 24442 252 241 241 2 2 41 82 239 NVOUN st 242 NWNCRE osiin 189 0 OACODE 4 3 eect 46 250 OCRNACD 250 250 OMCONT 106 106 ONETEN ccsccs
137. A 9 Did Not Ask DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents whose present industry is different to job where made redundant REDIND 2 NOTES This variable replaces RDIC92 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a full breakdown of industry coding RDIC92 Industry made redundant from 001 458 Range of industry codes 459 Inadequate description No reply 461 Workplace outside UK FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents whose present industry is different to job where made redundant REDIND 2 NOTES LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a full breakdown of industry coding REDINDYR Industry made redundant from reported 1 A B Agriculture amp fishing 2 Energy amp water 3 D Manufacturing 4 F Construction 5 G H Distribution hotels amp restaurants 6 I Transport amp communication 7 J K Banking finance amp insurance etc 8 L N Public admin education amp health 9 O U Other services 10 Workplace outside UK 8 NA Inadequate description 9 DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents made redundant in the three months prior to interview REDUND 1 NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit REDINDYR supersedes the variable REDINDY This variable is derived from REDUND 5 REDIND INDS92L INDSEC
138. A sole director of your own limited business 3 Running a business or professional practice 4 A partner in a business or professional practice 5 Working for yourself 6 A sub contractor 7 Or doing free lance work 8 None of the above FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is self employed or not paid a salary or wage by an employer in their second jobs NOTES New for JM12 Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NITAX2 National Insurance and Tax Deduction for those in their second jobs 160 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Pay your own National Insurance and Tax Pay your own National Insurance or Tax but not both National Insurance and tax deducted by your own organisation s you work for for example your client employer agency etc Each quarter from JM12 Applies to the self employed or those who are not paid directly by their employer New for JM12 SUPVIS2 Supervisory responsibility in second job 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Yes No Each quarter from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents who have an additional regular job STAT2 1 MANAG2 Managerial duties in second job reported 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE STAT2 1 NOTES Manager For
139. ACHA4 1 6 Type of teaching qualifications already held 1 Further education 2 Key stage 4 3 Key stage 3 4 Key stage 2 5 Key stage 1 6 Foundation stage 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter form Spring 04 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a teaching qualification or a PGCE QUALS4 7 OR HIGHO 3 NOTES This variable replaces TEACH 1 3 Key stage terminology may be unfamiliar to those trained in Scotland and those who trained a long time ago and are no longer teaching The table below helps translate Key stages England amp Wales Age Key Stage Early Years Education 3 5 Foundation Primary Education 5 7 Key Stage 1 223 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 7 11 Key Stage 2 Secondary Education 11 14 Key Stage 3 14 16 Key Stage 4 Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NUMAL Number of levels or equivalent 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE One A level or equivalent Or more than one Don t know Each quarter from Spring 93 Applies to all respondents who have an A level qualification NUMAS Number of AS levels 1 2 3 4 FREQUENCY COVERAGE TYPHST 1 5 1 2 3 4 5 FREQUENCY 01 COVERAGE NOTES 1 AS level 2 or 3 AS levels 4 or more passes
140. AND MIQUELON 670 ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 740 SURINAM 780 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 796 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 840 UNITED STATES 850 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 858 URUGUAY 862 VENEZUELA AFRICA 982 AFRICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 012 ALGERIA 024 ANGOLA 204 BENIN 072 BOTSWANA 854 BURKINA 108 BURUNDI 120 CAMEROON 912 CANARY ISLANDS 132 CAPE VERDE 140 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 148 CHAD 174 COMOROS 178 CONGO 180 CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 262 DJIBOUTI 818 EGYPT 226 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 232 ERITREA 231 ETHIOPIA 266 GABON 270 GAMBIA THE 288 GHANA 324 GUINEA 624 GUINEA BISSAU 384 IVORY COAST 404 KENYA 426 LESOTHO 20 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 430 LIBERIA 512 OMAN 434 LIBYA 586 PAKISTAN 450 MADAGASCAR 608 PHILIPPINES 454 MALAWI 634 QATAR 466 MALI 478 MAURITANIA 480 MAURITIUS 175 MAYOTTE 504 MOROCCO 508 MOZAMBIQUE 516 NAMIBIA 562 NIGER 566 NIGERIA 638 R UNION 646 RWANDA 678 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 686 SENEGAL 690 SEYCHELLES 694 SIERRA LEONE 706 SOMALIA 710 SOUTH AFRICA 654 ST HELENA 736 SUDAN 748 SWAZILAND 834 TANZANIA 768 TOGO 788 TUNISIA 800 UGANDA 732 WESTERN SAHARA 894 ZAMBIA 716 ZIMBABWE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA 004 AFGHANISTAN 984 ASIA EXCEPT MIDDLE EAST NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 048 BAHRAIN 050 BANGLADESH 064 BHUTAN 096 BRUNE 104 BURMA 116 CAMBODIA 156 CHINA 158 CHINA TA
141. ANDS 328 GUYANA 268 GEORGIA 332 HAITI 292 GIBRALTAR 340 HONDURAS 352 ICELAND 388 JAMAICA 438 LIECHTENSTEIN 474 MARTINIQUE 807 MACEDONIA 484 MEXICO 498 MOLDOVA 500 MONTSERRAT 492 MONACO 530 NETHERLANDS 499 MONTENEGRO ANTILLES 578 NORWAY 558 NICARAGUA 643 RUSSIA 985 NORTH AMERICA NOT 674 SAN MARINO OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 591 PANAMA 600 PARAGUAY 604 PERU 630 PUERTO RICO 987 SOUTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 659 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 662 ST LUCIA 666 ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON 670 ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 740 SURINAM 780 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 796 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 840 UNITED STATES 850 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 858 URUGUAY 862 VENEZUELA AFRICA 982 AFRICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 012 ALGERIA 024 ANGOLA 204 BENIN 072 BOTSWANA 854 BURKINA 108 BURUNDI 120 CAMEROON 912 CANARY ISLANDS 132 CAPE VERDE 140 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 148 CHAD 174 COMOROS 178 CONGO 180 CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 262 DJIBOUTI 818 EGYPT 226 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 232 ERITREA 231 ETHIOPIA 266 GABON 270 GAMBIA THE 288 GHANA 324 GUINEA 624 GUINEA BISSAU 384 IVORY COAST 404 KENYA 426 LESOTHO 430 LIBERIA 434 LIBYA 450 MADAGASCAR 454 MALAWI 466 MALI 478 MAURITANIA 480 MAURITIUS 175 MAYOTTE 504 MOROCCO 508 MOZAMBIQUE 516 NAMIBIA 562 NIGER 566 NIGERIA 638 REUNION 646 RWANDA 678 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 686 SENEGAL 690 SEYCHELLES 694 SIERRA LEONE 706 SOMALIA 710 SOUTH AFRI
142. ATION REGWKR Region of place of work reported Spring 92 amp Autumn 92 Spring 93 onwards 1 Tyne amp Wear 1 Tyne amp Wear 2 Rest of Northern region 2 Rest of North East 3 South Yorkshire 3 South Yorkshire 4 West Yorkshire 4 West Yorkshire 5 Rest of Yorks amp Humberside 5 Rest of Yorks amp Humberside 6 East Midlands 6 East Midlands 7 East Anglia 7 East Anglia 8 Inner London 8 Central London 9 Outer London 9 Inner London 10 Rest of South East 10 No Code 10 11 South West 11 Outer London 12 West Midlands met county 12 Rest of South East 13 Rest of West Midlands 13 South West 14 Greater Manchester 14 West Midlands met county 15 Merseyside 15 Rest of West Midlands 16 Rest of North West 16 Greater Manchester 17 Wales 17 Merseyside 18 Strathclyde 18 Rest of North West 126 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 19 Rest of Scotland 19 Wales 21 Workplace outside UK 20 Strathclyde 21 Rest of Scotland 22 Northern Ireland 23 Workplace outside UK FREQUENCY Spring amp Autumn quarters only from Spring 92 to Autumn 96 Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit REGWKR supersedes the variable REGWK This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance From Spring 2000 UALDWK is used in the der
143. ATYP Type of Job Seeker s Allowance 1 Contributory JSA 2 Income based JSA or Universal Credit 3 Both 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who claiming job seeker s allowance Autumn 96 to Winter 97 UNBENA 1 OR UNBENB 1 From Spring 98 UNEMBN 1 NOTES JSATYP replaced INCSUP from 7 October 1996 Please note that the reference to Universal Credit was introduced in AJ 13 JSADUR Length of time claiming Job Seekers Allowance Universal Credit and or NI Credits 1 Less than 1 month 2 1 month but less than 3 months 3 3 months but less than 6 months 4 6 months but less than 12 months 5 12 months but less than 18 months 6 18 months but less than 2 years 7 2 years but less than 3 years 8 3 years but less than 4 years 9 4 years but less than 5 years 10 5 years or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are claiming Job Seekers Allowance and or National Insurance credits Spring 98 to Winter 2000 TYPBEN 1 Spring 01 to Winter 02 TPBNO1 1 From Spring 03 TPBEN3 1 NOTES Please note that the reference to Universal Credit was introduced in AJ13 CLAIMS Whether claiming unemployment related benefits 1 Claiming contributory JSA 2 Claiming income based JSA 3 Claiming both contributory and income based JSA 4 JSA type not stated 5 Claiming National Insurance
144. B SECNET Net pay after deductions 1 99994 1 99994 self assessment 99995 Paid 99995 or more 99998 Don t know 99999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees in second job SCNTGA Net pay period of earnings Spring 96 onwards 01 One week 02 Two weeks 03 Three weeks 04 Four weeks 05 Calendar month 07 Two calendar months 08 Eight times year 09 Nine times year 10 Ten times a year 13 Three months 13 weeks 26 Six months 26 weeks 52 One year 12 months 52 weeks 90 Less than one week 95 One off lump sum 97 None of these FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees in second job BANDN2 Weekly monthly annual pay bands 2nd job Winter 92 to Winter 96 See Volume 5 LFS Classifications for band details Spring 97 onwards See start of Income section in this volume FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees in second job and do not know their net pay NOTES BANDN2 was changed from a numeric to a text variable in Autumn 1997 but the bands are coded using two decimal places NETWK2 Net weekly pay in 2nd job Amount FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees in a second job NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for
145. BEC and SCOTEC have been merged to form SCOTVEC Vocational Educational Certificate This qualification can be a higher certificate a national certificate or a national certificate module A system of national vocational qualifications called NVQs SVQs in Scotland are comprised of levels which are subdivided into units A list of the qualifications which make up the relevant NVQ levels is shown in Volume 5 LFS Classifications of the LFS User Guide In Spring 1996 amp Spring 2004 the educational qualifications questions in the LFS were changed to provide more detailed information Inevitably such improvements in data can lead to discontinuities The changes made to these questions were sufficiently large enough to warrant a change in name Please see individual variable notes for details Please note that due to an error in the routing to the education section in the JM11 and AJ11 questionnaires the education section which should have been asked of those aged 16 69 or older and in employment was only asked of those aged 16 64 or older and in employment 65 69 year olds who should have been asked these questions were not and there will be more missing education data in JM11 AJ11 and some impact on JS11 for DBF cases This issue should stop impacting the data from OD11 203 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 From JM11 we collect more information on foreign qualifications that are recognised in t
146. British 2 Irish 3 Northern Irish 4 English 5 Scottish 6 Welsh 7 Other FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Northern Ireland 28 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NATIDB1 1 British National Identity 1 British 0 Not British FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents over the age of 16 NATIDE11 English National Identity 1 English 0 Not English FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents over the age of 16 NATIDW 11 Welsh National Identity 1 Welsh 0 Not Welsh FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents over the age of 16 NATIDS11 Scottish National Identity 1 Scottish 0 Not Scottish FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents over the age of 16 NATIDO11 Other National Identity 1 Other National Identity 0 Not Other National Identity FREQUENGY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents over the age of 16 NATIDNI Northern Irish National Identity 1 Northern Irish 0 Not Northern Irish FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 29 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS va
147. C92 codes to SIC2007 codes IN9207DM 01 99 Range of values FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those in certain government schemes NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions SIC92 to SIC2007 conversion variables are also available for 3 years 2006 2008 of back series data in SPSS and SAS LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 IN9207SM A Agriculture forestry and fishing B Mining and quarrying C Manufacturing D Electricity gas air cond supply E Water supply sewerage waste F Construction G Wholesale retail repair of vehicles H Transport and storage 1 Accommodation and food services J Information and communication 95 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 K Financial and insurance activities L Real estate activities M Prof scientific technical activities N Admin and support services Public admin and defence P Education Q Health and social work R Arts entertainment and recreation S Other service activities T Households as employers U Extraterritorial organisations FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those in certain government schemes NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonab
148. CA 654 ST HELENA 736 SUDAN 748 SWAZILAND 834 TANZANIA 768 TOGO 788 TUNISIA 800 UGANDA 732 WESTERN SAHARA 894 ZAMBIA 716 ZIMBABWE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA 004 AFGHANISTAN 984 ASIA EXCEPT MIDDLE EAST NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 048 BAHRAIN 050 BANGLADESH 064 BHUTAN 096 BRUNEI 104 BURMA 116 CAMBODIA 156 CHINA 158 CHINA TAIWAN 626 EAST TIMOR 344 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 356 INDIA 360 INDONESIA 364 IRAN 368 IRAQ 376 ISRAEL 392 JAPAN 400 JORDAN 398 KAZAKHSTAN 408 KOREA NORTH 410 KOREA SOUTH 414 KUWAIT 417 KYRGYZSTAN 418 LAOS 422 LEBANON 446 MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 458 MALAYSIA 462 MALDIVES 64 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 983 Middle East and Asia NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 496 MONGOLIA 524 NEPAL 512 OMAN 586 PAKISTAN 608 PHILIPPINES 634 QATAR 682 SAUDI ARABIA 702 SINGAPORE 144 SRI LANKA 760 SYRIA 762 TAJIKISTAN 764 THAILAND 795 TURKMENISTAN 784 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 860 UZBEKISTAN 704 VIETNAM 275 WEST BANK INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM AND GAZA STRIP 887 YEMEN ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA 016 AMERICAN SAMOA 010 ANTARCTICA 989 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 036 AUSTRALIA 074 BOUVET ISLAND 086 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 162 CHRISTMAS ISLAND 166 COCOS KEELING ISLANDS 184 COOK ISLANDS 242 FIJI 258 FRENCH POLYNESIA 260 FRE
149. CH ISLANDS 772 TOKELAU 776 TONGA 798 TUVALU 581 UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 548 VANUATU 876 WALLIS AND FUTUNA OTHER COUNTRIES 991 AT SEA 992 IN THE AIR Abbreviations pns part not stated nes not elsewhere stated FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 95 AJ quarters only from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were living outside the UK 3 months ago M3CRY 2 NOTES Text labels are not available for this variable When filtering on a specific country also filter on Option 2 Somewhere else in M3CRY It should be noted that from Spring 92 to Winter 92 codes were from 1 95 then from Spring 93 they were increased to 116 from Spring 98 to 135 and from Spring 99 to 144 this is for SOEC purposes as a 59 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 number of countries were not uniquely identifiable Note the change in coding for At sea in the air and Stateless in from Spring 93 Spring 98 and Spring 99 Updated list of countries from Spring 07 Note that residents of in England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Jersey and Isle of Man were coded as 1 UK in M3GRY Interviewers are advised not to code UK 926 England 921 Wales 924 Scotland 923 Northern Ireland 922 Jersey 832 and Isle of Man 833 for M3CRYO 60 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 REG83 Region of residence 3 mont
150. CONMLES 113 CONMON 113 112 114 114 115 114 CONSE rute 113 CONTUR iisisti 27 CONYRLES 113 COUNTRY 40 COURSE unnta 254 CRY I 16 223 22 CRY OX Ts 24 270 CUREDS 5 steere 270 30 30 30 CYMU steere 30 CYMW nainen r 31 D DAYSPZ nnne 145 57 222 DEGNOW 247 216 140 22 2222 166 PPTYP 250 279 280 DOBD sierici esiis 11 DOBM E 11 DOBY 11 DTEOFBTH Srn 12 DURUN oseere 172 DURUN2 rarene 172 DVHRPNUM 73 DV MRDEI2 rnense 13 308 DZONE ossee 45 E 256 EDA4WK 257 EDAGE suvenirer enig 246 EDINS11 255 22 22222 55 EMPLE
151. DLE EAST NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 048 BAHRAIN 050 BANGLADESH 064 BHUTAN 096 BRUNEI 104 BURMA 116 CAMBODIA 156 CHINA 158 CHINA TAIWAN 626 EAST TIMOR 344 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 356 INDIA 360 INDONESIA 364 IRAN 368 IRAQ 376 ISRAEL 392 JAPAN 400 JORDAN 398 KAZAKHSTAN 408 KOREA NORTH 410 KOREA SOUTH 414 KUWAIT 417 KYRGYZSTAN 418 LAOS 422 LEBANON 446 MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 458 MALAYSIA 462 MALDIVES 983 Middle East NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 496 MONGOLIA 18 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 682 SAUDI ARABIA 702 SINGAPORE 144 SRI LANKA 760 SYRIA 762 TAJIKISTAN 764 THAILAND 795 TURKMENISTAN 784 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 860 UZBEKISTAN 704 VIETNAM 275 WEST BANK INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM AND GAZA STRIP 887 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA 016 AMERIGAN SAMOA 010 ANTARCTICA 989 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 036 AUSTRALIA 074 BOUVET ISLAND 086 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 162 CHRISTMAS ISLAND 166 COCOS KEELING ISLANDS 184 COOK ISLANDS 242 FIJI 258 FRENCH POLYNESIA 260 FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES 316 GUAM 334 HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS 296 KIRIBATI 584 MARSHALL ISLANDS 583 MIGRONESIA 520 NAURU 540 NEW CALEDONIA 554 NEW ZEALAND 570 NIUE 574 NORFOLK ISLAND 580 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 585 PALAU 598 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 612 PITCAIRN HE
152. E Working for an employment agency Casual type of work Seasonal work Under contract for a fixed period or fixed task Some other reason for not being permanent Each quarter from JM10 Applies to all respondents who said their job was not permanent in some way JOBTYP 2 NOTES The permanency of a job relates to the job itself not the respondent s intentions about that job This variable replaced JOBTMP in JM 2010 From JM11 this variable became multi coded allowing respondents the opportunity to code five possible options Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable WHYTMPE6 Reason for taking non permanent job 1 2 3 4 5 FREQUENCY COVERAGE 2 Contract which includes period of training Had a contract for probationary period Could not find a permanent job Did not want a permanent job Some other reason Each quarter from Winter 2005 Applies to all respondents who said their job was not permanent in some way JOBTYP 109 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES The permanency of job relates to the job itself not the respondent s intentions about that job The interviewer accepts the first response that applies Between Spring 1992 and Winter 2005 this variable was called WHYTMP TEMLEN Length of non permanent job 1 Less than 1 month
153. ECACO5 in the derivation of this variable from Spring 05 onwards This variable is included on household datasets only HNIWDSC Number of people in household who are inactive and would like work but discouraged from seeking work 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are inactive would like work believes no job available 5 17 NOTES The variable INECACR is replaced by in the derivation of this variable from Spring 05 onwards This variable is included on household datasets only HNIWFAM Number of people in household who are inactive would like work but looking after family home 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are inactive looking after family home 5 7 14 NOTES The variable INECACR is replaced by INECACO5 in the derivation of this variable from Spring 05 onwards This variable is included on household datasets only HNWOTHO5 Number of people in household who are inactive for other reasons but would like to work 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are inactive for other reasons would like work INECACO05 10 11 1
154. EN ior eretet 112 112 ENROLL eee 253 22 222 2 308 01 11 296 ERNFILT 296 34 ETHIIEW 31 ETHIINL 31 15 222252 31 ETHAFS 33 33 ETHAS1IS sjanser 33 1 222 33 8 222 34 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 18 002222222221 36 22222 224 2 21 107 248 02222222 36 107 303 13 22 222 2 35 FTPTWK 107 69 35 12 92 2 216 1 20220000 32 FOURN asset 84 HIQUAL I I ou 264 1 34 304 266 1 00022222222 35 13 2222 222 257 11 4 4 2 267 34 222 222222 257 6 71 22 2 32 FUTWK 190 6 72 ETHWHW
155. EQUENCY JM quarters every 2 years 2007 2009 2011 etc COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have suffered from an illness that was caused made worse by work in past 12 months ILLWRK 1 the job that caused or worsened the illness was not their main or second job WCHJB3 and who have not provided details of their job or second job OCCT empty or OCCT2 empty NOTES This question was removed from the questionnaire in JM13 WINDT Title of the industry Enter a short title for the industry FREQUENCY JM quarters every 2 years 2007 2009 2011 etc COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have suffered from an illness that was caused made worse by work in past 12 months ILLWRK 1 the job that caused or worsened the illness was not their main or second job WCHJB3 and who have not provided details of their job or second job OCCT empty or OCCT2 empty NOTES This question was removed from the questionnaire in JM13 WOCCT Job description What was your job FREQUENCY JM quarters every 2 years 2007 2009 2011 etc COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have suffered from an illness in last 12 months caused made worse by work ILLWRK 1 the job that caused or worsened the illness was not their main or second job WCHJB3 and who have not provided details of their job or second job OCCT empty or OCCT2 empty WOCCD Main duties of the job What did you mainly do in your job FREQUENCY JM
156. ERAGE Applies if Y2Job 2 HOMED2 1 3 Work at least one day at home in reference week 1 Own home 2 Same grounds or buildings 3 Different places using home as a base 4 Not worked at home during reference week FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 97 to Autumn 99 AJ quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies if Y2Job 2 TELQA2 Whether respondent uses both a telephone and a computer to carry out work at home 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters in 97 Spring quarters only from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work mainly from home in their regular additional job or did so during the reference week HOME2 1 or 3 OR HOMED2 1 or 3 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions TELQB2 Whether possible to work at home without using both telephone and computer 1 Yes 2 No 163 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters in 1997 Spring quarters only from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who use both a telephone and a computer for work at home TELQA2 1 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions ATFRM2 Who working for from home in additional job 1 Family business 2 Outside firm or organisation 3 Own account FREQUENCY Sprin
157. ES This variable replaces TRNOPP JOBTRN Education amp training on or off job 1 On the job training only 2 Training away from job 3 Both FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who said that they had taken part in job related education training in the last 4 weeks ED4WK 1 NOTES On the job training means learning by example and practice while actually doing the job Any training conducted in a classroom or training section even if on the employers premises is not on the job training TSTE10 Main place of education or training in work GB 1 On premises belonging to your employer 2 On premises belonging to another employer 3 Private training centre 5 Employment Rehabilitation Centre 6 Community Project 7 Government or local authority training workshop 8 UK On line Centre 9 At home OU Open Tech Correspondence 10 Learn Direct 11 College of Further Education 12 University 13 Other educational institution 14 None of these FREQUENCY JM and AJ quarters only from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment or of working age or in receipt of education training who have taken part in job related education training in the 4 weeks prior to the reference week and this training has not been solely based in the workplace JOBTRN 2 3 Also applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who are doing college based training or those not in wo
158. FR 284 05 DJ 83 5 02 0022 304 9 1 7 194 283 5 0 2 2 56 SMESIT 0000 126 99 a nenian 51 110 164 22222 263 0002 44020002 281 281 TLRNAWK 263 232 5 5 2224 86 027 286 RSACD 34408 Bee 232 5 422 2 218 2 2 20 115 5 11 233 5 2 2 218 2004 136 1 3 233 SNGHD rrrrorrvesrrvrveservessssens 219 137 RSAOTLA 233 SON 46 74 234 SOA2 snvrnvvesvrsersersersvrersessesvrser 46 139 233 SOCIOA 256 44000424224000 74 8 2222222221 232 5 2222222 174 61 22 2 21 2 135 RTypHH nvvevvrervrervsvrssvsserese 307 SOC10M 222 102 2 136 R ykere 308 SOC100 uve 200 2 0000 75 5 0 124 09 1 9 1
159. For 2009 Sickness or disability benefit includes Employment and Support Allowance This variable replaces TPBENOS Please note that the references to Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment were introduced in AJ13 Council Tax reduction is referenced in the questionnaire from JS13 onwards This replaces council tax benefit Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable 9 1 8 Type of benefit claimed NOTES This variable is derived from XTPBNO9 1 9 This excludes tax credits 09 1 9 of benefit claimed NOTES this is a derived variable Please see Volume 4 user guide for further guidance UNEMBN 1 2 Type of unemployment related benefit claiming 1 Job Seeker s Allowance or Universal Credit 2 National Insurance Credits FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are claiming unemployment related benefits or National Insurance credits Spring 98 to Winter 2000 TYPBEN 1 Spring 01 to Winter 02 TPBNO1 1 From Spring 03 TPBEN3 1 NOTES Please note that the reference to Universal Credit was introduced in AJ13 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable 192 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 JS
160. GCSE 22 CSE 23 Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland 24 RSA OCR 25 City and Guilds 26 YT Certificate 27 Key skills Core skills Scotland 28 Basic skills Skills for life literacy numeracy lang 29 Entry Level Qualifications 30 Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry level and Levels 1 to 8 31 Any other professional work related qualification FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE If respondent has UK gained other qualifications NOTES This variable replaces QULS10 01 20 QUAL_1 Whether Degree level qualification including foundation degrees graduate membership of a professional institute PGCE or higher obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable QUAL_2 Whether Diploma in higher education obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_3 Whether HNC HND obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM1
161. Guilds is categorised as OTHER or DON T KNOW at CAG11 ONS datasets only CAGOT11 any City amp Guilds qualifications below following levels 1 craft part 2 2 foundation part 1 3 other City amp Guilds qualification 4 None 5 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has a City amp Guilds qualification NOTES This variable replaces CANDGO Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable CAGOTLA type of City amp Guilds qualifications 235 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENGY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER City amp Guilds qualification Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable CAGOTLB level of RSA OCR qualifications 1 Level1 2 Level 2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER City amp Guilds qualification Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable QGNVQ Whether responde
162. ILLWRK 1 286 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES If more than one code applies the one which the respondent says is the most serious or affects them the most is recorded Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions AWARE When first aware of this illness 1 Within the last 12 months i e since date one year ago 2 More than one year ago i e before date one year ago FREQUENCY JM quarters from JMO07 From JM13 onwards this will be asked in even years only COVERAGE This variable is only available on ONS datasets Applies to all respondents who have suffered from an illness in last 12 months caused made worse by work ILLWRK 1 TMEOFF Total time off work in last 12 months as a result of illness caused or aggravated by work 1 No time off work 2 less than 1 day 3 1 to 3 days WORK DAYS 4 4 to 6 days WORK DAYS 5 At least 1 week but less than 2 weeks 6 At least 2 weeks but less than 1 month 7 At least 1 month but less than 3 months 8 At least 3 months but less than 6 months 9 At least 6 months but less than 9 months 10 At least 9 months but less than one year FREQUENCY JM quarters from JMO07 From JM13 onwards this will be asked in even years only It is therefore not included in the JM13 data set COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have suffered from a
163. ITY e sesevevevevevererererereseseseseresesesesesesesesesesesesesenesesenesesenesenenenesenesenesenenenenenenenenenenenenenesenenenenenenenenen 90 BASIC ECONOMIC ACTIVITY rorrnrnorrsnovnvnrenvvnvevvnvvevevvennevnnnvvnsevvnvrevnvnevnsvnenennsevvnsrevnvnennennsnsnnsnevnsnevnsnennsvnsnvnnsnenee 90 GOVERNMENT TRAINING SCHEMES ronvvororvrvvnvrrvevrrvervevsrnevrenevsrvevsevevsevasvevssvevsrvevvevesnevasvevsevevsrvevsevesnevasvevssevenn 92 MAIN JOB eneseveveveveveveveveverererererererererererereseseseseseresesesesesesesesesesesenesesenenenenenenesesenenesenesesesenenenenenenenenenenenesenenenenenenenenenenen 94 WORKING IN REFERENCE 94 INDUSTRY CONVERSION VARIABLE 25 Eee toss uedeevay eed esses 95 INDUSTRY 51620075 p 97 99 OCCUPATION A SE 102 EMPLOYMENESTA TUS enine A ERRA TA ARRA TA E RT RRA AAE E 103 CURRENT EMPLOY MEN T a r E E EEE N cease E EN 112 REDUNDANCY WITHIN LAST 3 85 222 2020242244 2 1 2 111 0000000000000000000 116 HOMEWORKERS E E a E 124 LOGATION vanene 126 TRAVEETO WORK a 128 SICKNESS 129 HOURS
164. IWAN 626 EAST TIMOR 344 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 356 INDIA 360 INDONESIA 364 IRAN 368 IRAQ 376 ISRAEL 392 JAPAN 400 JORDAN 398 KAZAKHSTAN 408 KOREA NORTH 410 KOREA SOUTH 414 KUWAIT 417 KYRGYZSTAN 418 LAOS 422 LEBANON 446 MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 458 MALAYSIA 462 MALDIVES 983 Middle East NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 496 MONGOLIA 524 NEPAL 682 SAUDI ARABIA 702 SINGAPORE 144 SRI LANKA 760 SYRIA 762 TAJIKISTAN 764 THAILAND 795 TURKMENISTAN 784 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 860 UZBEKISTAN 704 VIETNAM 275 WEST BANK INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM AND GAZA STRIP 887 YEMEN ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA 016 AMERICAN SAMOA 010 ANTARCTICA 989 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 036 AUSTRALIA 074 BOUVET ISLAND 086 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 162 CHRISTMAS ISLAND 166 COCOS KEELING ISLANDS 184 COOK ISLANDS 242 FIJI 258 FRENCH POLYNESIA 260 FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES 316 GUAM 21 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 334 HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS 296 KIRIBATI 584 MARSHALL ISLANDS 583 MICRONESIA 520 NAURU 540 NEW CALEDONIA 554 NEW ZEALAND 570 NIUE 574 NORFOLK ISLAND 580 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 585 PALAU 598 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 612 PITCAIRN HENDERSON DUCIE AND OENO ISLANDS 882 SAMOA 090 SOLOMON ISLANDS 239 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 772 TOKE
165. Inactive FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES This variable is only coded where the wife partner of the head of the family unit is present This variable is included on household datasets only This variable is derived from INECACO5 HNEMP Number of people in household who are employed 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employed INECAC05 1 2 3 4 NOTES The variable INECACR is replaced by INECACO05 in the derivation of this variable from Spring 05 onwards This variable is included on household datasets only HNUNEMP Number of people in household who are unemployed 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are unemployed 5 5 NOTES The variable INECACR is replaced by INECACO5 in the derivation of this variable from Spring 05 onwards This variable is included on household datasets only 5 Number of people in household who are inactive 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are inactive 5 6 33 79 Labour Force Survey U
166. LAU 776 TONGA 798 TUVALU 581 UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 548 VANUATU 876 WALLIS AND FUTUNA OTHER COUNTRIES 991 AT SEA 992 IN THE AIR CRYO7 Country of birth EUROPE 926 UNITED KINGDOM NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 931 CHANNEL ISLANDS Not otherwise specified 921 ENGLAND 831 GUERNSEY 833 ISLE OF MAN 832 JERSEY 922 NORTHERN IRELAND 923 SCOTLAND 924 WALES 925 GREAT BRITAIN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 040 AUSTRIA 056 BELGIUM 100 BULGARIA 901 CYPRUS EUROPEAN UNION 203 CZECH REPUBLIC 971 CZECHOSLOVAKIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 208 DENMARK 233 ESTONIA 246 FINLAND 250 FRANCE 276 GERMANY 300 GREECE 348 HUNGARY 372 IRELAND REPUBLIC 380 ITALY 428 LATVIA 440 LITHUANIA 442 LUXEMBOURG 470 MALTA 528 NETHERLANDS 616 POLAND 620 PORTUGAL 642 ROMANIA 703 SLOVAKIA 705 SLOVENIA 911 SPAIN EXCEPT CANARY ISLANDS 913 SPAIN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 752 SWEDEN 248 ALAND ISLANDS 008 ALBANIA 020 ANDORRA 051 ARMENIA 031 AZERBAIJAN 112 BELARUS 070 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 191 CROATIA 902 CYPRUS NON EUROPEAN UNION 903 CYPRUS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 981 EUROPE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 234 FAROE ISLANDS 268 GEORGIA 292 GIBRALTAR 352 ICELAND 891 KOSOVA AND METOHIA 438 LIECHTENSTEIN 807 MACEDONIA 498 MOLDOVA 492 MONACO 499 MONTENEGRO 578 NORWAY 643 RUSSIA 674 SAN MARINO 688 SERBIA 974 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 744 SVALBARD AND JAN MA
167. LFS variables 2013 7 Some other way From Winter 94 to OD07 1 Replying to a job advertisement 2 Jobcentre jobmarket etc 3 Careers office 4 Jobclub 5 Private employment agency or business 6 Hearing from someone who worked there 7 Direct application 8 Some other way From JM08 1 Replying to a job advertisement 2 Jobcentre jobmarket or Training amp Employment Agency Office 3 Careers office Connexions Office 4 Job club 5 Private employment agency or business 6 Hearing from someone who worked there 7 Direct application 8 Some other way FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and people on government schemes who have been with their current employer for less than one year 12 months NOTES From Winter 94 the category 4 Jobclub has been added From Spring 05 the routing reference period changed from 3 months or less to one year 12 months or less From JM08 Connexions is included in response category 3 CONPRE Whether in paid employment or self employed immediately before starting current job 1 In paid employment 2 Self employed 3 Not in paid employment or self employed FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE Applies if currently working as an employee government scheme or unpaid family worker STAT 1 or 3 or 4 or PRELBUS 1 and respondent has been with their current employer self employed for 12 months o
168. LOOKING LOOK4 Whether looking for paid work in last four weeks 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did unpaid work in the reference week or have no current job EVERWK 1 or 2 OR OWNBUS 1 OR RELBUS 1 LKYT4 Whether looking for a place on a Government scheme in last four weeks 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents not seeking work in the four weeks prior to the reference week and are aged between 16 and 59 LOOK4 2 AND AGE 16 59 EMPLOYMENT STATUS TYEMPS Type of employment sought 1 Self employment 2 Full time employee 3 Part time employee 4 Employee no preference 5 Employee time not stated 6 Full time no preference 7 Part time no preference 8 No preference no preference 9 No preference time not stated 10 Type of employment not stated 11 Looking for a place on a government scheme being assessed by ET training agent FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are looking for employment NOTES Time not stated refers to respondents who did not state whether they were seeking full or part time work For analysis purposes codes 2 4 5 6 8 amp 9 are usually treated as full time and codes 3 amp 7 as part time LKSELA Whether looking for work as employee or self employed 1
169. LP North Somerset LP Bath amp North East Somerset LP Gloucestershire LP Wiltshire amp Swindon LP Somerset LP Bournemouth Dorset amp Poole LP FREQUENGY Spring amp Autumn quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in England Cornwall amp Isles of Scilly LP Devon amp Torbay LP Plymouth LP Birmingham LP Solihull LP Hereford LP Worcestershire LP Shropshire LP Telford amp Wrekin LP Staffordshire amp Stoke LP Dudley LP Coventry amp Warwickshire LP Sandwell LP Walsall LP Wolverhampton LP North Yorkshire LP York LP Bradford LP Leeds LP Wakefield LP Calderdale LP Kirklees LP East Riding LP Hull LP North Lincolnshire LP North East Lincolnshire LP Sheffield LP Barnsley LP 100 Rotherham LP 101 Doncaster LP 54 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 CCET Community Consortia for Education and Training 1 Blaenau Gwent 2 Bridgend 3 Caerphilly 4 Cardiff 5 Carmarthenshire 6 Ceredigion 7 Cwlwm conway 8 Denbighshire 9 Flintshire 10 Ygamfa 11 Merthyr Tydfil 12 Monmouthshire 13 Neath Port Talbot 14 Newport 15 Pembrokeshire 16 Powys 17 Rhondda Cynon Taff 18 Swansea 19 Torfaen 20 The Vale of Glamorgan 21 Wrexham FREQUENCY Every year from 2001 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Wales NOTES This variable is included only on annual local a
170. LST and DISCURR13 LNGLST and LIMAGT Care should be taken when analysing DISCURR DISCURR13 LNGLST and LIMAGT DISCURR13 Current disability LIMAGT 1 Both current disability and work limiting disabled 2 disabled current disability only 3 Work limiting disabled only 4 Not disabled FREQUENCY Each quarter from OD 13 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age and those above working age who indicate they are in work that they are looking for work or that they would like a regular paid job NOTES Disabled current disability includes those who have long term disability which substantially limits their day to day activities Work limiting disabled includes those who have long term disability which affects the kind or amount of work they might do DISCURR13 was introduced in order to portray that the variables that feed into DISCURR changed in AJ13 Please see notes at LNGLST and LIMACT before carrying out analysis on this variable 2014 reweighted data sets will not reference DISCURR and will instead reference DISCURR13 from AJ13 onwards Until the 2014 reweighted datasets are released AJ13 and JS13 datasets will still contain the variable DISCURR However OD 13 will not contain DISCURR and will instead reference DISCURR13 Please be aware that no analysis can be carried out on DISCURR13 on APS datasets that contain both DISCURR and DISCURR13 Explanation of which variables will appear
171. LYRIL oon 215 302 QUAL se 210 QUAL states cies 211 QUALA 212 QUAL ee 212 QUALI se tnd 212 QUAL 14 212 212 QUAL 213 213 213 213 QUAL 210 213 QUAL 213 QUAL 214 03 214 QUAD 214 QUAL 25 22424 2 2 214 214 QUAL ates 214 NER 215 QUAL 9 215 210 S re 215 GUAL Men 215 QUAL 210 211 QUAL 6 211 QUAL Tee 211 QUAL 211 QUAL 211 QUALCHI ene 206 QUALRE 204 2211 204 1 205 11 247 246 210 QUOTA 301 302 R 123 RDICAO7 2 123 2 2222 2 2 119 11242222 00224 124 289 RECNO 304 277 REDANY 118 08 1 22 1 222 118 REDIND ossai 119 123 119 1 3 2 2 2 21024224 119 REDPAID 116 REDSTAT ss 118 REDUND seg 116 REDYL I 1 116 REDYLI3 oan 117 REDYRS ss 118 REFDTE ee 303 REFWKD osai
172. Lesbian 3 Bisexual 4 Other FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over Personal and telephone interviews only NOTES This variable is available on ONS RESEARCH datasets only Refer to notes from SIDFTFQN SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING SATIS Overall how satisfied are you with your life nowadays where nought is not at all satisfied and 10 is completely satisfied 0 10 FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over Personal interviews only NOTES This variable is currently only available upon ONS datasets WORTH Overall to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile where nought is not at all worthwhile and 10 is completely worthwhile 0 10 FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ11 15 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over Personal interviews only NOTES This variable is currently only available upon ONS datasets HAPPY How happy did you feel yesterday where nought is not at all happy and 10 is completely happy 0 10 FREQUENGY Each quarter from AJ11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over Personal interviews only NOTES This variable is currently only available upon ONS datasets ANXIOUS How anxious did you feel yesterday where nought is not at all anxious and 10 is comp
173. NCH SOUTHERN 581 UNITED STATES MINOR TERRITORIES OUTLYING ISLANDS 316 GUAM 548 VANUATU 334 HEARD ISLAND AND 876 WALLIS AND FUTUNA MCDONALD ISLANDS 296 KIRIBATI OTHER COUNTRIES 584 MARSHALL ISLANDS 991 AT SEA 583 MICRONESIA 992 IN THE AIR 520 NAURU 540 NEW CALEDONIA 554 NEW ZEALAND 570 NIUE 574 NORFOLK ISLAND 580 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 585 PALAU 598 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 612 PITCAIRN HENDERSON DUCIE AND OENO ISLANDS 882 SAMOA 090 SOLOMON ISLANDS 239 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 772 TOKELAU 776 TONGA 798 TUVALU 65 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Abbreviations pns part not stated nes not elsewhere stated FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were living outside the UK 12 months ago OYCRY 2 NOTES Text labels not available for this variable When filtering on a specific country also filter on Option 2 Somewhere else in OYCRY It should be noted that from Spring 92 to Winter 92 codes were from 1 95 then from Spring 93 they were increased to 116 from Spring 98 to 135 and from Spring 99 to 144 this is for SOEC purposes as a number of countries were not uniquely identifiable Note the change in coding for At sea in the air and Stateless in from Spring 93 Spring 98 and Spring 99 New list of countries added in Spring 07 Note that residents of in England Wales Scotland Northern Ir
174. NDERSON DUCIE AND OENO ISLANDS 882 SAMOA 090 SOLOMON ISLANDS 239 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 772 TOKELAU 776 TONGA 798 TUVALU 581 UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 548 VANUATU 876 WALLIS AND FUTUNA OTHER COUNTRIES 991 AT SEA 992 IN THE AIR 19 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NATOX7 Nationality other FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM07 COVERAGE From JM12 this applies to all respondents whose country of birth is not UK Irish Republic India Pakistan or Poland CRY12 997 Previous to JM12 this applied to all respondents whose country of birth was not UK Irish Republic Hong Kong or China 01 997 NOTES This is a derived variable please see User Guide 4 for more information 578 NORWAY 484 MEXICO EUROPE 643 RUSSIA 500 MONTSERRAT 926 UNITED KINGDOM NOT 674 SAN MARINO 530 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 358 NICARAGUA 688 SERBIA 985 NORTH AMERICA NOT 040 AUSTRIA 974 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 056 BELGIUM NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 591 PANAMA 100 BULGARIA 744 SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN 600 PARAGUAY 756 SWITZERLAND 604 PERU 1 CYPRUS EUROPEAN UNION 901 SYPRUS FURO UNION 792 TURKEY 630 PUERTO RICO 203 CZECH REPUBLIC 804 UKRAINE 987 SOUTH AMERICA NOT 971 CZECHOSLOVAKIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 208 DENMARK 233 ESTONIA 246 FINLAND 250 FRANCE 276 GERMANY 300 GREECE 348 HUNGARY 372 IRELAND REPUBLIC 380 ITALY 42
175. NJ Flintshire NL Wrexham NN Powys NQ Ceredigion NS Pembrokeshire NU Carmarthenshire NX Swansea NZ Neath Port Talbot PB Bridgend PD Vale of Glamorgan PF Rhondda Cynon Taff PH Merthyr Tydfil PK Caerphilly PL Blaenau Gwent PM Torfaen PP Monmouthshire PR Newport PT Cardiff QA Aberdeen City QB Aberdeenshire QC Angus QD Argyll amp Bute QE Scottish Borders QF Clackmannanshire QG West Dunbartonshire QH Dumfries amp Galloway QJ Dundee City QK East Ayrshire QL East Dunbartonshire QM East Lothian QN East Renfrewshire QP City of Edinburgh QQ Falkirk QR Fife QS City of Glasgow QT Highland QU Inverclyde QW Midlothian QX Moray QY North Ayrshire QZ North Lanarkshire RA Orkney Islands RB Perth amp Kinross RC Renfrewshire RD Shetland Islands RE South Ayrshire RF South Lanarkshire RG Stirling RH West Lothian RJ Eilean Siar This variable is included only on annual local area datasets which are available only to ONS and those government departments which sponsor the local area enhancements 50 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 TLEC99 Training and enterprise councils 101 Hampshire 102 Heart of England 103 Isle of Wight 104 Kent 105 Milton Keynes North Buckinghamshire 106 Surrey 107 Sussex Enterprise 108 Thames Valley Enterprise
176. NTINA 276 GERMANY 533 ARUBA 300 GREECE 044 BAHAMAS THE 348 HUNGARY 052 BARBADOS 372 IRELAND 084 BELIZE 380 ITALY 060 BERMUDA 428 LATVIA 068 BOLIVIA 440 LITHUANIA 076 BRAZIL 442 LUXEMBOURG 092 BRITISH VIRGIN 470 MALTA ISLANDS 528 NETHERLANDS 124 CANADA 616 POLAND 988 CARIBBEAN NOT 620 PORTUGAL OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 642 ROMANIA 136 CAYMAN ISLANDS 703 SLOVAKIA 986 CENTRAL AMERICA NOT 705 SLOVENIA OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 911 SPAIN EXCEPT 152 CHILE CANARY ISLANDS 170 COLOMBIA 913 SPAIN NOT OTHERWISE 188 COSTA RICA SPECIFIED 192 CUBA 752 SWEDEN 212 DOMINICA 214 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 248 ALAND ISLANDS 218 ECUADOR 008 ALBANIA 222 EL SALVADOR 020 ANDORRA 238 FALKLAND ISLANDS 051 ARMENIA 254 FRENCH GUIANA 031 AZERBAIJAN 304 GREENLAND 112 BELARUS 308 GRENADA 070 BOSNIA AND 312 GUADELOUPE HERZEGOVINA 320 GUATEMALA 191 CROATIA 328 GUYANA 902 CYPRUS NON 332 HAITI EUROPEAN UNION 340 HONDURAS 903 CYPRUS NOT 388 JAMAICA OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 474 MARTINIQUE 981 EUROPE NOT 484 MEXICO OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 500 MONTSERRAT 234 FAROE ISLANDS 530 NETHERLANDS 268 GEORGIA ANTILLES 292 GIBRALTAR 558 NICARAGUA 352 ICELAND 985 NORTH AMERICA NOT 438 LIECHTENSTEIN OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 807 MACEDONIA 591 PANAMA 498 MOLDOVA 600 PARAGUAY 492 MONACO 604 PERU 499 MONTENEGRO 630 PUERTO RICO 578 NORWAY 987 SOUTH AMERICA NOT 643 RUSSIA OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 674 SAN MARINO 659 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 688 SERBIA 662 ST LUCIA 974 SERBIA AND 666
177. NVQ SVQ NOTES This variable replaces NVQOTH Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NVOTLEA type of these NVQ SVQ qualifications 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER NVQ SVQ qualification NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NVOTLEB level of NVQ SVQ qualifications 1 Level 1 241 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 2 Level2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 6 Level6 7 7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM1 1 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER NVQ SVQ qualification NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in w
178. OCR NOTES This variable replaces OCRN10 OCRNACD Is this an 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for an OTHER RSA OCR OCRNLEV level of Award Certificate Diploma 1 Level 1 2 Level 2 3 Level 3 4 Level 4 5 Level 5 250 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 6 Level 6 7 Level 7 8 Level 8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for an OTHER RSA OCR CGNW11 level of City amp Guilds qualification being studied 1 part 3 advanced craft 2 part 2 craft 3 part 1 foundation 4 other 5 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for an City amp Guilds NOTES This variable replaces CGNW10 CGNWACD type of City amp Guilds qualification 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for an OTHER City amp Guilds CGNWLEV What level was your Award Certificate Diploma Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Entry level Don t know OONOORWODND FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for
179. ORE 144 SRI LANKA 760 SYRIA 762 TAJIKISTAN 764 THAILAND 795 TURKMENISTAN 25 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 784 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 860 UZBEKISTAN 704 VIETNAM 275 WEST BANK INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM AND GAZA STRIP 887 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA 016 AMERIGAN SAMOA 010 ANTARCTICA 989 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 036 AUSTRALIA 074 BOUVET ISLAND 086 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 162 CHRISTMAS ISLAND 166 COCOS KEELING ISLANDS 184 COOK ISLANDS 242 FIJI 258 FRENCH POLYNESIA 260 FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES 316 GUAM 334 HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS 296 KIRIBATI 584 MARSHALL ISLANDS 583 MICRONESIA 520 NAURU 540 NEW CALEDONIA 554 NEW ZEALAND 570 NIUE 574 NORFOLK ISLAND 580 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 585 PALAU 598 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 612 PITCAIRN HENDERSON DUCIE AND OENO ISLANDS 882 SAMOA 090 SOLOMON ISLANDS 239 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 772 TOKELAU 776 TONGA 798 TUVALU 581 UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 548 VANUATU 876 WALLIS AND FUTUNA OTHER COUNTRIES 991 AT SEA 992 IN THE AIR FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM07 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This is a derived variable please see User Guide 4 for further guidance This variable replaces CRYOX From JM12 it is derived from CRY12 amp CRYO7 Previous to JM12 it was derived from CRY01 and CRY07 926 UNITED KINGDOM N
180. OT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED includes all respondents born in the UK including those who don t know which country in the Uk all respondents born in the Channel Islands and all respondents born in the Isle of Man Year of first arrival in the UK 1 Answer given as year FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are not born in UK Britain From JM12 12 921 924 923 922 926 Previous to JM12 01 NE 921 924 923 922 926 NOTES In 2008 the word first has been added to the question to help identify those who have settled in the UK more than once arrival means for any purpose including holiday trips Text labels are not available for this variable Arrive refers to the date of arrival to take up residence If preceded by holiday to this country and there is no break between the holiday and staying on the date of arrival for the holiday is included If there is a break before taking up residence the holiday arrival date is not included If the respondent takes up residence in this country leaves the country to live elsewhere before returning to take up permanent residence again it is the first date of arriving in this country that is required Anyone who arrived more than 99 years ago is coded as if it was exactly 99 years ago 26 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Users are advised to filter in CRYOX7 as people who said
181. OVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES This variable redefines the family unit to include same sex partners in the same family unit Thus using this variable results in fewer family units in total than if using FAMUNIT 86 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 The family hierarchical structure is based on FAMUNIT Those people who have been coded as same sex co habitees are put into separate family units at FAMUNIT Therefore when any analysis is done of same sex co habitees at family level it shows the number of individuals rather than couples This variable is derived from LIVTOG LIVWTH LIV12W amp XR 00 15 FAMUNIT Family unit number 1 17 Family unit number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES With the introduction of XR 00 15 from Spring 96 FAMUNIT unique identifier for family unit is now generated automatically Previously it was coded by the interviewer to identify the family groupings within the household RELHFU Relationship to head of family 1 Head of family 2 Wife partner of head of family 3 Child of head of family other person FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable was derived from MARCON amp SEX up to Winter 94 From Spring 95 it is derived from MARSTT MARSTA LIVTOG LIVWTH LIV12W amp SEX AOFL16 Age of oldest dependent child in fami
182. RAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This variable is derived from INDSCO7S LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives complete industry breakdown of both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDGO7S Industry group in second job 01 1 99 0 Range of industry codes 8 Not Applicable NA 9 Did Not Answer DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This variable is derived from INDSCO7S LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete industry breakdown of both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDDO7S Industry division in second job 158 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 01 1 99 0 Range of industry codes 8 Not Applicable NA 9 Did Not Answer DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This variable is derived from INDSCO7S LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete industry breakdown of both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDS07S Industry section in second job 1 A Agriculture forestry and fishing 2 B Mining and quarrying 3 C Manufacturing 4 D Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply 5 E Water supply sewerage waste management and remediation activities 6 F Construction 7 G Wholesale
183. RAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 148 CHAD 174 COMOROS 178 CONGO 180 CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 262 DJIBOUTI 818 EGYPT 226 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 232 ERITREA 231 ETHIOPIA 266 GABON 270 GAMBIA THE 288 GHANA 324 GUINEA 624 GUINEA BISSAU 384 IVORY COAST 404 KENYA 426 LESOTHO 430 LIBERIA 434 LIBYA 450 MADAGASCAR 454 MALAWI 466 MALI 478 MAURITANIA 480 MAURITIUS 175 MAYOTTE 504 MOROCCO 508 MOZAMBIQUE 516 NAMIBIA 562 NIGER 566 NIGERIA 638 REUNION 646 RWANDA 678 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 686 SENEGAL 690 SEYCHELLES 694 SIERRA LEONE 706 SOMALIA 710 SOUTH AFRICA 654 ST HELENA 736 SUDAN 748 SWAZILAND 834 TANZANIA 768 TOGO 788 TUNISIA 800 UGANDA 732 WESTERN SAHARA 894 ZAMBIA 716 ZIMBABWE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA 004 AFGHANISTAN 984 ASIA EXCEPT MIDDLE EAST NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 048 BAHRAIN 050 BANGLADESH 064 BHUTAN 096 BRUNEI 104 BURMA 116 CAMBODIA 156 CHINA 158 CHINA TAIWAN 626 EAST TIMOR 344 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 356 INDIA 360 INDONESIA 364 IRAN 368 IRAQ 376 ISRAEL 392 JAPAN 400 JORDAN 398 KAZAKHSTAN 408 KOREA NORTH 410 KOREA SOUTH 414 KUWAIT 417 KYRGYZSTAN 418 LAOS 422 LEBANON 446 MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 458 MALAYSIA 462 MALDIVES 983 Middle East and Asia NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 496 MONGOLIA 524 NEPAL 512 OMAN 586 PAKISTAN 608 PHILIPPINES 634 QATAR 682 SAUDI ARABIA 702 SINGAP
184. RKINA 108 BURUNDI 120 912 CANARY ISLANDS 132 VERDE 140 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 148 CHAD 174 COMOROS 178 CONGO 180 CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 262 DJIBOUTI 818 EGYPT 226 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 232 ERITREA 231 ETHIOPIA 266 GABON 270 GAMBIA THE 288 GHANA 324 GUINEA 624 GUINEA BISSAU 384 IVORY COAST 404 KENYA 426 LESOTHO 430 LIBERIA 434 LIBYA 450 MADAGASCAR 454 MALAWI 466 MALI 478 MAURITANIA 480 MAURITIUS 175 MAYOTTE 504 MOROCCO 508 MOZAMBIQUE 516 NAMIBIA 562 NIGER 566 NIGERIA 638 REUNION 646 RWANDA 678 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 686 SENEGAL 690 SEYCHELLES 694 SIERRA LEONE 706 SOMALIA 710 SOUTH AFRICA 654 ST HELENA 736 SUDAN 748 SWAZILAND 834 TANZANIA 768 TOGO 788 TUNISIA 800 UGANDA 732 WESTERN SAHARA 894 ZAMBIA 716 ZIMBABWE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA 004 AFGHANISTAN 984 ASIA EXCEPT MIDDLE EAST NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 048 BAHRAIN 050 BANGLADESH 064 BHUTAN 096 BRUNE 104 BURMA 116 CAMBODIA 156 CHINA 158 CHINA TAIWAN 626 EAST TIMOR 344 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 356 INDIA 360 INDONESIA 364 IRAN 368 IRAQ 376 ISRAEL 392 JAPAN 400 JORDAN 398 KAZAKHSTAN 408 KOREA NORTH 410 KOREA SOUTH 414 KUWAIT 417 KYRGYZSTAN 418 LAOS 422 LEBANON 446 MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 458 MALAYSIA 462 MALDIVES 983 Middle East NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 496 MONGOLIA 524 NEPAL
185. S Catholic Presbyterian Church of Ireland Methodist Other Protestant Other religion No denomination Under 16 years Unwilling to answer Each quarter from JM10 Applies to all respondents in Northern Ireland This variable is only asked of people in Northern Ireland It is important to remember that this is a voluntary question Respondents who refuse to answer are coded as unwilling 14 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Between JM10 and OD10 the variable appeared only on ONS datasets From JM11 onwards the variable will also appear on client and government files SIDFTFQN Sexual Identity Face to Face Interview 9 99 Range of values Answer Categories includes coding 1 4 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over Personal and telephone interviews only NOTES This variable is available on ONS RESEARCH datasets only Most ONS social surveys ask questions about people s ethnicity age disability gender religion and sexuality This information is used to see if different types of people have different experiences in life for example in employment and health The purpose of the new sexual identity question is to provide such evidence in relation to the lesbian gay and bisexual community and used for equality monitoring purposes SIDTUQN Sexual Identity Telephone Unit Interview 1 Heterosexual Straight 2 Gay
186. S 008 ALBANIA 020 ANDORRA 051 ARMENIA 031 AZERBAIJAN 112 BELARUS 070 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 191 CROATIA 902 CYPRUS NON EUROPEAN UNION 903 CYPRUS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 981 EUROPE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 234 FAROE ISLANDS 268 GEORGIA 292 GIBRALTAR 352 ICELAND 891 KOSOVA AND METOHIA 438 LIECHTENSTEIN 807 MACEDONIA 498 MOLDOVA 492 MONACO 499 MONTENEGRO 578 NORWAY 643 RUSSIA 674 SAN MARINO 688 SERBIA 974 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 744 SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN 756 SWITZERLAND 792 TURKEY 804 UKRAINE 972 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 336 VATICAN CITY 973 YUGOSLAVIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN 660 ANGUILLA 028 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 032 ARGENTINA 533 ARUBA 044 BAHAMAS THE 052 BARBADOS 084 BELIZE 060 BERMUDA 068 BOLIVIA 076 BRAZIL 092 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 124 CANADA 988 CARIBBEAN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 136 CAYMAN ISLANDS 986 CENTRAL AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 152 CHILE 170 COLOMBIA 188 COSTA RICA 192 CUBA 212 DOMINICA 214 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 218 ECUADOR 17 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 222 EL SALVADOR 238 FALKLAND ISLANDS 254 FRENCH GUIANA 304 GREENLAND 308 GRENADA 312 GUADELOUPE 320 GUATEMALA 328 GUYANA 332 HAITI 340 HONDURAS 388 JAMAICA 474 MARTINIQUE 484 MEXICO 500 MONTSERRAT 530 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 5
187. S04 Dumfries and Galloway 505 Fife S06 Forth Valley S07 Glasgow Development Agency S08 Grampian S09 Lanarkshire S10 Lothian and Edinburgh S11 Renfrewshire S12 Tayside S13 Argyll Bute Arran and the Cumbraes S14 Caithness and Sutherland S15 Inverness and Nairn S16 Lochaber S17 Moray Badenoch and Strathspey 618 Orkney S19 Ross and Cromarty S20 Shetland S21 Skye and Lochalsh S22 Eilean Siar W11 Celtec W12 Mid Wales W13 South East Wales W14 West Wales This variable is included only on annual local area datasets which are available only to ONS and those government departments which sponsor the local area enhancements 51 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 LSC Learning and skills councils 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES County Durham Northumberland Tees Valley Tyne amp Wear Cheshire Warrington Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Greater Merseyside previously called Merseyside Halton Humberside North Yorkshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire Derbyshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Rutland Northamptonshire Nottinghams
188. SA OCR 25 City and Guilds 26 YT Certificate 27 Key skills Core skills Scotland 28 Basic skills Skills for life literacy numeracy lang 29 Entry Level Qualifications 30 Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry level and Levels 1 to 8 31 Any other professional work related qualification 32 None in last 12 months FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 19 who have UK gained qualifications NOTES This variable replaces QLYR10 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable DEGREE7 of degree already held 1 A higher degree including PGCE 2 A first degree 3 A foundation degree 4 A graduate membership of a professional institution 5 Other 6 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM07 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a degree qualification QUALS6 1 NOTES This variable replaces DEGREE4 This question has changed from a single code to a multiple response question If respondents have more than degree details regarding the highest level degree they have are recorded If respondents have more than one degree at the same level details regarding the first degree obtained at that level i e the earliest degree they obtained are recorded Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide re
189. ST PIERRE AND MONTENEGRO NOT MIQUELON OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 670 ST VINCENT AND THE 744 SVALBARD AND JAN GRENADINES MAYEN 740 SURINAM 756 SWITZERLAND 780 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 796 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 840 UNITED STATES 850 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 858 URUGUAY 862 VENEZUELA AFRICA 982 AFRICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 012 ALGERIA 024 ANGOLA 204 BENIN 072 BOTSWANA 854 BURKINA 108 BURUNDI 120 CAMEROON 912 CANARY ISLANDS 132 CAPE VERDE 140 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 148 CHAD 174 COMOROS 178 CONGO 180 CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 262 DJIBOUTI 818 EGYPT 226 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 232 ERITREA 231 ETHIOPIA 266 GABON 270 GAMBIA THE 288 GHANA 324 GUINEA 624 GUINEA BISSAU 384 IVORY COAST 404 KENYA 426 LESOTHO 430 LIBERIA 434 LIBYA 450 MADAGASCAR 454 MALAWI 466 MALI 478 MAURITANIA 480 MAURITIUS 175 MAYOTTE 504 MOROCCO 508 MOZAMBIQUE 516 NAMIBIA 562 NIGER 566 NIGERIA 638 REUNION 646 RWANDA 678 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 686 SENEGAL 690 SEYCHELLES 694 SIERRA LEONE 706 SOMALIA 710 SOUTH AFRICA 654 ST HELENA 736 SUDAN 748 SWAZILAND 834 TANZANIA 768 TOGO 788 TUNISIA 800 UGANDA 732 WESTERN SAHARA 894 ZAMBIA 716 ZIMBABWE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA 004 AFGHANISTAN 984 ASIA EXCEPT MIDDLE EAST NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 048 BAHRAIN 050 BANGLADESH 064 BHUTAN 096 BRUNEI 104 BURMA 116 CAMBODIA 156 CHINA 158 CHINA TAIWAN 626 EAST TIMOR 344 HONG KONG SPECIAL
190. SUWRK 3 146 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions EVDAY Whether respondent ever works during the day 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who do not usually work during the day NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions EVEVE Whether respondent ever works during the evening 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who do not usually work during the evening Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions EVNGHT Whether respondent ever works at night 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who do not usually work at night NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions WCHDAY 1 7 Which days of the week respondent usually works on 1 Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 5 Friday 6 Saturday 7 Sunday FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who do not usually work 7 diffe
191. T amp RDIC92 The variable INECACR is replaced by INECAC05 in the derivation of this variable from Spring 05 onwards 123 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 For small number of people who were made redundant in the three months prior to interview had been in employment again since then but were not in employment at the time of interview it is assumed that the industry they were made redundant from is the same as the industry in their most recent job If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant RDOCOD Occupation made redundant from if different from previously stated 100 999 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 to Winter 2000 Each quarter from Spring 01 to Spring 04 on ONS datasets only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents whose present occupation is different to job where made redundant REDOCC 2 NOTES LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a full breakdown of industry coding SOC10R Occupation made redundant from 1111 9279 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were made redundant in the three months prior to interview NOTES This variable replaces RDOCOD This variable is derived from REDOCC OCOD10M STATR OCOD10R amp REDSTAT HOME WORKERS HOME Whether wo
192. TRIA OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 056 BELGIUM 744 SVALBARD AND JAN 100 BULGARIA MAYEN 901 CYPRUS EUROPEAN 756 SWITZERLAND UNION 792 TURKEY 203 CZECH REPUBLIC 804 UKRAINE 972 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 971 CZECHOSLOVAKIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 208 DENMARK 233 ESTONIA 336 VATICAN CITY 246 FINLAND 973 YUGOSLAVIA NOT 250 FRANCE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 276 GERMANY 300 GREECE THE AMERICAS AND 348 HUNGARY THE CARIBBEAN 372 IRELAND REPUBLIC 660 ANGUILLA 380 ITALY 028 ANTIGUA AND 428 LATVIA BARBUDA 440 LITHUANIA 032 ARGENTINA 442 LUXEMBOURG 533 ARUBA 470 MALTA 044 BAHAMAS THE 528 NETHERLANDS 052 BARBADOS 616 POLAND 084 BELIZE 620 PORTUGAL 060 BERMUDA 642 ROMANIA 068 BOLIVIA 703 SLOVAKIA 076 BRAZIL 705 SLOVENIA 092 BRITISH VIRGIN 911 SPAIN EXCEPT ISLANDS CANARY ISLANDS 124 CANADA 913 SPAIN NOT OTHERWISE 988 CARIBBEAN NOT SPECIFIED OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 752 SWEDEN 136 CAYMAN ISLANDS i 986 CENTRAL AMERICA NOT 248 ALAND ISLANDS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 008 ALBANIA 152 CHILE 020 ANDORRA 170 COLOMBIA 051 ARMENIA 188 COSTA RICA 031 AZERBAIJAN 192 CUBA 112 BELARUS 212 DOMINICA 070 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 191 CROATIA 902 CYPRUS NON EUROPEAN UNION 214 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 218 ECUADOR 222 EL SALVADOR 238 FALKLAND ISLANDS 254 FRENCH GUIANA 903 CYPRUS NOT 304 GREENLAND OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 308 GRENADA 981 EUROPE NOT 312 GUADELOUPE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 320 GUATEMALA 234 FAROE ISL
193. This variable is only available on ONS datasets in Spring 2000 From Autumn 06 all Travel to work questions are asked in Autumn every year and in waves 1 and 5 every quarter every 3 years e g 2006 2009 etc 128 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions SICKNESS AGTWKDY 1 7 Days scheduled to work 1 Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 5 Friday 6 Saturday 7 Sunday 8 Not working at all 9 Scheduled working days not relevant FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 to Autumn 2000 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Winter 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents working during reference week or on government scheme NOTES In AJ10 some amendments were made to the LFS questionnaire in order to improve the collection of data on days taken off due to sickness absence Prior to AJ10 respondents who were employed but had been off for the whole reference week or longer were stating at ACTWKDY that they were not working and so didn t get asked ILLWK or ILLDAYS1 7 check was introduced at the question ACTWKDY with the purpose of increasing the number of people either self employed or off work for reasons of sickness or injury disclosing their scheduled work days Despite improving the accuracy of the data collected the required changes resul
194. VERAGE NOTES datasets only Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Number of children Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Applies to all households This variable is derived from AGE amp CAIND This variable is included on household HDPCH18 Number of children in household aged between 16 and 18 years 0 10 FREQUENCY Spring 95 COVERAGE NOTES datasets only Number of children Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Applies to all households This variable is derived from AGE amp CAIND This variable is included on household AOHL16 Age of oldest dependent child in household aged under 16 0 15 16 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Age of oldest dependent child in household aged 0 15 No dependent children aged under 16 Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 Applies to all households Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education Text labels are not available for this variable This variable is derived from CAIND amp AGE AOHL19 Age of oldest dependent child in household aged under 19 0 18 19 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Age of oldest dependent child in household aged 0 18 No dependent children aged under 19 Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter fro
195. VERAGE NOTES Yes No Each quarter from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents who had days off due to sickness injury ILLWK 2 Only days where respondent was scheduled to work but was unable to do so because of sickness or injury are recorded ILLTUE Whether off work sick Tuesday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Yes No Each quarter from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents who had days off due to sickness injury ILLWK 2 Only days where respondent was scheduled to work but was unable to do so because of sickness or injury are recorded ILLWED Whether off work sick on a Wednesday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Yes No Each quarter from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents who had days off due to sickness injury ILLWK 2 Only days where respondent was scheduled to work but was unable to do so because of sickness or injury are recorded ILLTHU Whether off work sick on Thursday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Yes No Each quarter from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents who had days off due to sickness injury ILLWK 2 Only days where respondent was scheduled to work but was unable to do so because of sickness or injury are recorded ILLFRI Whether off work sick on Friday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Yes No Each quarter from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents who had days off due to sickness injury ILLWK 2
196. VERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on certain government schemes NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance TTACHR includes any paid or unpaid overtime worked in the reference week Those respondents who did not work in the reference week even though they had a job i e on holiday or sick are coded as 0 As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc 138 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 TOTHRS Total hours worked in reference week 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 or more 98 Away from job FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment NOTES This is as derived variable please see Volume 4 for further guidance This variable includes any hours worked second job As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc YLESS6 Reason worked fewer hours than usual in reference week 1 Number of hours worked overtime varies 2 Bank holiday 3 Maternity Paternity leave 4 Parental Leave 5 Other leave holiday 6 Sick or injured 7 Attending a training course away from own workplace 8 Started new job changed jobs 9 Ended job and
197. VERAGE Applies to all respondents that have found a part time job LKFTPC 2 NOTES Respondents are asked whether they would have accepted a full time job if they had been unable to find a part time one It differs from AXFA which asks a similar question of those who are still looking for a part time job UNDER EMPLOYMENT UNDEMP Whether would like to work longer hours at current basic rate of pay given the opportunity 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are not looking for a different or additional job DIFJOB 2 UNDHRS Number of extra hours would like to work 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who would like to work longer hours UNDEMP 1 OR LOOKM8 5 OR PREFHR 1 OR ADDJOB 2 UNDY98 1 9 Reasons for not looking for additional or different job with longer hours 1 Would like to work longer hours in existing job 170 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 2 Feel that there is no work available given qualifications and or experience 3 Believe that no work is available nearby 4 Waiting for the results of examinations already taken 5 Waiting for the results of job application 6 Waiting for the outcome of measures to start up business 7 Have health problems 8 Do no want to look for work immediately 9 Other
198. WAVFND amp HHLD Please note this is not available on EUL data sets from 2011 onwards HSERIALP Pseudonymous number that uniquely identifies a household FREQUENCY JM11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to all households NOTES This variable is only available on EUL SPSS household datasets FUSERIAL Number that uniquely identifies a family unit FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES This variable is only available on SPSS household datasets This variable is derived using QUOTA WEEK W1YR QRTR ADD WAVFND amp HHLD LFSSAMP Telephone or face to face interview 1 Telephone 2 Face to face FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 97 NOTES This is a questionnaire variable and feeds into the derived variable TYPINT This is available on ONS and Client data sets only 305 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 TELFTF Telephone or face to face interview 1 2 FREQUENCY NOTES Telephone Face to face Each quarter from Summer 97 ONS datasets only TYPINT Telephone or face to face interview 1 2 FREQUENCY NOTES Telephone Face to face Each quarter from Summer 97 This is derived variable please see Volume 4 for further guidance TYPINT relates to the current interview Some questions are asked only at wave 1 with information rolled
199. Wiltshire amp Swindon LP This variable is included only on annual local area datasets which are available only to ONS and those government departments which sponsor the local area enhancements 53 LPCODE Learning Partnerships 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Norfolk LP Suffolk LP Hertfordshire LP Bedfordshire amp Luton LP North Essex LP South Essex LP Thurrock LP Cambridgeshire LP Greater Peterborough LP Lincolnshire LP Northamptonshire LP Greater Nottingham LP North Nottinghamshire LP Leics Leicester City amp Rutland LP Derbyshire LP East London LP East South East London LP Central London LP East Thames LP North London LP North West London LP West London LP South London LP Northumberland LP County Durham LP Sunderland ETTAG Tyneside LP Tees Valley LP Cumbria LP Cheshire LP Wirral LP Halton LP Warrington LP Liverpool LP Sefton LP Knowsley LP St Helens LP Manchester LP Oldham LP Rochdale LP Bury LP Bolton LP Wigan LP East Lancashire LP West Lancashire LP Stockport LP Kent LP Medway LP Surrey LP East Sussex LP West Sussex LP Brighton amp Hove LP Isle of Wight LP Hampshire amp Portsmouth LP Southampton LP Milton Keynes LP West Berkshire LP Reading LP Wokingham LP Bracknell Forest LP Slough LP Royal Windsor Maidenhead LP Buckingham LP Oxfordshire LP Bristol amp South Gloucestershire
200. YEN 756 SWITZERLAND 792 TURKEY 804 UKRAINE 22 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 972 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 336 VATICAN CITY 973 YUGOSLAVIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN 660 ANGUILLA 028 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 032 ARGENTINA 533 ARUBA 044 BAHAMAS THE 052 BARBADOS 084 BELIZE 060 BERMUDA 068 BOLIVIA 076 BRAZIL 092 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 124 CANADA 988 CARIBBEAN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 136 CAYMAN ISLANDS 986 CENTRAL AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 152 CHILE 170 COLOMBIA 188 COSTA RICA 192 CUBA 212 DOMINICA 214 DOMINIGAN REPUBLIC 218 ECUADOR 222 EL SALVADOR 238 FALKLAND ISLANDS 254 FRENCH GUIANA 304 GREENLAND 308 GRENADA 312 GUADELOUPE 320 GUATEMALA 328 GUYANA 332 HAITI 340 HONDURAS 388 JAMAICA 474 MARTINIQUE 484 MEXICO 500 MONTSERRAT 530 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 558 NICARAGUA 985 NORTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 591 PANAMA 600 PARAGUAY 604 PERU 630 PUERTO RICO 987 SOUTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 659 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 662 ST LUCIA 666 ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON 670 ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 740 SURINAM 780 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 796 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 840 UNITED STATES 850 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 858 URUGUAY 862 VENEZUELA AFRICA 982 AFRICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 012 ALGERIA 024 ANGOLA 204 BENIN 072 BOTSWANA 854 BU
201. abiting civil partner 2 Non married FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ06 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This is a derived variable please see volume 4 for further guidance Non married include those who are single widowed divorced or separated from their spouse Between Spring 1996 and Winter 2005 this variable was called MARDY MARCHK Whether spouse is household member 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are married and living with husband wife XMARSTA 2 3 NOTES This variable was introduced in Spring 96 to check whether spouses were included as part of the household This question has been included to identify married couples who are legally married but do not live together and are therefore not included as members of the household e g spouse working away from home spouse in prison Married couples who have legally separated will not be included here LIV12W Whether living together as couple 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ12 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 in multi person households not married in a civil partnership and living with spouse partner XMARSTA 2 3 NOTES This question will apply to all households containing more than one person and to all respondents who do not describe themselves as married living with spouse not in a civil partnership This variable replaces LIVWTH Please note that household derived
202. abiting couple both under pensionable age with no children married couple one or more over pensionable age with no children cohabiting couple one or more over pensionable age with no children Married couple with one child Married couple with 2 children Married couple with 3 or more children Cohabiting couple with one child Cohabiting couple with 2 children Cohabiting couple with 3 or more children 2 adults not married or cohabiting both under pensionable age with no children 2 adults not married or cohabiting one or more over pensionable age with no children 2 adults not married or cohabiting with 1 or more children 3 or more adults with no children including at least one married cohabiting couple 3 or more adults with 1 or 2 children including at least one married cohabiting couple 3 or more adults with 3 or more children including at least one married cohabiting couple 3 or more adults with no children 3 or more adults with one or more children Same sex cohabiting couple Same sex civil partnership couple Each quarter from AJ10 on household and ONS datasets Applies to all households HLDCMP6X is not available on the person level datasets but is included on both household and ONS datasets from AJ 2010 This variable is direct replacement for HLDCMP6 71 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 HLDCMPB6Y Composition of household calculated using NEW pension age 01
203. able is derived from INDSCO7L LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a full industry breakdown of both SIC92 amp SIC2007 codes INDSO7L Industry section in last job 1 A Agriculture forestry and fishing 2 B Mining and quarrying 3 C Manufacturing 4 D Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply 5 E Water supply sewerage waste management and remediation activities 6 F Construction 177 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 7 G Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 8 H Transportation and storage 9 I Accommodation and food service activities 10 J Information and communication 11 K Financial and insurance activities 12 L Real estate activities 13 Professional scientific and technical activities 14 Administrative and support service activities 15 Public administration and defence compulsory social security 16 Education 17 Q Human health and social work activities 18 R Arts entertainment and recreation 19 5 Other service activities 20 Activities of households as employers undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use 21 U Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away
204. ach week to be allocated to face to face interviews See LFS User Guide volume 1 Background and Methodology for further information Please note that this variable was removed from EUL datasets from JM11 onwards QUOTAP Pseudonymous stint number where interview took place 1 960 Stint number 302 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 NOTES This is available on EUL data sets only WEEK Week number when interview took place 1 13 Week number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES There are 13 weeks in each LFS quarter and this variables identifies which week in the quarter the interview took place W1YR Year that address first entered survey Single digit number corresponds to last digit of year e g 5 for 1995 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 QRTR Quarter that address first entered survey 1 JM January to March 2 AJ April to June 3 JS July to September 4 OD October to December FREQUENCY Using seasonal quarters each quarter from Spring 92 to Autumn 95 Using calendar quarters each quarter from JMO6 NUMHHLD Number of households at address 1 81 Household number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES From Spring 92 to Summer 94 this variable was called NUMHLD on SPSS datasets From Autumn 94 this variable is called NUMHHLD on all formats ADD Address number on interviewer address list 1
205. acilities available 6 Another reason FREQUENCY Autumn quarters only from Autumn 94 to Autumn 99 AJ and OD quarters from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did not want a full time job YPTJOB 4 NOTES The interviewer accepts the first response that applies This question is asked wave 1 for JM08 and JS08 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions Reason part time work 1 Looking after children 2 Looking after incapacitated adult 3 Some other reason FREQUENCY AJ OD or wave 1 only from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who don t want a full time job because they want to spend more time with their family have domestic commitments or some other reason YNOTFT 3 4 or 6 108 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 JOBTYP Whether job permanent 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES that job Permanent Not permanent in some way Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents who are employees The permanency of job relates to the job itself not the respondent s intentions about AGWRK Whether agency worker 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Yes No Each quarter from JM11 Applies to respondents whose job is not permanent JBTP10 1 5 Way in which job was not permanent 1 2 3 4 5 FREQUENCY COVERAG
206. ade redundant from is same as previously stated 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were made redundant from last job REDPAID 1 AND REDYLFT 2 OR REDANY 1 NOTES Assumes industry is that described at INDT If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant REDOCC Whether occupation made redundant from is same as previously stated 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were made redundant from last job REDPAID 1 AND REDYLFT 2 OR REDANY 1 NOTES Assumes occupation is that described at OCCT If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant RDMPNO2 Number of employees at work redundant 1 1 10 2 11 19 3 20 24 4 Don t know but under 25 119 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 5 25 49 6 50 249 7 250 499 8 Don t know but between 50 and 499 9 500 or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 02 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees who have been made redundant from job during the three months before interview STAT 1 NOTES This variable replaces REDMPNO This variable records the total number of employees at the respondent s work
207. ain government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from INDCO7M LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDDO7M Industry division in main job 01 99 Range of industry codes 8 No Answer NA 9 Did Not Ask DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from INDSCO7M LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDSO7M Industry section in main job 1 A Agriculture forestry and fishing 2 B Mining and quarrying 3 C Manufacturing 4 D Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply 5 E Water supply sewerage waste management and remediation activities 6 F Construction 7 G Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 8 H Transportation and storage 9 I Accommodation and food service activities 10 J Information and communication 98 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 11 K Financial and insurance activities 12 L Real estate activities 13 Professional scientific and technical activities 14 Administrative and support service activities 15 Public administration and defence compulsory social security 16 Education
208. ait for the results of an application for a job 11 Look for premises or equipment 12 Seek any kind of permit 13 Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business 14 Do anything else to find work FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are looking for work or a place on a government scheme in the last four weeks NOTES This variable combines the responses of MAINME MAINMS MAINMA to give one variable for the main method of seeking work AVAILABILITY TO START WORK WAIT Whether waiting to take up job 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents not looking for a place on a government scheme in the last four weeks or were not looking for work in the last four weeks and are aged between 16 and 69 NOTES This question identifies people who although not looking for work were waiting to take up a job already obtained These people are classed as unemployed on the ILO definition if available to start work within 2 weeks This variable also covers people up to 5 years above retirement age JOBBEG Whether will be starting new job 187 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Within three months Later than three months Each quarter from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who were waiting to take up a job already obtained WAIT 1 OR
209. ake up of households families and the purpose of the relationship grid is to calculate family units by defining household members relationship to each other Between Spring 01 and AJO6 this variable was called RELHRP HRP Household reference person 1 Respondent is HRP 2 Respondent is not HRP FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 to Winter 2000 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 NOTES This variable is derived from PERSNO and DVHRPNUM is used to determine Household Reference Person This variable is only on ONS datasets in 2000 DVHRPNUM Person number of HRP FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents HOHID Head of household identification 1 Head of household 2 Not head of household FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES HOHID was introduced in Spring 96 to provide additional information about the total number of people and family units within the household 73 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 XR 00 15 Relationship to person Up to amp including Autumn 2005 From Winter 2005 onwards 1 Spouse 1 Spouse 2 Cohabiting partner 2 Cohabiting partner 3 Natural son or daughter 3 Natural son or daughter 4 Step son or daughter 4 Step son or daughter
210. al work activities 18 R Arts entertainment and recreation 19 S Other service activities 20 T Activities of households as employers undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use 21 U Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have a regular additional job NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions SIC92 to SIC2007 conversion variables are also available for 3 years 2006 2008 of back series data in SPSS and SAS This variable derives from INDSC07S LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 To convert SIC2007 codes to SIC92 codes 079205 01 60 Range of values FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have regular additional job NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions This variable is derived from INDSCO7S LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 1 079255 01 Agriculture hunting amp forestry 02 B Fishing 03 C Mining quarrying 04 D Manufacturing 05 E Electricity gas amp water supply 06 F Construction 07 G Wholesale retail amp motor trade 08 H Hotels amp restaurants 09
211. ale 65 or female 60 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from AJ10 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES Replaced HNPEN in AJ 2010 Household economic activity 1 All persons in the household are employed 2 All persons in the household are either employed or unemployed 3 All persons in the household are either employed or inactive 4 All persons in the household are either employed unemployed or inactive 5 All persons in the household are unemployed 6 All persons in the household are either unemployed or inactive 7 All persons in the household are inactive FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all households NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further detail This variable is included on household datasets only and is available from Spring 05 onwards HEAHEAD Economic activity of head of family unit 78 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Employed 2 Unemployed 3 Inactive FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES This variable is included on household datasets only and is derived from INECACO5 HEAWIFE Economic activity of wife of family unit 1 Employed 2 Unemployed 3
212. alification Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable STCOTLB levels of SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualifications 1 Level1 2 Level 2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM1 1 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable VOCYRC year of highest RSA OCR qualification 1 2009 or earlier 2 2010 or later FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 231 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has RSA OCR qualification QDIPTYP Level of New Diploma 1 Advanced level 3 2 Progression Diploma level 3 3 Higher Diploma level 2 4 Foundation Diploma level 1 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM10 COVERAGE Applies to those respondents who have a New Diploma VOCYRA year of highest BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification 1 2009 or earlier 2 2010 or later FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has a BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL RSA11 Type of highest RSA OCR qualification 1 a higher diploma OCR Level 4 2 advanced diplo
213. alification 2 a professional qualification 3 none of these FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER qualification NOTES This variable replaces TPQL10 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable OTHQU9 Type of other work related or vocational qualification 1 H amp S Food hygiene qualification 2 HGV forklift licence 3 Computers IT qualification 4 First aid qualification 5 Any others 244 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE This variable replaces OTHQU Applies to all respondents who have another work related qualification Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable VOCYRH year in which other qualification was obtained 1 2009 or earlier 2 2010 or later FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER qualification OTHQAL1 1 subject title awarding body of other qualification Free text input max 250 characters FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER qualification OTHQLEV level of other qualification Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Entry level No
214. amp Humberside East Midlands West Midlands Met County Rest of West Midlands Spring 00 onwards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 FREQUENCY Spring 2000 COVERAGE Tyne amp Wear Rest of North East Greater Manchester Merseyside Rest of North West South Yorkshire West Yorkshire Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside East Midlands West Midlands Met County Rest of West Midlands 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Eastern Inner London Outer London South East South West Wales Strathclyde Rest of Scotland Northern Ireland Outside UK Baby under 3 months East of England Inner London Outer London South East South West Wales Strathclyde Rest of Scotland Northern Ireland Outside UK Baby under 3 months Spring 92 only Each quarter from Spring 93 to Autumn 99 Spring quarters only from Applies to all respondents in employment 61 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This variable is based on Government Office Regions It is derived from RESTME RESMTH RESBBY M3CRY amp UALD3 OYEQMS Whether living at same address 12 months ago 1 Yes same place 2 No somewhere else 3 Baby under 1 year FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 COVERAGE From Spring 92 to Spring 95 Applies to all respondents who have lived at their
215. an 6 White and Asian 7 Other Mixed multiple ethnic background 8 Indian 9 Pakistani 10 Bangladeshi 11 Chinese 12 Other Asian background 13 Black African 14 Black Caribbean 15 Other Black African Caribbean background 16 Other ethnic group includes respondents in England and Wales identifying themselves as White Gypsy or Irish Traveller includes respondents in England and Wales identifying themselves as FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over living within England and Wales ETHEW 18 Ethnicity 18 categories England and Wales level 36 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 White British 2 White Irish 3 White Gypsy or Irish Traveller 4 Other White 5 White and Black Caribbean 6 White and Black African 7 White and Asian 8 Other Mixed multiple ethnic background 9 Indian 10 Pakistani 11 Bangladeshi 12 Chinese 13 Other Asian background 14 Black African 15 Black Caribbean 16 Other Black African Caribbean background 17 Arab 18 Other ethnic group FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over living in England or Wales RELIGE What is your religion 1 No religion 2 Christian including Church of England Catholic Protestant and all other Christian denominations 3 Buddhist 4 Hindu 5 Jewish
216. and Government only files Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable RESIDENTIAL DETAILS COUNTRY Country within UK 1 England 2 Wales 3 Scotland 4 Scotland North of Caledonian Canal 5 Northern Ireland FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents GB Great Britain 1 Great Britain 2 Northern Ireland FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on SPSS files from Autumn 02 onwards URESMC Region of usual residence 1 Tyne amp Wear 11 South West 2 Rest of Northern Region 12 West Midlands Metropolitan 3 South Yorkshire 13 Rest of West Midlands 40 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 West Yorkshire 14 Greater Manchester Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside 15 Merseyside East Midlands 16 Rest of North West East Anglia 17 Wales Inner London 18 Strathclyde Outer London 19 Rest of Scotland Rest of South East 20 Northern Ireland Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents This variable is derived from UALAD99 which is not directly available from the database for confidentiality reasons although UA County Level indicator i e UACNTY is available from
217. and government data sets only PGINST Institution coding frame higher FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have higher degree NOTES New for JM12 Available on ONS and government data sets only FDINST Institution studied at undergraduate Free text FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have an undergraduate degree NOTES New for JM12 HDINST Institution studies at higher Free Text FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who higher degree NOTES New for JM12 DEGCLS7 Class of first degree achieved 222 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 First 2 Upper Second 2i 2 1 3 Lower Second 2ii 2 2 4 Third 5 Pass 6 Other 7 Don t Know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM07 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a first degree qualification DEGREE7 2 NOTES This variable replaces DEGCLS If respondents have more than one first degree details of the highest degree class they achieved are recorded CRYDEG UK country where highest degree was obtained 1 England 2 Wales 3 Scotland 4 Northern Ireland 5 Other country not UK 6 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE if the respondent has higher degree first degree foundation degree or other degree DEGREE7 1 2 3 or 5 TE
218. any kind of permit Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business Do anything else to find work Summer 94 onwards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 FREQUENCY COVERAGE four weeks NOTES Visit a Jobcentre Visit a Careers office Visit a Jobclub Have your name on the books of a private employment agency Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals Apply directly to employers Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs Wait for the results of an application for a job Look for premises or equipment Seek any kind of permit Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business Do anything else to find work Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents looking for work as an employee or self employed in the last Respondents can give as many responses as there are categories but these are not recorded in any order of priority this is done in the variable MAINMA As with LKWFWM the method of looking for work variables have been increased by one category 2 Careers office from Summer 94 This variable was called METHAL 00 12 from Spring 92 to Spring 94 and METHAL 00 13 from Summer 94 to Winter 96 182 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Please note that this is mu
219. any proxy response because it is not thought that proxy respondents would be able to provide accurate information on past disabilities Therefore users need to make an adjustment to any estimates they derive from this variable involving past disabilities The adjustment process is described below Adjustment for past disabilities To take account of the absence of proxy data the suggested method is to apply the same proportion of proxy response in wave 1 at HEALIM to the number of people in category 3 of XDISDDA Thus in Spring 1998 table of HEALIM by IOUTCOME filtered THISWV 1 shows that the proportion of proxy response was 24 so the adjustment made to XDISDDA is to multiply the past disabilities only category by 100 76 So the estimate of total DDA disabled people in the UK in Spring 1998 is Thousands Current disability only 4 682 Current and past disability 301 Past disability only 571 100 76 751 Total DDA disabled 5 734 This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance SMOKEVER Ever Smoked 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Every Quarter from 9 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 18 and over NOTES This variable appears on ONS datasets only and will be published as part of the IHS Includes only ordinary tobacco which is smoked Exclude any reference to snuff tobacco or tobacco products that are chewed or sucked or herbal tobaccos By ever smoked we mean even just onc
220. ars 2006 2008 of back series data in SPSS and SAS This variable is derived from INDSC070 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 To convert SIC2007 codes to SIC92 codes IN0792DO Industry division in job twelve months ago 01 60 Range of values FREQUENCY April to June quarters only from January 2009 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions This variable is derived from INDSC070 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDSC070 Industry sub class job twelve months ago 01 62 1 93 19 9 Range of industry codes 8 Not Applicable NA 9 Did Not Answer DNA FREQUENCY April to June quarters from 2009 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 and over NOTES From 08 the industrial coding classifications SIC92 have been completely updated SIC2007 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of Industry codes This variable is derived from OYSIND ICDM amp OYICDO7 INDD070 Industry division in job twelve months ago 01 99 Range of industry codes 8 Not Applicable NA 9 Did Not Answer DNA FREQUENCY April to June quarters only
221. arter from 9 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who took early retirement REDYLFT 6 HTHRES Health reason for resigning 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from 9 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who resigned from last job REDYLFT 4 117 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 REDYRS Reason regarding care services for leaving job 1 Looking after children or an adult in need of care 2 Some other personal or family reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who gave up work for family or personal reasons or some other reason REDYLFT 8 or 9 NOTES This variable is included on ONS datasets only HTHOTH Health reason for leaving last job 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who left paid job for some other personal or family reason REDYLFT 9 and REDYRS 1 REDANY Whether made redundant from any other job in last 3 months 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who left last paid job in last 3 months REDYLFT 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 or 9 AND REDPAID 1 NOTES If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant REDSTAT Status in job made redundant from 1 Working as employee 2 Self employed FREQUENCY Each quarter fro
222. arter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age with vocational qualifications This variable replaces VOCQPL SUBCOD 1 8 Area of study 1 00 9 99 Codes for Area of Study 268 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have vocational qualification NOTES This is the subject of study of the highest level 2 qualifications and above already held excludes degrees and GCSE O level A level and equivalents A new coding frame was introduced in Spring 04 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of codes This variable replaces SUBCODE from Summer 01 SUBNO 1 8 Qualification at subcod1 8 1 Higher degree 2 NVQ SVQ level 5 3 First degree 4 Other degree level qualification 5 NVQ SVQ level 4 6 Diploma in higher education 7 HNC HND 8 Higher level of BTEC BEC or TEC 9 Higher level of SCOTBEC etc 10 Teaching qualification 11 Nursing or medical qualification 12 RSA higher diploma 13 Higher education below degree qualification 14 NVQ SVQ level 15 Advanced GNVQ GSVQ 16 A level Scot advanced higher 17 RSA advanced diploma certificate 18 BTEC BEC TEC National certificate diploma 19 5 5 SCOTVEC National 20 21 City amp Guilds craft part 3 22 Certificate of si
223. arter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents with health problems HEAL 1 17 NOTES This variable records the main problem ONLY For analysis before Spring 97 please see HEALTH 0 2 When analysing HEALTH users advised to use the filter LNGLIM LNGLST 1 before carrying out any further analysis HEALIM Whether health problem limits activity 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know 276 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents with a health problem lasting more than 12 months LNGLIM 1 NOTES Users are advised to always filter on working age when using this variable to ensure comparability over a time series This question was replaced with the harmonised variable LIMACT in AJ13 When analysing HEALIM users are advised to use the filter LNGLIM 1 before carrying out any further analysis LIMACT ability to carry out day to day activities 1 Yes a lot 2 Yes a little 3 Not at all FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ13 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who answered yes to LNGLST LNGLST 1 NOTES This is a harmonised question that replaces HEALIM from Aj13 onwards HEALIM asked respondents to consider the impact of their health problem or disabilities on their day to day activities without medication or treatment LIMACT replacing HEALIM asks respondents to consider the impact to day
224. as result of the GSS Social Survey Harmonisation Project and replaces the variable RENT96 Tied accommodation is that which goes with the job household member Those living in tied accommodation may either pay rent or live rent free Between Spring 96 and Spring 2006 this variable was called RENT 96 LLORD Landlord of accommodation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FREQUENCY COVERAGE 5 LA council Scottish homes Housing association charitable trust or local housing company Employing organisation Another organisation Relative of household member Individual employer Other individual private landlord Each quarter from Spring 06 Applies to all respondents to rent their accommodation or live their rent free TEN1 4 or 83 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This variable was introduced in Spring 2006 as result of the GSS Social Survey Harmonisation Project and replaces the variable LAND96 Between Spring 1996 and Spring 2006 this variable was called LAND96 FURN Whether accommodation furnished 1 Furnished 2 Partly furnished 3 Unfurnished FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE From Spring 92 to Winter 95 Applies to all respondents to rent their accommodation or live their rent free TENURE 2 From Spring 96 onwards Applies to all respondents to rent their accommodation or live their rent free TEN96 4 or 5 NOTES T
225. as an employee or for a place on a government scheme in the last four weeks NOTES As with LKWFWM all the method of looking for work variables have been increased by one category 2 Careers office from Summer 94 This variable codes the main methods from the responses given in METHMP MAINMS Method of looking for work self employment Spring 92 to Spring 94 4 5 10 11 12 13 Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals Look for premises or equipment Seek any kind of permit Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business Do anything else to find work Summer 94 onwards 5 6 11 12 13 14 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals Look for premises or equipment Seek any kind of permit Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business Do anything else to find work Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents looking for self employed work in the last four weeks 184 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES As with LKWFWM all the method of looking for work variables have been increased by one category 2 Careers office from Summer 94 This variable codes the main methods from the responses given in METHSE 185 Labour Force Survey User Guide
226. aspects of present job unsatisfactory 8 Respondent wants to change occupation 9 Respondent wants to change sector 10 Other reasons FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent looking replacement for main job in ref wk NOTES Respondents may give up to three responses This variable replaces LOOKM8 Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable PREFHR Preferred working hours in new job being looked for 1 Longer 2 Shorter 3 The same 4 Don t know no preference FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 92 Summer and Winter quarters from Summer 93 to Winter 95 Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did not give longer shorter hours as their reason for looking for another job LOOKM8 5 or 6 LESPAY Whether accept less pay for shorter hours in new job being sought 1 Would still prefer shorter hours 2 Would not prefer shorter hours 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 92 Summer and Winter quarters from Summer 93 Summer only in 98 amp 99 Each quarter from Spring 2000 167 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were looking for a different job with shorter hours to replace their present one LOOKM8 6 PREFHR 2 WHETHER
227. at the address COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Wales and can speak Welsh NOTES Only asked of Welsh respondents living in Wales not those living elsewhere in the UK whose first language is Welsh CYMR Read Welsh 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Wales NOTES Only asked to Welsh respondents living in Wales not those living elsewhere in the UK whose first language is Welsh 30 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 See notes on CYMU CYMW Write Welsh 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Yes No Each quarter from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents in Wales Only asked to Welsh respondents living in Wales not those living elsewhere in the UK whose first language is Welsh See notes on CYMU RELIGION ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE ETH11EW Ethnic group England Wales 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FREQUENCY COVERAGE White Mixed Multiple ethnic groups Asian Asian British Black African Caribbean Black British Chinese Arab Other ethnic group Every quarter from AJ11 Applies to all living in England or Wales This variables replaces 11 ETH11S Ethnic group Scotland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FREQUENCY COVERAGE White Mixed Multiple ethnic groups Asian Asian Scottish Asian British African Caribbean or Black
228. at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable 194 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 03 1 3 Type of family related benefit claimed 1 Guardian s Allowance 4 Maternity Allowance 5 Statutory Maternity Pay FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are claiming family related benefits TPBEN3 5 NOTES This variable replaces FAMLY 1 4 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable HSNGGB 1 2 Whether receiving Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit GB 1 Housing Benefit 2 Council Tax Reduction FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are claiming housing or council tax benefit Spring 98 to Winter 00 TYPBEN 6 Spring 01 to Winter 02 TPBNO1 7 From Spring 03 TPBENS 7 NOTES Council Tax reduction is referenced in the questionnaire from JS13 onwards This replaces council tax benefit Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable HSNGNI Whether receiving rent or rate rebate NI 1 Rent or rate rebate 2 Rate rebate FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are claiming housing or council tax benefit Spring 98 to Win
229. ate sector includes Public limited companies PLC companies that are quoted on the stock market and have shareholders Limited companies Ltd Small businesses often owned by one or more individuals These may also be referred to as private limited companies Self employed individuals sole traders or owners of small shops or businesses 99 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Charities private trusts housing associations or other voluntary organisations Trade Unions employees of Some respondents not know whether their industry is in the public or private sector and for certain types of activity there may be no clear answer The following guidelines are used to help sort out some common confusions Schools depending on the type may fall into one of several categories For example a local authority school SECTRO03 coded 4 at an opted out school SECTRO03 coded 5 a FE college is also 5 a private school SECTRO03 coded 7 Most private schools including so called public schools are charities Private contractors SECTOR coded 1 this applies even if they work exclusively for the public sector e g a cleaning firm catering firm or freelance consultant working for a government department or local authority Self employed individuals SECTOR coded 1 Sole traders SECTOR coded 1 Businesses owned by an individual SECTOR coded 1 Doctors a
230. be routed to this question CMBMAINN Nursing main subject area 220 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Medicine Medical related Subjects Biological Sciences Agricultural Sciences Physical Environmental Sciences Mathematical I Sciences and Computing Engineering Technology Agriculture and related subjects Social Sciences including Law Business and Financial Studies Librarianship and Information Studies Linguistics English Celtic and Ancient Languages European Languages Other Languages Humanities Arts Education Each quarter from JM12 Applies to respondents whose qualification spans more than one subject area In JM12 FDCMBMA CMBHDMA and CMBMAINN replaced CMBMAIN From JM12 those who have nursing qualification will be routed to this question FDCMBMA Undergraduate main subject area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Medicine Medical related Subjects Biological Sciences Agricultural Sciences Physical Environmental Sciences Mathematical I Sciences and Computing Engineering Technology Agriculture and related subjects Social Sciences including Law Business and Financial Studies Librarianship and Information Studies Linguistics Eng
231. bean Black British 10 Arab 11 Other ethnic group FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over ETHGBEUL Ethnicity 11 categories GB level 1 White British 2 White Irish 3 Other White 4 Mixed Multiple ethnic groups 5 Indian 6 Pakistani 7 Bangladeshi 8 Chinese 9 Any other Asian background 10 Black African Caribbean Black British 11Other ethnic group includes respondents in all GB countries identifying themselves as White Gypsy or Irish Traveller and respondents in Scotland identifying themselves as White Polish includes respondents in all GB countries identifying themselves as Arab FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over living with Great Britain ETHGB13 Ethnicity 13 categories GB level NI excluded 1 White British 35 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 2 White Irish 3 Other White 4 Gypsy or Irish Traveller 5 Mixed Multiple ethnic groups 6 Indian 7 Pakistani 8 Bangladeshi 9 Chinese 10 Any other Asian background 11 Black African Caribbean Black British 12 Arab 13 Other ethnic group FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over ETHEWEUL Ethnicity 16 categories England and Wales level 1 White British 2 White Irish 3 Other White 4 White and Black Caribbean 5 White and Black Afric
232. ber of employees at workplace 1 year ago reported 1 1 10 2 11 19 3 20 24 4 Don t know but under 25 5 25 49 6 50 249 7 250 499 197 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 8 Don t know but between 50 and 499 9 500 or more FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 02 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were employees 12 months ago OYSTAT 1 NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit OYMPRO2 supersedes the variables 2 amp OYMPS02 OYMPR02 is number of employees at workplace one year ago as reported This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance This variable records the total number of employees at the respondent s workplace not just the number employed within the particular section department he she works in Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions OYMPE02 Number of employees where worked 1 year ago 1 1 10 2 11 19 3 20 24 4 Don t know but under 25 5 25 49 6 50 249 7 250 499 8 Don t know but between 50 and 499 9 500 or more FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 02 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were employees 12 months ago OYSTAT 1 NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit OYMPRO2 supersedes the variables 2 amp 502 The notes for OYMPR02 a
233. ble is included on ONS datasets only It is derived using RESTME RESMTH RESBBY M3CRY M3RESC amp COUNTRY UALDO Place of residence one year ago FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is included on ONS datasets only It is derived using RESTME AGE RESMTH OYRESC OYEQM3 M3RESC amp COUNTRY UALDWK Place of work FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is included on ONS datasets only It is derived using WRKING JBAWAY OWNBUS RELBUS HOME WKPL99 amp COUNTRY UALDWk2 Place of work in second job FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is included on ONS datasets only It is derived Y2JOB YTETJB HOME2 COUNTRY amp WKPL299 DZONE Scottish Data Zones Range of codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is included on ONS datasets only NUTS2 NUTS level 2 Range of codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a full breakdown of the NUTS levels 45 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NUTS3 NUTS level 3 Range of codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES Thi
234. c holiday over the last year NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions BHNOTA Whether paid at least basic rate for Public holidays not worked 1 All of them 2 Some of them 3 None of them FREQUENCY Autumn quarters only from Autumn 99 to Autumn 03 OD quarters only odd years from Autumn 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and who did not work on a Public holiday over the last year NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions BHNOTB Whether paid at least basic rate for Public holiday not worked 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Autumn quarters only from Autumn 99 to Autumn 03 OD quarters only odd years from Autumn 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and who did not work on a Public holiday over the last year NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions Reason for not being paid at least basic rate on public holidays not worked in last year 1 Only receive pay for actual days worked 2 Do not usually work on those days 3 Had not started current job 4 Other reason FREQUENCY Autumn quarters only from Autumn 99 to Autumn 03 OD quarters only odd years from Autumn 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and who did n
235. cial Studies 12 Librarianship and Information Studies 13 Linguistics English Celtic and Ancient Languages 14 European Languages 15 Other Languages 16 Humanities 17 Arts 18 Education FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents whose undergraduate degree is combined subject one or more subject areas NOTES In JM12 CMBDEGN FDCMBD and CMBHD replaced CMBDEG From JM12 those who have an undergraduate qualification will be routed to this question Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable CMBHD Higher degree subject areas 1 Medicine 2 Medical related Subjects 3 Biological Sciences 4 Agricultural Sciences 5 Physical Environmental Sciences 6 Mathematical Sciences and Computing 7 Engineering 8 Technology 9 Agriculture and related subjects 10 Social Sciences including Law 11 Business and Financial Studies 12 Librarianship and Information Studies 13 Linguistics English Celtic and Ancient Languages 14 European Languages 15 Other Languages 16 Humanities 17 Arts 18 Education FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents whose undergraduate degree is a combined subject in one or more subject areas NOTES In JM12 CMBDEGN FDCMBD and CMBHD replaced CMBDEG From JM12 those who have a higher qualification will
236. colds and flu sickness nausea and diarrhoea 7 Other respiratory conditions e g asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease OPD bronchitis pneumonia 8 Other gastrointestinal problems e g irritable bowel syndrome IBS piles bowel cancer stomach ulcer 9 Headaches and migraines 10 Genito urinary to include urine infections menstrual problems pregnancy problems 11 Heart blood pressure amp circulation problems 12 Eye ear nose amp mouth dental to include sinusitis and toothache 13 Diabetes 14 Other accidents poisonings infectious diseases skin disorders and anything else not covered above 15 Prefers not to give details FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to those with more than one period of sickness absence and the reason for the second absence was different from the first This variable replaced ILLNXT ILLOFF Number of days off sick in reference week 1 One day 2 Two days 3 Three days 4 Four days 5 Five days 6 Six days 7 Seven days FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had days off due to sickness injury ILLDAYS 1 7 NOTES Only days where respondent was scheduled to work but was unable to do so because of sickness or injury are recorded 132 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 ILLMON Whether off work sick on Monday 1 2 FREQUENCY CO
237. ctivities 12 L Real estate activities 13 Professional scientific and technical activities 14 Administrative and support service activities 15 Public administration and defence compulsory social security 16 Education 17 Q Human health and social work activities 18 R Arts entertainment and recreation 19 S Other service activities 20 Activities of households as employers undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use 21 U Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions This variable is derived from INDSCO7L LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDUSTRY IN LAST JOB SIC2007 INDSCO7L Industry sub class in last job 01 62 1 93 19 9 Range of industry codes 8 Not Applicable NA 9 Did Not Answer DNA 176 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES
238. d only on annual local area datasets which are available only to ONS and those government departments which sponsor the local area enhancements This variable is derived from ED13WK FUTUR13 ED4WK amp FUTUR4 Please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance NA are coded 8 and DNA are coded 9 on this variable QUALIFICATIONS FROM STUDY IN LAST 4 WEEKS Learning in the last Four weeks Three Months LEARN3M Whether any learning undertaken within the past 3 months 1 Yes some form of learning in the last 3 months 2 No learning in the last 3 months FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 LEARN4 Whether any learning undertaken within the past 4 weeks 1 Yes some form of learning in the last 4 weeks 2 No learning in the last 4 weeks FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 ADULT LEARNING ADLRN8X Type of adult learning based on OLD pension age 1 Formal and or non formal learning only 2 Informal learning only 3 Both informal and formal and or non formal learning 4 No adult learning in the last 12 months FREQUENCY Every year from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 and not still in education 271 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This variable is included only on annual local area datasets which are available only to ONS and those government departments which sponsor the local area enhancements The reference period for adult learnin
239. dent works to a term time working agreement 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment on certain government schemes FLEXW4 Whether respondent s work involves job sharing 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment and on certain government schemes FLEXW5 Whether respondent works a nine day fortnight 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment and on certain government schemes FLEXW6 Whether respondent works a four and a half day week 144 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment and on certain government schemes FLEXW 7 Whether respondent works zero hours contract 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment and on certain government schemes NOTES Please see the following article that explains how the LFS estimates zero hour contracts FLEXW8 Whether respondent works none of the working patterns described 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE App
240. dents in employment or of working age NOTES This variable replaced TRGAIN It identifies those respondents who are working towards a qualification DNA 9 will include people who were not contacted in the quarter this question was asked See Volume 1 Background and Methodology Imputation the LFS for full details QULHI11 qualifications studied 1 Degree level qualif incl foundation degrees graduate memb ship of a profess l institute PGCE or higher 2 Diploma in Higher Education 3 HNC HND 4 ONC OND 5 BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL 6 SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 7 Teaching qualif excl PGCE 8 Nursing or other medical qualif not yet mentioned 9 Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level 10 A Level Vocat l A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent 11 New Diploma 12 Welsh Baccalaureate 13 International Baccalaureate 14 NVQ SVQ 15 GNVQ GSVQ 16 AS level Vocat l AS Level or equiv 17 Certificate of 6th Yr Studies CSYS or equiv 18 Access to HE 19 O Level or equiv 20 Standard Ordinary Grade Lower Scotland 21 GCSE Vocat l GCSE 22 CSE 23 Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland 24 RSA OCR 25 City and Guilds 26 YT Certificate 27 Key skills Core skills Scotland 28 Basic skills Skills for life literacy numeracy lang 29 Entry Level Qualifications 30 Award Certificate or Diploma at E
241. did not start new one that week 10 Laid off short time work interrupted by bad weather 11 Laid off short time work interrupted by labour dispute at own workplace 12 Laid off short time work interrupted by economic or other causes 13 Other personal family reasons 14 Other reasons FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees self employed unpaid family workers and those on employer based government schemes who worked fewer hours than usual in the reference week including none NOTES Most of the responses are self explanatory however additional detail for some are shown below Maternity Paternity leave only respondents who are on the special period of maternity leave that is allowed by law are included here Any other leave for reasons of child bearing or child rearing are coded as other reasons Attending a training course away from own workplace this applies only to respondents who are undergoing education or training outside the workplace Respondents who are not working because of a training course inside the workplace are coded as other reasons Laid off short time work interrupted by labour dispute at own workplace This code is only used for respondents directly involved in a labour dispute strike at their own workplace This could involve being either called out or laid off because of a labour dispute in the respondents own workplace
242. e employment or in receipt of education training NOTES ED13WK and FUTUR13 were introduced in Summer 94 and for that quarter only JOBTRN TRSITE TRNFEE YTRAIN and TRNLEN were linked to these questions ED4WK Job related training or education in the last 4 weeks 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 but not summer 94 use ED4FUT COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who are employment or in receipt of education training and who have taken part in job related education training in the 3 months prior to the reference week ED13WK 1 NOTES See note above about problem with Spring 97 data FUTUR13 Job related training or education in the last 3 months 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 94 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who are doing college based training and those not in work or full time education The course is connected to a job that the respondent might be able to do in the future NOTES FUTUR13 applies to respondents 16 69 who are not at school to whom ED13WK does not apply ED13WK and FUTUR13 were introduced in Summer 94 and for that quarter only JOBTRN TRSITE TRNFEE YTRAIN and TRNLEN were linked to these questions FUTUR4 Job related training or education in the last 4 weeks 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 not Summer 94 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who are doing college based training and
243. e in their life CIGNOW Smoke at all nowadays 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Every Quarter from 9 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged and over and when response in SMOKEVER is Yes 281 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This variable appears on ONS RESEARCH datasets only and will be published as part of the IHS Includes only ordinary tobacco which is smoked Exclude any reference to snuff tobacco or tobacco products that are chewed or sucked or herbal tobaccos ACCIDENTS AT WORK AND WORK RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS ACCDNT Accidents resulting in injury at work or in the course of work in the last 12 months 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY JM quarters from JM06 onwards Winter quarters from Winter 93 Winter 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment and all other men aged 16 64 and women aged 16 59 who have left job in the past 12 months NOTES DNA 9 will include people who were not contacted in the quarter this question was asked See LFS User Guide Volume 1 Background and Methodology Imputation in the LFS for full details Please note that the routing for this question changed in JM13 Please see User Guide 2 for more detail Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions ROAD How injury was caused 1 road accident 2 Some other way FREQUENCY JM quarters fr
244. e questions that look in further detail at these qualifications such as QGNVQ As a result of this HIQUAL11 coded these people as 8s This has been rectified from OD13 onwards HIQUL11D Highest qualification detailed grouping 1 Degree or equivalent 2 Higher education 3 GCE A level or equivalent 4 GCSE grades A C or equivalent 5 Other qualifications 6 No qualification 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents 16 69 or those in employment with qualifications NOTES This variable replaces HIQUAL8D This variable is derived from HIQUAL11 Please refer to the NOTES section of HIQUAL11 before carrying out any analysis on this variable LEVQUL11 Level of highest qualification held 1 NQF Level 4 and above 2 NOF Level 3 3 Trade Apprenticeships 4 NOF Level 2 5 Below NQF Level 2 6 Other Qualifications 266 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 7 No Qualifications FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE variable replaces LEVQUAL8 From JM11 Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 or those in employment with qualifications This more information on foreign qualifications was collected Therefore a large number of respondents who previously ended up as other on the HIQUAL and LEVQUAL DV s are now assigned to appropriate qualifications levels NOTES The issue identified with QUALUK and QULCHUK has
245. e services amp local authority controlled schools or colleges 5 University or other grant funded educational establishment 6 Health authority or NHS trust 7 Charity voluntary organisation or trust 8 Armed forces 9 Other kind of organisation FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who don t work for a private firm or business or a limited company SECTOR 2 NOTES This variable replaces SECTRO This variable expands on Other kind of organisation from SECTOR It is one of the variables used to create a split between public amp private sector employment see PUBLIC The aim is to get a split between the public amp private sector not necessarily an accurate split between each category listed A small number of self employed respondents get classified into categories of SECTROO3 which are public sector However they are classified correctly in PUBLIC as private sector Codes 1 amp 7 Private and 2 to 6 amp 8 amp 9 Public 101 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 ONS are interested in a more comprehensive measure of armed forces employees than provided by 50 2000 Hence the answer category Armed forces previously along with central government and the civil service now appears as a separate category OCCUPATION SOC10M Occupation main job 1111 9279 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each qua
246. e that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable UNIQUAL all qualifications from college or university 1 Degree level qualify Incl foundation degrees graduate memb ship of a profess institute PGCE or higher 2 Diploma in Higher Education 3 HNC HND 4 ONC OND 5 BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL 6 SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 7 Teaching qualify excl PGCE 8 Nursing or other medical qualify Not yet mentioned 9 Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level 10 A Level Vocat l A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent 11 New Diploma 12 Welsh Baccalaureate 13 International Baccalaureate 14 NVQ SVQ 15 GNVQ GSVQ 16 AS level Vocat l AS Level or equiv 17 Certificate of 6 Yr Studies CSYS or equiv 18 Access to HE 19 O Level or equiv 20 Standard Ordinary O Grade Lower Scotland 21 GCSE Vocat l GCSE 22 CSE 23 Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland 24 RSA OCR 25 City and Guilds 26 YT Certificate 27 Key skills Core skills Scotland 28 Basic skills Skills for life literacy numeracy lang 29 Entry Level Qualifications 30 Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry level and Levels 1 to 8 31 Any other professional work related qualification FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has UK gained qualif
247. ear studies CSYS or equivalent obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM1 1 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 18 Whether Access to HE obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 19 Whether O level or equivalent obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 20 Whether Standard Ordinary Grade Lower Scotland obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 21 Whether GCSE Vocational GCSE obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM1 1 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL OTQUAL order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qual
248. ears but less than 5 years 11 5 years or more 190 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are looking for paid work or a place on government scheme but not waiting to take up a new job business already obtained LKTIMB How long looking for work 1 Not yet started 2 Less than 1 month 3 1 month but less than 3 months 4 3 months but less than 6 months 5 6 months but less than 12 months 6 12 months but less than 18 months 7 18 months but less than 2 years 8 2 years but less than 3 years 9 3 years but less than 4 years 10 4 years but less than 5 years 11 5 years or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were waiting to start a new job business or take up a place on a government scheme already obtained WAIT 1 or JBAWAY 3 NOTES This question relates to how long the respondent was looking for paid work before getting a job business BEFOR Activity before starting to look for work 1 Working 2 In full time education or training on a government scheme 3 Looking after the family home 4 Doing something else FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 98 Autumn quarter only in 99 Each quarter from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents looking for work BENEFIT ENTITLEMENT Introduction to benefits q
249. een Q4 2008 and Q1 2009 Investigative analysis has shown that these were caused primarily by the introduction of the new coding tool Some limitations in the mapping between the two classifications also contributed but to a much lesser extent From Q1 2009 onwards a set of conversion variables mapping SIC 2007 to SIC 1992 have been included in the microdata These map SIC 2007 classes to SIC 1992 divisions Step changes at Q1 2009 are also evident when producing time series SIC 1992 basis Evaluation of the step changes Analysis was carried out comparing the recorded and mapped SIC codes for people surveyed in both Q4 2008 and Q1 2009 who reported that they had remained in the same job referred to as linked records For those respondents who had not changed their job between the two interviews estimates of employment for the mapped SIC 2007 codes for Q4 2008 were compared with the recorded SIC 2007 codes for Q1 2009 The table below compares the number of cases mapped to each SIC 2007 Section in Q4 2008 with the number coded to that Section in Q1 2009 The numbers are unweighted The percentage change in the fourth data column represents the overall effect primarily from the new coding tool on each industry Section at the time the SIC 2007 was implemented For example the net effect on Manufacturing was a contraction of 9 per cent TRANSITION TO SIC 2007 SIC2007 Section in Q1 2009 compared with mapped SIC 2007 Section in Q4 20
250. eland Jersey and Isle of Man were coded as 1 UK in M8CRY Interviewers are advised not to code UK 926 England 921 Wales 924 Scotland 923 Northern Ireland 922 Jersey 832 and Isle of Man 833 for M3CRYO 66 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 RESPONSE DETAILS CAIND Child Adult indicator 1 Adult 2 Child of head of household and head of family unit 3 Child of other family 4 Child of head of household but not head of family unit FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance CAIND identifies dependent children i e aged lt 16 or aged 16 18 in full time education and never married IOUTCOME Individual outcome 1 Personal response 2 Proxy response 3 Non response 4 Child 6 Data brought forward from previous quarter 7 Economically inactive 70 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is used mainly to identify whether responses obtained were given personally or by proxy Some analysis of LFS data may be particularly affected by proxy responses e g subjective questions whether someone would like to work or questions that are particularly difficult for proxy respondents to answer e g number of actual unpaid overtime hours worked in reference week Results of this va
251. eman or supervisor Not manager or supervisor Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents who are employees and who have a regular additional job From Spring 92 to Winter 00 this variable was called 2 NMANAGE 2 was processed through the Census Matrix Edit which checks the respondents occupation and their employment status for inconsistencies With the removal of the edit MANAG2 supersedes the variable NMANAGE2 If respondents have both managerial and supervisory duties then their main duty is recorded MPNSRO2 Number of employees second job reported 1 1 10 2 11 19 3 20 24 4 Don t know but under 25 5 25 49 6 50 249 7 250 499 8 Don t know but between 50 and 499 9 500 or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 02 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment with a regular additional job NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit MPNSRO2 supersedes the variables MPNES02 amp MPNSS02 MPNSRO2 is the number of employees in second job as reported This variable is derived from STAT2 amp SOLO2 161 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 This variable records the total number of employees at the respondent s workplace not just the number employed within the particular section department he she works in SOLO2 Working alone or employees in second job reported 1 Alone or with partner s but not employee
252. employment during reference week or on a government This variable is derived from ACTWKDY 1 7 150 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 EVSAT Whether respondent ever works on Saturday 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who do not work on a Saturday NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions EVSUN Whether respondent ever works on Sunday 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who do not usually work a Sunday NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions HOLS Number of days of paid holiday entitlement number of days FREQUENCY OD quarters only from Autumn 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees NOTES The number of days paid holiday excludes Public Bank holidays As these days are not stored as whole numbers users should use 2 decimal places when ranging days of paid holiday i e 5 10 days should be ranged as 4 50 10 49 etc Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions Please note a the value 97 refers to those who have 97 days or more of paid holiday entitlement b that a
253. ent children 11 Male lone parent with non dependent children only 12 Female lone parent with dependent children 13 Female lone parent with non dependent children only 14 sex cohabiting couple with no children 15 Same sex cohabiting couple with non dependent children only 16 Same sex cohabiting couple with dependent children 17 Civil partners couple with no children 18 Civil partners couple with non dependent children only 19 Civil partners couple with dependent children FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 06 on household datasets only Each quarter from Spring 2006 on household and ONS datasets COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES Between Spring 1996 and Spring 2006 this variable was called FUTYPE This variable is derived from SEX RELHFU MARSTA LIVWTH LIV12W amp FDPCH19 EXTFU Extended family unit 1 17 Extended family unit number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all households NOTES This variable identifies where distinct family units are related with one another A missing value 10 at this variable represents an individual who is not related to anyone else in the household Respondents belonging to the same extended family unit will share the same valid response value This variable is derived from XR 00 15 TOTFU SMSXFU amp FAMUNIT SMSXFU Same sex family unit 1 11 Family unit number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 C
254. ents whose country of birth was not UK Irish Republic Hong Kong or China CRY01 997 NOTES This variable replaces CRYO Country codes have changed and the list expanded The variable lists all countries and also combines them under main headings Where a respondent has a dual nationality the first one is recorded CRYOX7 Country of birth other EUROPE 926 UNITED KINGDOM 040 AUSTRIA 056 BELGIUM 100 BULGARIA 901 CYPRUS EUROPEAN UNION 203 CZECH REPUBLIC 971 CZECHOSLOVAKIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 208 DENMARK 233 ESTONIA 246 FINLAND 250 FRANCE 276 GERMANY 300 GREECE 348 HUNGARY 372 IRELAND 380 ITALY 428 LATVIA 440 LITHUANIA 442 LUXEMBOURG 470 MALTA 528 NETHERLANDS 616 POLAND 620 PORTUGAL 642 ROMANIA 703 SLOVAKIA 705 SLOVENIA 911 SPAIN EXCEPT CANARY ISLANDS 913 SPAIN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 752 SWEDEN 248 ALAND ISLANDS 008 ALBANIA 020 ANDORRA 051 ARMENIA 031 AZERBAIJAN 112 BELARUS 070 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 191 CROATIA 902 CYPRUS NON EUROPEAN UNION 903 CYPRUS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 981 EUROPE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 234 FAROE ISLANDS 268 GEORGIA 292 GIBRALTAR 352 ICELAND 438 LIECHTENSTEIN 807 MACEDONIA 498 MOLDOVA 492 MONACO 499 MONTENEGRO 578 NORWAY 643 RUSSIA 674 SAN MARINO 688 SERBIA 974 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 744 SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN 756 SWITZERLAND 792 TURKEY 804 UKRAINE 24 Labour Force Survey
255. er from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has foreign qualifications NOTES Analysts of this variable should be aware that from JS13 onwards there is a check in the questionnaire that won t allow respondents to state at QUALUK that their highest qualifications are from the UK and then say at QULCHUK that they have no UK qualifications QUALRE is highest qualification recognised outside the UK 204 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Yes 2 No 3 Recognition being applied for process underway 4 Recognition not attempted FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent gained their highest qualification outside of the UK FORTYP11 type of qualification 1 Degree level qualification or higher 2 Higher qualification below degree level 3 A level Vocational A level or equivalent 4 AS level Vocational AS level or equivalent 5 International Baccalaureate 6 O levels or equivalent 7 GCSE Vocational GCSE or equivalent 8 Other work related or professional qualification 9 School Leavers Certificate 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if qualification is or may be recognised in the UK FORSUB subject title awarding body of this qualification Free text input max 250 characters FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if foreign qualification is an other work related or professi
256. es aged 16 64 1 Aged 16 64 inclusive 2 Not aged 16 64 10 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 user guide for further guidance This replaced WKAG1664 from AJ10 PENFLAG Whether of pensionable age 0 Not of pensionable age 1 Of pensionable age FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES Introduced in AJ 2010 this marker identifies those who are of pensionable age during the 10 year pension age transition period NOPENELG Whether 16 but below pensionable age 1 16 but not of pensionable age 2 Pensionable age 9 Under 16 FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES Introduced in AJ 2010 this marker identifies those who are of pensionable age during the 10 year pension age transition period DOBD Date of birth day 1 31 Date of birth day FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Autumn 02 Each quarter from Winter 02 on ONS Govt datasets only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on ONS Government datasets from Winter 2002 03 This variable was removed from the public datasets for confidentiality reasons DOBM Date of birth month 1 12 Month of birth FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Appl
257. es to all respondents who said they returned to work on or after the fifth day after the accident GOBACK 8 NOTES This variable is calculated using TIMECODE TYPINJ Type of injury incurred through accident 1 Amputation NOT loss of fleshy finger tips teeth or nails count as superficial 2 Fracture broken bones NOT cartilage in nose count as superficial 3 Dislocation of joints without fracture 4 Strain sprain 5 Superficial inc bruising abrasions scratches foreign body in eye 6 Lacerations open wounds 7 Loss of sight temporary or permanent 8 Chemical or hot metal burn to the eyeball or any penetrating injury to the eyeball NOT the eye area of the face generally 9 Burns scalds NOT to the eye 10 Lack of oxygen asphyxia or poisoning 11 Other type of injury 12 Multiple injuries no one injury type obviously more severe FREQUENCY JM quarters from JMO07 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had a work related accident in the past 12 months ACCDNT 1 SITEFR Fractured broken bones 1 Fingers or thumbs 2 Toes 3 Wrist or ankle 4 Other bones in hand or foot 5 Other bones in arm or leg 6 Head neck spine or pelvis 7 Or other bones FREQUENCY JM quarters from JMO07 284 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had work related accident in the past 12 month
258. f people who were not in employment during the reference week and who reported that they had been made redundant in the month of the reference week or in the two calendar months prior to this plus the number of people who were in employment during the reference week who started their job in the same calendar month as or the two calendar months prior to the reference week and who reported that they had been made redundant in the past three months See article on p225 229 of the May 2000 Labour Market Trends for further details In JM11 the variable saw a minor amendment to its derivation Further amendments were made to the derivation of this variable in JM13 REDPAID Left paid job in last 3 months 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who started present job in last months NOTES If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant REDYL11 Reason left last job 1 dismissed 2 made redundant or took voluntary redundancy 3 temporary job which came to an end 4 resigned 5 gave up work for health reasons 6 took early retirement 7 retired at or after state pension age 8 gave up work for family or personal reasons 9 education or training 10 left for some other reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent working and left paid job
259. ffectively compensated for by wearing glasses or contact lenses Code 5 difficulty in hearing should be considered without the use of a hearing aid Code 7 severe disfigurements excludes those arising from tattooing or body piercing but would include scars birthmarks limb or postural deformation or diseases of the skin Code 8 excludes hay fever Seasonal allergic rhinitis except where it aggravates the effects of an existing condition Code 14 specific learning difficulties includes conditions such as dyslexia or dyscalcula severe learning difficulties covers mental impairments or mental handicap Code 15 Mental illness includes a wide range of conditions related to mental functioning but should be a Clinically well recognised illness Mental illnesses that should not be included are the tendency to commit arson or to steal the tendency to physically or sexually abuse others exhibitionism or voyeurism are not included Code 16 Progressive illnesses should be recorded if there is some effect on the respondent s normal day to day activities even if it is minor at the time of interview If the respondent has been diagnosed with 275 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 a progressive illness but they are not suffering from any symptoms which affect their activities yet then they should not be included Addiction to or dependency on alcohol nicotine drugs or other substance u
260. from January 2009 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 and over NOTES From JM08 the industrial coding classifications SIC92 have been completely updated SIC2007 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of Industry codes This variable is derived from INDSC070 201 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 202 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 EDUCATION AND TRAINING part of the wider Education and Training Review the LFS education section has been subject to various workshops user consultation and testing over the past 18 months with the aim of redeveloping the education section and improving data collection BIS commissioned the National Centre for Social Research NatCen to conduct some testing and the results from this work fed into the annual testing conducted by ONS in cognitive interviewing exercise and full dress rehearsal 2011 Dress Rehearsal sees the inclusion of a revised education and qualifications section The new section has been ordered chronologically and will broadly cover Qualification gained from outside the UK Qualifications gained from school or home schooling Qualifications gained from college or university Qualifications gained from work Qualifications gained from a government scheme Qualifications gained in some other way Qualifications
261. further guidance 301 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 SYSTEM VARIABLES System variables are included within the LFS questionnaire to aid the flow of the interview and provide additional information which is necessary for the procedure of the survey at subsequent waves but is not collected for data purposes Unless otherwise specified they apply to all persons households NURSE Whether living in NHS accommodation 1 Persons in NHS accommodation 9 Persons not in NHS accommodation FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 NOTES This variable should be used as a filter for an either or response only HALLRES Whether living in hall of residence 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 or over NOTES This is an interviewer check question not asked of the respondent to confirm whether there any household members currently living in hall of residence and therefore eligible to be interviewed as part of this household CASENO person unique identifier NOTES this is not available on EUL data sets from 2011 onwards CASENOP pseudonymous person unique identifier FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 NOTES this is available on EUL data sets only QUOTA Stint number where interview took place 1 960 Stint number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES The LFS sample is divided into 960 stints e
262. g is 3 years for England and Northern Ireland and one year for Scotland and Wales ADLRN8Y Type of adult learning based NEW pension 1 Formal and or non formal learning only 2 Informal learning only 3 Both informal and formal and or non formal learning 4 No adult learning in the last 12 months FREQUENCY Every year from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 and not still in education NOTES This variable is included only on annual local area datasets which are available only to ONS and those government departments which sponsor the local area enhancements The reference period for adult learning is 3 years for England and Northern Ireland and one year for Scotland and Wales 272 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 HEALTH AND INJURY HEALTH PROBLEMS The focus and number of questions on health and disability changed in Spring 1997 to reflect the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 They are now concerned with all health problems whilst previously the emphasis had been on problems which affect respondents work See the June 1998 issue of Labour Market Trends for guidance about disability data From Spring 96 the frequency of disability health questions were changed from half yearly to quarterly This discontinuity affected data in Spring 96 which is not consistent with any other quarters HPRMB Prompt to ask health questions 1 Contin
263. g only 92 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 93 to Autumn 99 Spring quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work mainly from home in their regular additional job or did so during the reference week HOME2 1 or 3 OR HOMED2 1 or 3 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions SMEST2 Type of work done from same grounds etc in additional job 1 Own or rent a business 2 Have living in job 3 Accommodation provided by employer FREQUENCY Spring only in 92 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 93 to Autumn 99 Spring quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work mainly in the same grounds or buildings as their home in their regular additional job or did so during the reference week HOME2 2 or HOMED2 2 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions 164 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 LOCATION OF SECOND JOB REGWK2R Region of workplace for second job reported 1992 only 1993 onwards 1 Tyne amp Wear 1 Tyne amp Wear 2 Rest of Northern region 2 Rest of Northern region 3 South Yorkshire 3 South Yorkshire 4 West Yorkshire 4 West Yorkshire 5 Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside 5 Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside 6 East Midlands 6 East Midlands 7 East Angl
264. garding this type of variable HIGHO Type of higher degree 1 Doctorate 216 2 3 4 5 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Masters Postgraduate Certificate in Education Other postgraduate degree or professional qualification Don t know Each quarter from Spring 93 Applies to all respondents who higher degree SINCOMN Whether nursing qualification is single or combined subject 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Single Subject Combined Subject in one subject area Combined Subject in more than one subject area Each quarter from JM12 Applies to respondents who have an undergraduate or first degree SINCOMN FDSINCOM and HDSINCOM replaced in SINCOM in JM12 From JM12 those who have nursing qualification will be routed to this question FDSINCOM Whether undergraduate degree is single or combined subject 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Single Subject Combined Subject in one subject area Combined Subject in more than one subject area Each quarter from JM12 Applies to respondents who have an undergraduate or first degree SINCOMN FDSINCOM and HDSINCOM replaced in SINCOM in JM12 From JM12 those who have an undergraduate qualification will be routed to this question HDSINCOM Whether higher degree is single or combined subject 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES
265. ged 16 69 plus those aged 70 and over who are in employment which means that data for old age pensions etc will be distorted The income questions are not addressed to respondents who are self employed INCOME PAY BANDS Pay Bands are used in the variables BANDG BANDN BANDG2 amp BANDN2 ANNUAL MONTHLY WEEKLY 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 12 1 499 22 1 49 32 1 9 1 3 500 999 2 3 50 99 3 3 10 19 1 4 1000 1499 2 4 100 149 3 4 20 29 1 5 1500 1999 2 5 150 199 3 5 30 39 1 6 2000 2499 2 6 200 249 36 40 49 1 7 2500 2999 27 250 299 37 50 59 1 8 3000 3499 28 300 349 38 60 69 19 3500 3999 29 350 399 3 9 70 79 1 10 4000 4499 2 10 400 449 3 10 80 89 1 11 4500 4999 2 11 450 499 3 11 90 99 1 12 5000 5999 2 12 500 549 3 12 100 109 1 13 6000 6999 2 13 550 599 3 13 110 124 1 14 7000 7999 2 14 600 649 3 14 125 149 1 15 8000 8999 2 15 650 699 3 15 150 174 1 16 9000 9999 2 16 700 799 3 16 175 199 1 17 10000 10999 2 17 800 899 3 17 200 224 1 18 11000 11999 2 18 900 999 3 18 225 249 1 19 12000 12999 2 19 1000 1099 3 19 250 274 291 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 20 13000 13999 2 20 1 21 14000 14999 2 21 1 22 15000 15999 2 22 1 23 16000 16999 2 23 1 24 17000 17999 2 24 1 25 18000 18999 2 25 1 26 19000 19999 2 26 1 27 20000 22999 2 27 1 28 23000 25999 2 28 1 29 26000 28999 2 29 1 30 29000 31999 2 30 1 31 32000 34999 2 31 1 32 35000 37999 2
266. gher professional traditional self emp Higher professional new self emp Lower professional traditional employee Lower professional new employee Lower professional traditional self emp Lower professional new self emp Lower managerial occupations Higher supervisory occupations Intermediate clerical and administrative Intermediate sales and service Intermediate technical and auxiliary Intermediate engineering Employers in small orgs non professional Employers in small orgs agriculture Own account workers non professional Own account workers agriculture Lower supervisory occupations Lower technical craft Lower technical process operative Semi routine sales Semi routine services Semi routine technical Semi routine operative Semi routine agricultural Semi routine clerical Semi routine childcare Routine sales and service Routine production Routine technical Routine operative Routine agricultural Never worked Long term unemployed Full time students Not classified or inadequately stated Not classifiable for other reasons Each quarter JM11 Applies to all respondents aged 16 111 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This is derived variable Please see User Guide 4 for further guidance NSECMJ10 NS SEC major group SOC2010 based 1 Higher managerial and professional 2 Lower managerial and professional 3 Intermediate occupations 4 Small emplo
267. gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions SIC92 to SIC2007 conversion variables are also available for 3 years 2006 2008 of back series data in SPSS and SAS This variable is derived from INDSCO7L LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 To convert SIC2007 codes to SIC92 codes INO792DL Industry division in last job 01 60 Range of values 175 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions This variable is derived from INDSCO7L LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 IN9207SL Industry section in last job 1 A Agriculture forestry and fishing 2 B Mining and quarrying 3 C Manufacturing 4 D Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply 5 E Water supply sewerage waste management and remediation activities 6 F Construction 7 G Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 8 H Transportation and storage 9 I Accommodation and food service activities 10 J Information and communication 11 K Financial and insurance a
268. guidance It is used for education purposes schooling age It is quarter specific in that the precise derivation differs each quarter AGES Age groups in 5 year intervals 1 0 4yrs 2 5 9yrs 3 10 15yrs 4 16 19yrs 5 20 24yrs 6 25 29yrs 7 30 34yrs 8 35 39yrs 9 40 44yrs 10 45 49yrs 11 50 54yrs 12 55 59 13 60 64 14 65 69yrs 15 70 and over Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 99 on ONS datasets only Spring 00 only Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets from Spring 92 to Winter 99 AGEEUL Age bands 1 0 4yrs 2 5 9yrs 3 10 14yrs 4 15 yrs 5 16 yrs 6 17 yrs 7 18 yrs 8 19 yrs 9 20 yrs 10 21yrs 11 22 yrs 12 23 yrs 13 24 yrs 14 25 29yrs 15 30 34yrs 16 35 39yrs 17 40 44yrs 18 45 49yrs 19 50 54yrs 20 55 59yrs 21 60 64yrs 22 65 69yrs 23 70 74 yrs 24 75 79 yrs 25 80 84 yrs 26 85 89 yrs 27 90 94 yrs 28 95 99 yrs FREQUENCY Every quarter from ODO7 MF5964 Males 16 64 and Females 16 59 1 Male 16 64 2 Female 16 59 FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 user guide for further guidance This replaced WRKAGE from AJ10 MF 1664 Males and femal
269. he UK we can use this to assign more accurate levels of highest qualification Therefore large number of respondents who previously ended up as other on the HIQUAL and LEVQUAL DV s are now assigned to appropriate qualifications levels This means that there is a clear break in the education time series as we see the numbers classified as other dropping and from JM11 and certain qualification levels absorbing these cases which are now assigned to a qualification level This should improve the accuracy of the data but affects the comparability of qualifications over time Foreign Qualifications FORQUAL whether any qualifications outside the UK 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to those aged between 16 and 69 or those aged 69 who are working QLFOR11 where the qualifications outside the UK were gained 1 from school or home schooling 2 from college or university 3 related to work 4 from government schemes 5 gained in your leisure time or by teaching yourself 6 some other way 8 Don t know FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has foreign qualifications Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable QUALUK highest qualification in or outside the UK 1 Inthe UK 2 Outside the UK 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Every quart
270. he reference week START 2 NOTES This variable only includes people in employment and inactive people Due to change the routing from 1993 onwards the variable DIFJOB should be filtered on not 1 to achieve continuity with 1992 data FUTWK Whether respondent thinks they will work in the future 1 Definitely will work in future 2 Probably will work in future 3 Probably not work in future 4 Definitely not work in future 5 Don t know can t say FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who were not looking for paid work or waiting to start a new job or able to start a job in the next two weeks had they been looking LOOK4 2 AND WAIT 2 OR LOOK4 1 AND START 2 FWKWEN When respondent might work in the future 1 Within the next year 2 More than one year but less than five 3 More than five years 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who think they will work in the future or don t know FUTWK 1 2 or 5 DETAILS OF JOB SEARCH LKTIMA How long looking for work 1 Not yet started 2 Less than 1 month 3 1 month but less than 3 months 4 3 months but less than 6 months 5 6 months but less than 12 months 6 12 months but less than 18 months 7 18 months but less than 2 years 8 2 years but less than 3 years 9 3 years but less than 4 years 10 4 y
271. he terms furnished partly furnished and unfurnished have not been defined and rely solely on the respondents assessment Only furnishing provided by the landlord is taken into consideration not furnishing provided by the tenants The coverage was amended in Spring 96 due to TENURE being replaced by TEN96 as a result of the GSS Social Survey Harmonisation Project NRMS2 Number of Bedrooms 0 20 Numeric value between 0 and 20 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JSO9 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in waves 1 and 5 for the main LFS and in all waves for the Boost survey NOTES This includes any room that when built was intended to be bedroom even if it is not used as such at present and even if it does not have bed in it It must have window There must be at least one bedroom It includes bedsits boxrooms and attic bedrooms Excludes rooms that are not habitable such as halls landings and alcoves and rooms used solely for business Excludes living rooms used for sleeping This question replaced NRMS1 JS09 84 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS OVERESTIMATING SAME SEX COUPLES Prior to 2006 same sex cohabiting couples were grouped together under single family type FUTYPE 3 Following the introduction of legal same sex civil partnerships in December 2005 the variable FUTYPE6 was introduced LFS APS This variable included the following ne
272. he variables MANAGE amp NMANAGEL The filter EVERWK 1 is applied to the questionnaire variable MANAGE to distinguish between current last job MANAGER is managerial status in current job as reported MANAGLR is managerial status in last job as reported MPNLR02 Number of employees last job reported 1 1 10 2 11 19 3 20 24 4 Don t know but under 25 5 25 49 6 50 249 7 250 499 8 Don t know but between 50 and 499 9 500 or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 02 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents currently in work or who have worked in the last 8 years NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit MPNLRO2 supersedes the variables 2 amp MPNS02 The filter EVERWK 1 is applied to the questionnaire variables MPNO amp MPN to distinguish between current last job 02 is number of employees in current job as reported MPNLRO2 is number of employees in last job as reported This variable is derived from EVERWK STAT amp SOLO SOLOLR Self employed with or without employees last job reported 1 On own with partner s but no employees 2 With employees FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents currently in work or who have worked in the last 8 years NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit SOLOR supersedes the variables NSOLOL amp SOLO The filter EVERWK 1 is applied to the questionnaire variable SOLO to distinguish between c
273. hine Operatives Elementary Occupations FREQUENCY Each quarter from 1 1 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This variable replaces SC2KLMJ and is derived from SOC10L LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives complete breakdown of occupation codes SC10LMN Minor occupation group last job 111 927 Range of Occupation Codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This variable replaces SC2KLMN and is derived from SOC10L LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives complete breakdown of occupation codes INDUSTRY IN LAST JOB CONVERSION VARIABLE To convert SIC92 codes to SIC2007 codes The SIC 2007 industry coding frame has been introduced to replace the existing SIC 1992 version In order to maintain some continuity the following variables are available to convert SIC92 codes to SIC2007 codes IN9207DL Industry division in last job 01 99 Range of values FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This conversion variable
274. hire Birmingham amp Solihull Coventry amp Warwickshire Herefordshire amp Worcestershire Shropshire Staffordshire The Black Country Bedfordshire and Luton previously called Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Essex Hertfordshire Norfolk Suffolk Central London East London North London South London West London Berkshire Sussex Hampshire Isle of Wight Portsmouth Southampton Kent Medway Oxon Bucks Milton Keynes Surrey West of England previously called Former Avon Bournemouth Dorset Poole Devon amp Cornwall Gloucestershire Somerset Wiltshire amp Swindon Every year from 2000 Applies to all respondents in England This variable is included only on annual local area datasets which are available only to ONS and those government departments which sponsor the local area enhancements 52 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Learning Partnerships County Durham LP Northumberland LP Sunderland ETTAG Tees Valley LP Tyneside LP Bury LP Bolton LP Cumbria LP Cheshire LP East Lancashire LP Halton LP Knowsley LP Liverpool LP Manchester LP Oldham LP Rochdale LP St Helens LP Sefton LP Stockport LP Warrington LP West Lancashire LP Wigan LP Wirral LP Barnsley LP Bradford LP Calderdale LP Doncaster LP East Riding LP Hull LP Kirklees LP Leeds LP North East Lincolnshire LP North Lincolnshire LP North Yorkshi
275. his type of variable VOCYRD time period when highest City amp Guilds qualification was obtained 1 2009 or earlier 2 2010 or later FREQUENGY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has City amp Guilds qualification CAG11 type of highest City amp Guilds qualification 1 advanced craft part 3 2 2 3 foundation part 1 4 other City amp Guilds qualification 5 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM1 1 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has City amp Guilds qualification NOTES This variable replaces CANDG CAGACD Was your highest City amp Guilds qualification an 1 Award 234 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENGY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s City amp Guilds is categorised as OTHER at CAG11 CAGLEV level of Award Certificate Diploma City amp Guilds qualification 1 Level 1 2 Level2 3 Level 3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENGY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s City amp Guilds is categorised as OTHER at CAG11 CGSUBU subject title awarding body of this City amp Guilds qualification Free text input max 250 characters FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s City amp
276. household This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance FMNDP Number of family units in household with non dependent children only 1 16 Number of family units in household with non dependent children only FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 96 on household datasets only Each quarter from Spring 2000 on household and ONS datasets COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES FMNDP is only included on the household datasets prior to Spring 2000 It is also included on both household and ONS datasets from Spring 2000 This variable was introduced in Spring 96 to provide additional information about the total number of family units within the household This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance FMPLUS Total number of family units with more than one person 1 16 Total number of family units with more than one person FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES FMPLUS is available on both the person level datasets and the household datasets This variable was introduced in Spring 96 to provide additional information about the total number of family units within the household This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance TOTXFU Total number of extended families in household 1 16 Total number of extended families in household FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters f
277. hs ago 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Tyne amp Wear Rest of Northern Region South Yorkshire West Yorkshire Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside East Midlands East Anglia Inner London Outer London Rest of South East South West 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 West Midlands Met County Rest of West Midlands Greater Manchester Merseyside Rest of North West Wales Strathclyde Rest of Scotland Northern Ireland Outside UK Baby under 3 months Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 95 Spring quarters only from Spring 96 Applies to all respondents who were living at a different address 3 months ago From Spring 92 to Winter 95 this variable was derived from RESLEN RESLNO M3CRY amp LAD3 RESLNO was replaced by RESTME in Spring 96 LAD3 was replaced by UALD3 in Spring 2000 In all quarters between Spring 92 amp Winter 93 and in Spring 94 Summer 95 Autumn 95 amp Spring 96 option 23 is Baby under 1 year It should be noted that although a respondent was living at a different address 3 months ago they could still be living in the same town or county GOR3 Region of residence 3 months ago Spring 92 Autumn 99 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Tyne amp Wear Rest of North East Greater Manchester Merseyside Rest of North West South Yorkshire West Yorkshire Rest of Yorkshire
278. ia 7 East Anglia 8 Inner London 8 Central London 9 Outer London 9 Inner London not central 10 Rest of South East 10 Outer London 11 South West 11 Rest of South East 12 West Midlands met county 12 South West 13 Rest of West Midlands 13 West Midlands met county 14 Greater Manchester 14 Rest of West Midlands 15 Merseyside 15 Greater Manchester 16 Rest of North West 16 Merseyside 17 Wales 17 Rest of North West 18 Strathclyde 18 Wales 19 Rest of Scotland 19 Strathclyde 20 Northern Ireland 20 Rest of Scotland 21 Workplace outside UK 21 Northern Ireland 22 Workplace outside UK FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 93 on ONS datasets only Spring amp Autumn quarters only from Autumn 93 to Autumn 96 Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment with a regular additional job NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit REGWK2R supersedes the variable REGWK2 This variable is derived from STAT2 HOME URESMC UALDWK2 LADWAD UALAD99 amp WKPL299 From Spring 2000 UALDWkz2 is used in the derivation of this variable prior to this LADWK2 is used Central London is defined by the Department of Transport as the area within the bounds of the main London British Rail train termini REGWK2 and REGWK2T have been combined from 1993 onwards This variable is not available in SPSS or on public datasets in Summer 1999
279. iated 9 Exposed to or in contact with a harmful substance 10 Exposed to fire 11 Exposed to an explosion 12 Contact with electricity or an electrical discharge 13 Injured by an animal 14 Physically assaulted by a person 15 Another kind of accident FREQUENCY JM quarters from JMO07 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had a work related accident in the past 12 months ACCDNT 1 285 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES Respondents are asked not to select the first option that applies but to choose the one that best describes how the incident occurred ILLWRK Whether in past 12 months has suffered any other illness disability or physical or mental problem caused or made worse by job or work done in the past 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know proxy respondents only FREQUENCY JM quarters from JMO06 onwards Winter quarters from Winter 04 Winter 05 routing error for JMO08 and JMO9 rendered the ILLWRK variable for these quarters inaccurate The variable was rerun in AJ10 to account for this and users are advised to use data from the quarter only The variable frequency will return to JM quarters only from JM11 From JM13 onwards this will be asked in even years only It is therefore not included in the JM13 data set COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are working or have ever been employed NOTES The illness disability or problem mus
280. ications from college or university NOTES This variable replaces QULS10 01 20 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable 207 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 WOQUAL all qualifications related to work 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Degree level Qualify Incl foundation degrees graduate memb ship of a profess l institute PGCE or higher Diploma in Higher Education HNC HND ONC OND BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC Teaching Qualify excl PGCE Nursing or other medical Not yet mentioned Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level A Level Vocat A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent New Diploma Welsh Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate NVQ SVQ GNVQ GSVQ AS level Vocat AS Level or equiv Certificate of 6 Yr Studies CSYS or equiv Access to HE O Level or equiv Standard Ordinary Grade Lower Scotland GCSE Vocat l GCSE CSE Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland RSA OCR City and Guilds YT Certificate Key skills Core skills Scotland Basic skills Skills for life literacy numeracy lang Entry Level Qualifications
281. icity national identity and religion questions in January 2011 to bring them in line with the census data collection on these topics In April 2011 further changes were made to the ethnicity questions to bring them in line with the Scottish Census data collection The new Ethnicity questions introduced in 2011 were asked afresh rather than having data rotated into them as is common practice with all new questions However where there is a non contact in JM11 after successful interview in the previous quarter OD10 data is usually rotated forward for one wave these are the data brought forward DBF cases where IOUTCOME 6 These DBF cases in JM11 have no ethnicity national identity or religion data to bring forward as we did not ask in the question in OD10 We therefore had to impute values for the DBF cases in JM11 We used their OD10 responses and mapped them across the new JM11 questions as best as possible Some of the new JM11 questions have no equivalent in OD 11 so no data could be imputed Cases that were IOUTCOME 6 in JM11 had the following variables corrected Bae Ethnicity DV s ee Identity Religion DV ETH11 ETHGB16 NATIDB11 RELIG11 ETHAS11 ETHGB18 NATIDE11 ETHBL11 ETHUK8 NATIDO11 ETHMX11 ETHUK9 NATIDS11 ETHNI11 ETHUK14 NATIDW11 ETHWHE ETHUK16 ETHWHW ETHWHS Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 No imputation was done for the ethnicity national ide
282. ies to all respondents DOBY Date of birth year 0 99 Last 2 digits of year of birth FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 11 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES From Spring 98 year of birth is the full 4 digits DTEOFBTH Date of birth YYYMMDD where Y is year M is month D is day e g 9961225 for 25 December 1996 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 96 to Autumn 02 Each quarter from Winter 02 on ONS Govt datasets only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on ONS Government datasets from Winter 2002 03 This variable was removed from the public datasets for confidentiality reasons This variable is an alternative presentation of the information contained in DOBD DOBM and DOBY MARSTA Marital status 1 Single never married 2 Married living with husband wife 3 Married separated from husband wife 4 Divorced 5 Widowed 6 A civil partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership 7 In a legally recognised Civil Partnership and separated from his her civil partner 8 Formerly a civil partner the Civil Partnership now legally dissolved 9 A surviving civil partner his her partner having since died FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJO6 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES From Spring 1995 Winter 2005 this variable was called MARSTT More information can be found in
283. ification 213 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 QUAL 22 Whether CSE obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_23 Whether Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualifications Scotland obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_24 Whether Advanced RSA OCR qualification obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_25 Whether Advanced City and Guilds qualification obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_26 Whether YT Certificate qualification obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalga
284. ine and dentistry 2 Medical related subjects 3 Biological Sciences 4 Agricultural Sciences 5 Physical Environmental Sciences 6 Mathematical Sciences amp Computing 7 Engineering 8 Technology 9 Architecture and related studies 10 Social Studies 11 Law 12 Business amp Financial studies 13 Mass Communications and Documentation 14 Linguistics English Celtic and Ancient 15 European Languages 16 Eastern Asiatic African American and Australasian Languages literature 17 Humanities 18 Arts 19 Education FREQUENCY Every quarter COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a degree level or equivalent single subject 218 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This is derived variable please see user guide 4 for further guidance FDSNGDEG Coding frame for single subject undergraduate degrees FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents whose undergraduate degree is single subject NOTES SNGDEGN FDSNGDEG and SNGHD replaced SNGDEG in JM12 From JM12 those who have an undergraduate qualification will be routed to this question SNGHD Coding frame for single subject higher degrees FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents whose undergraduate degree is a single subject NOTES SNGDEGN FDSNGDEG and SNGHD replaced SNGDEG in JM12 From JM12 this collects informati
285. ing unavailable looking after family home Inactive seeking unavailable temporarily sick or injured Inactive seeking unavailable long term sick or disabled Inactive seeking unavailable other reason Inactive seeking unavailable no reason given Inactive not seeking would like work waiting results of job application Inactive not seeking would like work student Inactive not seeking would like work looking after family home Inactive not seeking would like work temporarily sick or injured Inactive not seeking would like work long term sick or disabled Inactive not seeking would like work believes no jobs available Inactive not seeking would like work not yet started looking Inactive not seeking would like work does not need or want employment Inactive not seeking would like work retired from paid work Inactive not seeking would like work other reason Inactive not seeking would like work no reason given Inactive not seeking not like work waiting results of job application Inactive not seeking not like work student Inactive not seeking not like work looking after family home Inactive not seeking not like work temporarily sick or injured Inactive not seeking not like work long term sick or disabled Inactive not seeking not like work believes no jobs available Inactive not seeking not like work not yet started looking Inactive not seeking not like work does
286. ing REDACT users are advised to use the filter LIMACT 1 2 before carrying out any further analysis HEALYR Any other past health problems or disabilities that have lasted longer than a year 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age or those aged 75 and under and first contact or those aged 75 and over and are not too ill distressed to continue NOTES These include continuous problems or those with only intermittent effects HEALYR and subsequent questions HEALPB and HEALYL are only asked at the first interview with a respondent and if it is a personal interview Only those problems or disabilities the respondent has had in the past but no longer has are included Any illnesses already mentioned at HEAL are not included HEALPB 01 10 Health problems disabilities that affected respondent in the past 1 Problems or disabilities including arthritis or rheumatism connected with arms or hands 2 legs or feet 3 back or neck 4 Difficulty in seeing while wearing spectacles or contact lenses 5 Difficulty in hearing 6 speech impediment 7 Severe disfigurement skin conditions allergies 8 Chest or breathing problems asthma bronchitis 9 Heart blood pressure or blood circulation problems 10 Stomach liver kidney or digestive problems 11 Diabetes 12 Depression bad nerves or anxiety 13 Epilepsy 14 Severe or specific learn
287. ing difficulties mental handicap 15 Mental illness or suffer from phobia panics or other nervous disorders 16 Progressive illness not included elsewhere e g cancer multiple sclerosis symptomatic HIV Parkinson s disease muscular dystrophy 17 Other health problems or disabilities FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had a long term health problem disability that has lasted longer than a year HEALYR 1 NOTES The notes for HEAL also apply here Respondents can give up to 10 problems From Spring 97 to Spring 99 this variable was coded HEALPB 01 17 From Summer 99 this variable is coded HEALPB 01 10 Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable LERNDB Learning difficulty or learning disability 278 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Learning difficulty 2 Learning disability 3 Both FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2006 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have said that they have severe or specific learning difficulty HEALPB 14 HEALYL Whether past health problems or disabilities limited activity 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had a long term health problem disability that has lasted longer than a
288. ining in nursing 6 Part time at university or college 7 Open college 8 Open university 9 Other correspondence course 10 Course not stated 11 Enrolled but not attending 12 Enrolled but not stated if attending 13 Not enrolled on course FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE until JMO8 this variable applied to all respondents who were in employment or of working age From 8 it applies only to those aged between 16 and 69 NOTES This is derived variable please see Volume 4 user Guide for further guidance DNAs are quite variable over time This variable replaced CURED STUCUR Whether full time student 1 Full time student 2 Not full time student FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 to Summer 93 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Autumn 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are defined as full time students CURED8 1 2 or 270 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 RECENTLY COMPLETED TRAINING ATRAIN Training 1 Job related training in last four weeks 2 No job related training in last four weeks FREQUENCY Every year from 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age who done some job related education or training in last 4 weeks before the reference week Includes those on college based government training programmes and excludes those still at school NOTES This variable is include
289. ions Any increase caused by this change should result more complete measure of actual disability This change to the introduction added to the disability module in quarter one 2010 is thought to be the key driver of the step increase in disability The earlier estimates can still be considered best estimates for those periods and should give a robust picture of changes over time however direct comparisons between pre and post Q1 10 estimates should not be made Please note that from JM12 the method calculating the group 4 not disabled changed this will therefore create a discontinuity in the data Please see Volume 4 for more information Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Layout of Variable Information All variables in this guide are laid out using the same format as follows Category code Variable name and description Variable categories or coding options AIS Period at which variable is available from for analyses 1 Vie 2 Women married cohabiting civil partner 3 Women non married Summary of what or who the variable covers i e the routing In cases where the routing is complex FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJO6 the full routing of the variable is COVERAGE Applies to all NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance This variable was called MARSEX between Spring 2000 and Winter 2005 This sec
290. ir rate varies for working at different times of the day e g some people are paid more for working early in the morning HRRATE What is basic hourly rate 1 994 Amount in pounds and pence 995 995 or more 998 Don t know 999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are paid a fixed hourly rate OVRTME At what rate is overtime paid 1 Your normal basic rate of pay 2 More than your normal basic rate of pay 3 Or less than your normal basic rate of pay 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 to Winter 2000 Waves 1 and 5 only Each quarter from Spring 02 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have ever worked overtime USESLP Type of documentation used to check income detail 1 Pay slip 2 Bank building society accounts statements 3 Other 4 None FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 98 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in work as employees self employed responding to pay questions GROSS INCOME SECOND JOB HOURLY2 Paid fixed hourly rate in second job 298 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have second job and are an employee STAT2 1 NOTES Respondents who are paid different rates for working different times or days are coded
291. its in household with non dependent children only FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 96 on household datasets only Each quarter from Spring 2000 on both household and ONS datasets COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES XFMNDC is only included on the household datasets prior to Spring 2000 It is included on both household and ONS datasets from Spring 2000 This variable was introduced in Spring 96 to provide additional information about the total number of family units within the household This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance HDPCH19 Number of dependent children in household aged under 19 0 10 Number of dependent children in household aged under 19 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all households NOTES Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education Text labels are not available for this variable This variable is derived from CAIND amp AGE HDPCH4 Number of children in household aged 4 years or less 0 16 Number of children FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all households NOTES This variable is derived from AGE amp CAIND This variable is included on household datasets only HDC515 Number of children in household aged between 5 and 15 years 76 0 10 FREQUENCY Spring 95 CO
292. ivation of this variable prior to this LADWK was used Central London is defined by the Department of Transport as the area within the bounds of the main London British Rail train termini is not included on the Summer 99 datasets GORWKR Region of place of work 1 Tyne amp Wear 12 East of England 2 Rest of North East 13 Central London 3 Greater Manchester 14 Inner London 4 Merseyside 15 Outer London 5 Rest of North West 16 South East 6 South Yorkshire 17 South West 7 West Yorkshire 18 Wales 8 Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside 19 Strathclyde 9 East Midlands 20 Rest of Scotland 10 West Midlands met county 21 Northern Ireland 11 Rest of West Midlands 22 Workplace outside UK FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 95 to Autumn 96 Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit GORWKR supersedes the variable GORWK This variable is derived from 5 2 2 GOVTOR UALAD99 LADWAD UALDWK2 amp WKPL299 This variable is based on Government Office Regions From Spring 2000 UALDWK is used in the derivation of this variable prior to this LADWK was used Central London is defined by the Department of Transport as the area within the bounds of the main London British Rail train termini SAMELAD Whether lives and works in same Local Authority District 1 Lives and wo
293. l 5 Diploma 16 Level 5 Certificate 17 Level 6 Award 18 HNC HND BTEC higher etc 19 Teaching D further education 264 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Teaching D secondary education Teaching D primary education Teaching D foundation stage Teaching D level not stated Nursing etc RSA higher diploma Other higher education below degree Level 4 Diploma Level 4 Certificate Level 5 Award NVQ level 3 Advanced Progression 14 19 Diploma Level 3 Diploma Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate GNVQ GSVQ advanced A level or equivalent RSA advanced diploma OND ONC BTEC SCOTVEC National etc City amp Guilds Advanced Craft Part 1 Scoitish 6 year certificate CSYS SCE higher or equivalent Access qualifications AS level or equivalent Trade apprenticeship Level 3 Certificate Level 4 Award NVQ level 2 or equivalent Intermediate Welsh Baccalaureate GNVQ GSVQ intermediate RSA diploma City amp Guilds Craft Part 2 BTEC SCOTVEC First or General diploma etc Higher 14 19 Diploma Level 2 Diploma Level 2 Certificate O level GCSE grade A C
294. ld not be used This was corrected from Autumn 93 In Winter 93 94 although the coverage for TRONJB appears to be incorrect in the questionnaire the data is correct Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions INFR4WK Whether non formal and or informal learning undertaken within last 4 weeks 1 Only Informal learning in last 4 weeks 2 Only non formal learning in last 4 weeks 3 Informal and non formal learning in last 4 weeks 4 No informal or non formal learning in last 4 weeks 9 Not applicable 8 No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 INFR13WK Whether non formal and or informal learning undertaken within last 3 months 1 Only Informal learning in last 3 months 2 Only non formal learning in last 3 months 3 Informal and non formal learning in last 3 months 4 No informal or non formal learning in last 3 months 9 Not applicable 8 No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 Learning activities in the last three months NFE13WK any other learning activities in the past 3 months excluding ones already mentioned 1 yes 2 no 261 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Every quarter from 2011 COVERAGE APPLIES IF AGED 16 NFE4WK Did any of that learning activity take place in the last 4 weeks 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Every quarter from 2011 COVERAGE APPLIES IF AGED
295. le comparisons not exact conversions SIC92 to SIC2007 conversion variables are also available for 3 years 2006 2008 of back series data in SPSS and SAS LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 9207 1 Agriculture forestry amp fishing 2 Energy amp water 3 D Manufacturing 4 F Construction 5 G H Distribution hotels amp restaurants 6 I Transport amp communication 7 J K Banking finance amp insurance etc 8 L N Public admin education amp health 9 O U Other services FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those in certain government schemes NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions SIC92 to SIC2007 conversion variables are also available for 3 years 2006 2008 of back series data in SPSS and SAS LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 To convert SIC2007 codes to SIC92 codes 07920 01 60 Range of values FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those in certain government schemes NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INO792SM
296. le on all but public datasets from Spring 05 47 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 URIND Urban Rural indicator 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 England amp Wales Urban gt 10k sparse England amp Wales Town amp Fringe sparse England amp Wales Village sparse England amp Wales Hamlet amp Isolated Dwelling sparse England amp Wales Urban gt 10k less sparse England amp Wales Town amp Fringe less sparse England amp Wales Village less sparse England amp Wales Hamlet amp Isolated Dwelling less sparse Scotland large urban area settlements of over 125 000 people Scotland other urban area settlements of 10 000 to 125 000 people Scotland accessible small town settlements of between 3 000 and 10 000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10 000 or more Scotland remote small town settlements of between 3 000 and 10 000 people and with drive of over 30 minutes to settlement of 10 000 or more Scotland very remote small town Scotland accessible rural settlements of less than 3 000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10 000 or more Scotland remote rural settlements of less than 3 000 people and with drive time of over 30 minutes to settlement of 10 000 or more Scotland very remote rural To conde
297. le replaces GNVQ4 Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing GNACD level of highest GNVQ GSVQ 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s GNVQ or GSVQ is categorised as OTHER at GNVQ11 NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing GNLEV level of Award Certificate Diploma GNVQ GSVQ qualification 1 Level 1 2 Level2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s GNVQ or GSVQ is categorised as OTHER at GNVQ11 237 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD 13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing GNVQSUBU subject title awarding body of this GNVQ GSVQ qualification Free text input max 250 characters FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM1
298. letely anxious 0 10 FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJ11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over Personal interviews only NOTES This variable is currently only available upon ONS datasets NATIONALITY NATIONAL IDENTITY COUNTRY OF BIRTH NTNLTY12 Nationality 926 UK British 372 Irish Republic 356 India 586 Pakistan 616 Poland 997 Other FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This replaced NTNLTY in JM12 Between Spring 1992 and Spring 2006 this variable was called NATION CRY12 Country of birth 921 England 924 Wales 923 Scotland 922 Northern Ireland 926 UK Britain don t know country 372 Republic of Ireland 356 India 586 Pakistan 16 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 616 Poland 997 Other FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This replaced CRYO1 in JM12 This question variable was introduced to record in which part of the UK the respondent was born If the respondent does not know the part of UK they were born in but is sure that it was the UK code 926 is used If Ireland is given as an answer the interviewer must check whether it is Northern Ireland code 922 or the Irish Republic code 372 The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands not part of the UK and should be coded 997 From 7 new category codes were in
299. level 2 or equivalent 43 Intermediate Welsh baccalaureate 44 OCR intermediate 45 City and Guilds craft part 2 46 Btec scotvec first or general diploma etc 47 Higher Diploma 14 19 48 Level 2 diploma 49 Level 2 certificate 50 Olevel GCSE or equiv 51 Level 3 award 52 NVQ level 1 or equiv 53 Foundation Welsh baccalaureate 54 Foundation Diploma 55 Level 1 Diploma 56 Btec scotvec first or general certificate etc 57 Scotvec modules or equiv 58 OCR basic 59 City and Guilds foundation part 1 60 Level 1 certificate 61 Level 2 award 62 Key skills qualification 63 Basic skills qualification 64 Entry level qualification 65 Entry level diploma 66 Entry level certificate 67 Level 1 award 68 Entry level award 69 Other qualification 70 No qualification 71 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age 16 69 or those in employment with qualifications including respondents aged 70 99 NOTES This variable replaces HITQUA9 There are new response categories VOCQPL11 How highest vocational qualification obtained 1 solely through school college or some other education institution 2 through a combination of workplace and academic institution 3 solely at a place of work yours or somebody else s 4 self directed open learning 5 or was it some other way 6 don t know FREQUENCY Each qu
300. lies to all respondents in employment WCHWE Whether respondent usually works Wednesday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Yes No Spring quarters only from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents in employment WCHTH Whether respondent usually works Thursday 1 Yes 148 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 2 No FREQUENGY Spring quarters only from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment WCHFR Whether respondent usually works Friday 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment WCHSA Whether respondent usually works Saturday 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment WCHSU Whether respondent usually works Sunday 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment WKMON Whether worked on a Monday 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment during reference week or on a government scheme NOTES This variable is derived from ACTWKDY 1 7 WKTUE Whether worked on a Tuesday 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment during reference week or on a government
301. lies to all respondents in employment and on certain government schemes FLEXW9 Whether respondent does not know which agreed working arrangements are worked 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment and on certain government schemes FLEXW10 Whether respondent works on call working 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment and on certain government schemes DAYSPZ Number of different days per week worked 1 7 Number of days FREQUENCY Au OD or wave 1 only from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on certain government schemes FLEX10 1 2 3 4 7 or 9 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions 145 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 USUWRKM 1 3 Usual work pattern 1 During the day 2 During the evening 3 At night FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment NOTES From Spring 2000 the coding structure of this variable changed and USUWRK was set to YES 1 if respondents usually worked during the relevant period and NO 2 to those who did not work during the relevant period Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide
302. lish Celtic and Ancient Languages European Languages Other Languages Humanities Arts Education Each quarter from JM12 Applies to respondents whose qualification spans more than one subject area In JM12 FDCMBMA CMBHDMA and CMBMAINN replaced CMBMAIN From JM12 those who have an undergraduate qualification will be routed to this question CMBHDMA Higher degree main subject area 1 2 Medicine Medical related Subjects 221 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 3 Biological Sciences 4 Agricultural Sciences 5 Physical Environmental Sciences 6 Mathematical I Sciences and Computing 7 Engineering 8 Technology 9 Agriculture and related subjects 10 Social Sciences including Law 11 Business and Financial Studies 12 Librarianship and Information Studies 13 Linguistics English Celtic and Ancient Languages 14 European Languages 15 Other Languages 16 Humanities 17 Arts 18 Education FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents whose qualification more than one subject area NOTES In 12 FDCMBMA CMBHDMA and CMBMAINN replaced CMBMAIN From JM12 those who have higher degree qualification will be routed to this question UGINST Institution coding frame undergraduate FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have an undergraduate degree NOTES New for JM12 Available on ONS
303. ll time one It differs from AXPB which asks a similar question of those who have already found a full time job AXPB Whether would have accepted part time work 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 97 not Spring 93 Spring quarters only from Spring 96 to Spring 08 Every quarter from JS08 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents that have found a full time job LKFTPC 1 169 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES Respondents are asked whether they would have accepted part time job if they had been unable to find a full time one It differs from AXPA which asks similar question of those who are still looking for a full time job AXFA Whether would accept full time work 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 97 not Spring 93 Spring quarters only from Spring 98 to Spring 08 Every quarter from JS08 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents that would like a part time job LKFTPA 2 NOTES Respondents are asked whether they would have accepted a full time job if they had been unable to find a part time one It differs from AXFB which asks a similar question of those who have already found a part time job AXFB Whether would have accepted full time work 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 97 not Spring 93 Spring quarters only from Spring 96 to Spring 08 Every quarter from JS08 CO
304. ll values over 97 should be classed as a don t know refusal HOLSB How many days of paid holiday are you entitled to per year Enter number of days 97 97 days or more FREQUENCY OD quarters only from 2011 COVERAGE Applies to employees who don t know holiday entitlement excluding public holidays NOTES Please note that all values over 97 should be classed as a don t know refusal Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions 151 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 BANK Whether respondent worked in their main job on any Bank or Public holidays during the period 1 Dec to 31 Aug 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY OD quarters only from Autumn 99 odd years only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions BNKH11 Bank holidays worked 1 Late Aug B Hol Mon 29 Aug 2011 Not Scotland 2 Early Aug B Hol Mon 01 Aug 2011 Scotland 3 July 12 holiday Tues 12 July 2011 NI 4 Spring B Hol Mon 30 May 2011 5 May B Hol Mon 02 May 2011 6 Royal Wedding Fri 29 April 2011 7 Easter Monday Mon 25 Apr 2011 8 Good Friday Fri 22 Apr 2011 9 St Patrick s Day Thur 17 Mar 2011 10 an Day New Year s Day Tues 04 Jan 2011 Scotland 11 New Year s Day Mon 03 Jan
305. lls for life literacy numeracy lang Entry Level Qualifications Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry level and Levels 1 to 8 Any other professional work related qualification FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has UK gained qualifications from Government Schemes NOTES This variable replaces QULS10 01 20 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable OTQUAL qualifications gained from leisure time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Degree level Mualify Incl foundation degrees graduate memb ship of a profess institute PGCE or higher Diploma in Higher Education HNC HND ONC OND BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC Teaching Qualify excl PGCE Nursing or other medical Mualify Not yet mentioned Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level A Level Vocat A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent New Diploma Welsh Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate NVQ SVQ GNVQ GSVQ AS level Vocat AS Level or equiv Certificate of 6 Yr Studies CSYS or equiv Access to HE 209 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 19 O Level or equiv 20 Standard Ordinary Grade Lower Scotland 21 GCSE Vocat l
306. local government or council Probation Service SECTRO03 coded 4 local government or council Training and Enterprise Councils TECs SECTOR coded 1 private firm or business and Local Enterprise Councils LECs 100 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 PUBLICR Whether working in public or private sector reported 1 Private sector 2 Public sector FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit PUBLICR supersedes the variable PUBLIC This variable identifies the split between the public and private sector This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance SECTOR Whether working for private firm or business Summer 93 to Winter 96 1 Private firm or business 2 A limited company 3 Some other kind of organisation Spring 97 onwards 1 A private firm or business or a limited company 2 Some other kind of organisation FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents currently in work or on work training NOTES This variable is used to help identify the split between public and private sector employment SECTRO03 Type of non private organisation 4 Public company pic 2 Nationalised industry or state corporation 5 Central Government Civil Service 6 Local government or council incl police fir
307. lso apply to this variable Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions OYSOLO On own or with employees 1 year ago reported 1 Alone or with partner s but not employees 2 With employees FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were self employed 12 months ago OYSTAT 2 NOTES From Spring 92 to Winter 00 this variable was called NOYSOLO NOYSOLO was processed through the Census Matrix Edit which checks the respondents occupation and their employment status for inconsistencies With the removal of the edit OYSOLO supersedes the variable NOYSOLO Self employed people who use only other self employed people in the business they run e g builders are coded 1 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions 502 Number of people employed 1 year ago 198 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 1 10 2 11 19 3 20 24 4 Don t know but under 25 5 25 49 6 50 249 7 250 499 8 Don t know but between 50 and 499 9 500 or more FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 02 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were self employed 12 months ago OYSOLO 2 NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit 02 supersedes the variables 2 amp 502 n
308. lti response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable 183 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 MAINME Method of looking for work employees or Government scheme Spring 92 to Spring 94 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 Visit a Jobcentre Jobmarket or Jobs amp Benefit Centres Visit a Jobclub Have your name on the books of a private employment agency Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals Apply directly to employers Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs Wait for the results of an application for a job Do anything else to find work Summer 94 onwards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Visit a Jobcentre Jobmarket or Training and Employment Agency office Visit a Careers office Visit a Jobclub Have your name on the books of a private employment agency Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals Apply directly to employers Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs Wait for the results of an application for a job Do anything else to find work Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents looking for work
309. ly under 16 0 15 Age of oldest dependent child in family aged 0 15 16 No dependent children aged under 16 FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education Text labels are not available for these variables This variable is derived from FUTYPE FUTYPE6 RELHFU CAIND amp AGE AOFL19 Age of oldest dependent child in family under 19 0 18 Age of oldest dependent child in family aged 0 18 19 No dependent children aged under 19 FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education Text labels are not available for these variables This variable is derived from FUTYPE FUTYPE6 RELHFU CAIND amp AGE AYFL19 Age of youngest dependent child family under 19 87 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 0 18 Age of youngest dependent child in family aged 0 18 19 No dependent children aged under 19 FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education
310. m RESLEN RESLNO OYCRY AGE amp LADO RESLNO was replaced by RESTME in Spring 96 LADO was replaced by UALDO in Spring 2000 62 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 GORONE Region of residence 12 months ago Spring 92 Autumn 99 1 Tyne amp Wear 12 Eastern 2 Rest of North East 13 Inner London 3 Greater Manchester 14 Outer London 4 Merseyside 15 South East 5 Rest of North West 16 South West 6 South Yorkshire 17 Wales 7 West Yorkshire 18 Strathclyde 8 Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside 19 Rest of Scotland 9 East Midlands 20 Northern Ireland 10 West Midlands met county 22 Outside UK 11 Rest of West Midlands 23 Baby under 3 months Spring 00 onwards 1 Tyne amp Wear 12 East of England 2 Rest of North East 13 Inner London 3 Greater Manchester 14 Outer London 4 Merseyside 15 South East 5 Rest of North West 16 South West 6 South Yorkshire 17 Wales 7 West Yorkshire 18 Strathclyde 8 Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside 19 Rest of Scotland 9 East Midlands 20 Northern Ireland 10 West Midlands met county 21 Outside UK 11 Rest of West Midlands 22 Baby under 3 months FREQUENCY Spring 92 only Each quarter from Spring 93 to Autumn 99 Spring quarters only from Spring 00 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment NOTES This variable is based on Government Office Regions It is derived f
311. m Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were made redundant from last job REDYLFT 2 AND REDPAID 1 OR REDANY 1 NOTES If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant REDCLOS Reason for leaving job left in last three months 1 Closing down 2 Cutting back on staff 3 Other reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were made redundant from last job REDYLFT 2 AND REDPAID 1 OR REDANY 1 118 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant REDP 1 3 Type of payment received 1 Redundancy pay 2 Pay in lieu of notice 3 Some other kind of payment 4 No payment FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were made redundant from last job REDYLFT 2 AND REDPAID 1 OR REDANY 1 NOTES If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant This variable was coded as REDP 0 3 from Spring 95 to Winter 96 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable REDIND Whether industry m
312. m Spring 95 Applies to all households Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education Text labels are not available for this variable This variable is derived from CAIND amp AGE AYHL19 Age of youngest dependent child in household aged under 19 0 18 19 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Age of youngest dependent child in household aged 0 18 No dependent children aged under 19 Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 Applies to all households Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education Text labels are not available for this variable This variable is derived from CAIND amp AGE 77 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HNMF5964 Number of people in household either male 16 64 or female 16 59 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from AJ10 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable replaced HNWKAGE in AJ10 HNMF 1664 Number of people in household aged 16 64 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from AJ10 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents HNPENY Number of people in household aged 65 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from AJ10 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents HNPENX Number of people in household either m
313. ma or advanced certificate OCR Level 3 3 adiploma OCR Level 2 4 another RSA including Stage amp Level 1 5 other RSA OCR qualification 6 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an RSA OCR qualification NOTES This variable replaces RSA RSACD type of highest RSA OCR qualification 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s RSA OCR is categorised as OTHER at RSA11 RSLEV level of Award Certificate Diploma RSA OCR qualification 1 Level1 2 Level 2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 232 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 6 Level6 7 7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s RSA OCR is categorised as OTHER at RSA11 RSASUBU subject title awarding body of RSA OCR qualification Free text input max 250 characters FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s RSA OCR is categorised as OTHER or DON T KNOW at RSA11 RSAOT 11 any other RSA OCR qualifications below the following levels 1 an advanced diploma or advanced certificate OCR Level 3 2 adiploma OCR Level 2 3 another RSA including Stage amp Level 1 4 other RSA OCR qualification 5 None 6 Don t know FREQUENCY
314. mates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 27 Whether Key skills Core skills Scotland qualification obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 214 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 28 Whether Basic skills Skills for life lteracy numeracy language qualification obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 29 Whether Entry Level qualifications qualification obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_30 Whether Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry Level and Levels 1t 0 8 obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in o
315. me 1 Background and Methodology Imputation in the LFS for full details Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions GOBCK9 How soon able to start work after the accident 1 Still off paid work 2 Same day 3 The day after the accident 4 On the second day after the accident 5 On third day after the accident 6 On fourth day after the accident 7 On fifth day or longer after the accident 8 Don t know FREQUENCY quarters every 2 odd years from 9 onwards 283 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had work related accident the past 12 months ACCDNT 1 TIMEDAYS TIMECODE How many days after the accident did you return to work FREQUENCY JM quarters from JMO6 onwards Winter quarters from Winter 04 Winter 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had a work related accident in the past 12 months ACCDNT 1 and who have returned to work on or after the fifth day after the accident GOBACK 8 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions ACCDAY4 How soon after accident did you go back to work 0 365 Days FREQUENCY JM quarters only from JMO6 onwards Winter quarters only from Winter 04 to Winter 05 COVERAGE This variable is only available on ONS datasets Appli
316. ment 1 Flexible working hours Flexitime 2 Annualised hours contract 3 Term time working 4 Job sharing 5 Nine day fortnight 6 Four and a half day week 7 Zero hours contract 8 On Call Working 9 None of these 10 Don t know FREQUENCY AJ OD or wave 1 only from Spring 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those college based schemes NOTES This variable is derived from FLEX10 The categories are defined as below This variable replaced FLEDSD 2010 Please see the following article that explains how the LFS estimates zero hour contracts Flexible working hours Employees can vary their daily start and finish times each day Over an accounting period usually four weeks or a calendar month debit and credit hours can be carried over into another accounting period Variable start and finish times on their own are not enough for a flexitime system There must also be a formal accounting period Annualised hours contract The number of hours an employee has to work are calculated over a full year Instead of say 40 hours per week employees are contracted to say 1900 hours per year after allowing for leave and other entitlements Longer hours are worked over certain parts of the year and shorter hours at other periods Variations in hours are related to seasonal factors or fluctuation in demand for the companies goods or services Term time working Respondents
317. ment other than those in certain government schemes NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDUSTRY SIC 2007 INDSCO7M Industry sub class in main job 01 62 1 93 13 9 Range of industry codes 8 No Answer NA 9 Did Not Ask DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on certain government schemes 97 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This variable is derived from STAT EVERWK amp ICDM LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDCO7M Industry class in main job 01 11 99 00 Range of industry codes 8 No Answer NA 9 Did Not Ask DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from STAT EVERWK amp ICDM LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 INDGO7M Industry group in main job 01 1 99 0 Range of industry codes 8 No Answer NA 9 Did Not Ask DNA FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on cert
318. ment status 1 2 3 4 FREQUENCY COVERAGE years Employee Self employed Government scheme Unpaid family worker Each quarter from Spring 92 on ONS datasets only Applies to respondents currently in work or who have worked in the last eight NOTES Professional partnerships e g doctors lawyers etc may work in partnerships and are considered as self employed GP s working for the NHS are coded self employed STATR Employment status in main job reported 1 2 3 4 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES filter EVERWK Employee Self employed Government scheme Unpaid family worker Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit STATR supersedes the variable NSTAT The 9 is applied to the questionnaire variable STAT to distinguish between current last job STATR is employment status in current job as reported STATLR is employment status in last job as reported PDWG10 How paid for work 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES By organisation respondent did work for By a different organisation company Each quarter from JM10 Applies to all respondents who are employees STAT 1 This variable replaces PDWAGE from JM 2010 SELF 1 4 Other methods of payment aside from receiving a salary or wage direct from an employer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FREQUENCY Paid a salary or a wage by an employment agency A sole di
319. n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FREQUENCY maisonettes NOTES Basement Semi Basement Ground Floor Street level 1 Floor floor above street level 27 Floor 3 Floor 4 Floor 5 to 9 Floor 10 Floor or higher Wave 1 and Face to Face Only Applies to divided accommodation such as flats and This is an outcome coding variable ENTRYN Gaining Access to the property 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FREQUENCY NOTES No physical impediments or barriers Locked common entrance Locked gates Security staff concierge or other gatekeeper Entry phone access intercom Guard dog patrol animal Warden controlled Wave 1 and Face to Face Only This is an outcome coding variable 309 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 WEIGHTS PERSON LEVEL WEIGHTS PWT11 Person weight FREQUENCY Each quarter from JS 2009 NOTES Person weight for quarterly files PIWT11 Person income weight FREQUENCY Each quarter from JS 2009 NOTES Person income weight for quarterly files HOUSEHOLD LEVEL WEIGHTS PHHWT111 Person household weight FREQUENCY amp OD quarters only from OD 2009 NOTES Person household weight for household quarterly files only This variable should be used when analysing the number of people in a household 310 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013
320. n JM12 TYPSCH12 Employer of Work scheme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 97 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES working for an employer temporarily away from an employer working for a voluntary organisation charity undertaking some other form of voluntary or community work working for an environmental taskforce in full time or part time study temporarily away from full time or part time study receiving help setting up as self employed on a project providing work experience or practical training undertaking some other form of employment training or some other situation not listed Don t Know Every quarter from JM12 Applies to respondents on Government Training Schemes New for JM12 92 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 TSCHOTH Government Training Scheme follow up Free Text FREQUENCY AJ13 and JS13 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who answered some other situation or don t know at TYPSCH12 NOTES ONS datasets only HELPSE12 period when self employed receiving help 1 prior to starting a business as self employed or 2 after setting up as business as self employed COVERAGE Applies to respondents getting help as self employed NOTES New for JM12 Whether had paid job in addition to scheme 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all men aged 16 64 and women aged 16 59
321. n dependent children 2 or more family units no children Same sex couple with or without others Civil partners with or without others Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 2006 on household datasets only Each quarter from Spring 2006 on household and ONS datasets COVERAGE Applies to all households NOTES Categories 15 or 18 Lone parent all dependent children no other family other family units will also include those who are married i e MARSTA 2 Yes where their spouse is not a household member i e MARCHK 2 No e g working away from home in prison etc In categories 5 12 13 amp 14 Couple refers to both married and cohabiting couples This variable is derived from FUTYPE6 FDPCH19 amp RELHFU This variable was called HHTYPE between 2000 and 2006 69 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 70 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 HLDCMP6X Composition of household calculated using OLD pension age 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES 1 male 65 with no children 1 female 60 with no children 1 adult under pensionable age with no children 1 adult with one child 1 adult with two or more children married couple both under pensionable age with no children coh
322. n illness in last 12 months caused made worse by work and who are working or have left employment within the last 12 months ILCURR Time off caused by work related illness 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY JM quarters from 9 onwards From JM13 onwards this will be asked in even years only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who suffered an illness from work ILLWRK 1 and took time off work off ill on the day s they were scheduled to work TMEOFF 1 WCHJB3 Job caused or made illness worse previously mentioned 1 Occupation title main job OCCT 2 Occupation title second job OCCT2 3 Some other job 287 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY quarters from JM06 onwards Winter quarters from Winter 04 Winter 05 From JM13 onwards this will be asked in even years only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have suffered from an illness in last 12 months caused made worse by work ILLWRK 1 and who have provided details of their job or second job OCCT response or OCCT2 response NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions WIND Main outputs of firm organisation that you worked for when your job caused or worsened your illness Thinking about the job which caused or made your illness worse what did the firm organisation you worked for mainly make or do FR
323. n rectified for JS13 onwards NUMOL50 Number of O level GCSE etc passes held if less than 5 1 One or two 2 Three or four 226 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have fewer than 5 O level GCSE etc passes NOTES Please see the notes section of NUMOLS5 for a note a minor routing error that will have affected this variable NUMOL5F Number of O level GCSE etc passes held if 5 or more 1 Five to seven 2 Eight or more 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have more than 5 O level GCSE etc passes Please see the notes section of NUMOL5 for a note on a minor routing error that will have affected this variable MEGCSE GCSE including Maths and English 1 Maths 2 English 3 Both 4 Neither FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have 5 or more O level GCSE etc passes Please see the notes section of NUMOL5 for a note on a minor routing error that will have affected this variable BTE11 Is your highest BTEC BEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification 1 at higher level level 4 or higher 2 at National Certificate or National Diploma level level 3 3 a first diploma or general diploma level 2 4 a first certificate or general certificate below level 2 5 Other BTEC BEC
324. nd dentists and others working in their practices are coded according to whether the practice is mainly NHS or private GPs are technically self employed even when they work exclusively for the NHS but for the purpose of this question they are to be treated as working for the NHS if that is what they mainly do This means mainly private work SECTOR coded 1 mainly NHS work SECTOR coded 2 and SECTRO03 coded 6 Health authority or NHS Trust Private Hospital SECTOR coded 1 Churches SECTROO3 coded 9 some other kind of organisation Charities SECTRO03 coded 7 Trade Unions SECTRO03 coded 7 Government funded bodies and agencies SECTRO03 coded 3 central government civil service This includes the Benefits Agency the Employment Service Research Councils the British Council National Museums and Art Galleries and prisons Armed forces were previously coded with central government civil service From Spring 03 they have their own code SECTROO3 coded 8 Public bodies with a greater degree of autonomy than the above SECTROO3 coded 2 a nationalised industry or state corporation This includes Post Office Royal Mint British Rail BBC Audit Commission Equal Opportunities Commission Civil Aviation Authority A private firm SECTOR coded 1 Deregulated bus service SECTRO03 coded 2 London Regional Transport and municipal bus companies are public corporations Magistrates Courts SECTRO03 coded 4
325. ndents aged 16 and over NOTES The results of this variable will differ from present economic activity as it is based on recall and the respondent s assessment rather than through a series of questions Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions OYSIND Whether working for same firm twelve months ago 1 Yes the same 2 No different FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had a paid job or were laid off on short time work or worked unpaid in own relatives business 12 months ago OYCIRC 1 2 or 5 NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions OYSOCC Whether current occupation same as twelve months ago 1 Yes exactly the same 2 No different FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 2000 Spring quarters only from Spring 01 on ONS datasets only 196 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had paid job or were laid off on short time work 12 months ago 1 or 2 NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions OYSTAT Employee or self employed 1 year ago reported 1 Working as employee 2 Self employed FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring
326. ne Not Applicable Don t know OON OORWND o FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER qualification QALPL11 Method of receiving instruction and learning received for highest level qualification 1 solely through school college or some other education institution 2 through a combination of workplace and academic institution 3 solely at a place of work yours or somebody else s 4 self directed open learning 5 or was it some other way 6 Don t know 245 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from AJ11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has any qualification NOTES This variable replaces QALPL99 YERQAL1 When obtained highest qualification 1 Answer given as age 2 Answer given as year FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents with UK qualifications from school college work government training scheme leisure other way as identified at QULCH11 NOTES Respondents may reply by either giving the age at which they achieved their highest qualification or in what year they did so YERQAL2 Age obtained highest qualification 1 Answer given as age FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who give their age at which they obtained their highest qualification YERQAL1 1 YERQAL3 Year obtained highest qualification
327. ng 2000 TOTNUM was introduced in Spring 96 to provide additional information about the total number of people within the household This variable is derived from IOUTCOME TOTFU Total number of family units in household 1 16 Total number of family units in household FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 96 on household datasets only Each quarter from Spring 2000 on household and ONS datasets COVERAGE Applies to all households 74 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES TOTFU is only included on the household datasets prior to Spring 2000 It is also included on both household and ONS datasets from Spring 2000 TOTFU was introduced in Spring 96 to provide additional information about the total number of family units within the household This variable is derived from IOUTCOME FMDP Number of family units in household with dependent children only 1 16 Number of family units in household with dependent children FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 96 on household datasets only Each quarter from Spring 2000 on household and ONS datasets COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES FMDP is only included on the household datasets prior to Spring 2000 It is also included on both household and ONS datasets from Spring 2000 This variable was introduced in Spring 96 to provide additional information about the total number of family units within the
328. ng 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who may work paid or unpaid overtime EVEROT 1 NOTES As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc UOTHR Usual hours of unpaid overtime 0 96 Hours of overtime 97 97 or more 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who may work paid or unpaid overtime EVEROT 1 NOTES As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc TOTUS2 Usual hours worked including overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 and over 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who may work paid or unpaid overtime EVEROT 1 NOTES This variable includes both paid and unpaid overtime As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc TOTAC1 Total actual hours worked no overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 and over 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who never work overtime and actually worked in reference week NOTES Those respondents who did not work in the reference week even tho
329. ng for a higher degree DEGNOW 1 TCNW11 level of BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL being studied for 1 Level 4 or above higher level 2 Level 3 National Certificate or National Diploma level 3 Level 2 First general diploma level 4 Below Level 2 First general certificate level 5 Other 6 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL NOTES This variable replaced TCNW10 in JM 2012 TCNWACD type of BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL being studied for 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 248 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for an OTHER BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL TCNWLEV What level was your Award Certificate Diploma Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Entry level Don t know OONOORWOND FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for an OTHER BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL SCNOW 1 1 level of being studied for 1 at higher level level 4 2 for full National Certificate level 3 3 at first diploma or general diploma level level 2 4 at first certificate or general certificate level below level 2 5 modules towards a National Certificate 6 other 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Eve
330. nless resulting from the substance being prescribed for the respondent should not be included Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable LERND Learning difficulty or learning disability 1 Learning difficulty 2 Learning disability 3 Both FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2006 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have said that they have a severe or specific learning difficulty at HEAL i e HEAL 14 HEALTH Main health problem 01 Problems or disabilities including arthritis or rheumatism connected with arms or hands 02 legs or feet 03 back or neck 04 Difficulty in seeing while wearing spectacles or contact lenses 05 Difficulty in hearing 06 A speech impediment 07 Severe disfigurement skin conditions allergies 08 Chest or breathing problems asthma bronchitis 09 Heart blood pressure or blood circulation problems 10 Stomach liver kidney or digestive problems 11 Diabetes 12 Depression bad nerves or anxiety 13 Epilepsy 14 Severe or specific learning difficulties mental handicap 15 Mental illness or suffer from phobia panics or other nervous disorders 16 Progressive illness not included elsewhere e g cancer multiple sclerosis symptomatic HIV Parkinson s disease muscular dystrophy 17 Other health problems or disabilities FREQUENCY Each qu
331. not need or want employment Inactive not seeking not like work retired from paid work Inactive not seeking not like work other reason Inactive not seeking not like work no reason given Under 16 Each quarter from Spring 05 Applies to all respondents The inactive categories for this variable have been expanded to give a better indication as to the reasons behind inactivity The underlying variables NOLOOK and NOWANT have also been replaced by the new variable NOLWM This variable is the standard economic activity variable and should be used for consistency with current ONS practice as it gives the International Labour Organisation ILO standard definitions of employment unemployment and economic activity and inactivity This is a derived variable and due to the changes in Government Training schemes has been updated for 2012 please see Volume 4 User Guide for further information 90 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 ILODEFR Basic economic activity ILO definition reported 1 In employment 2 ILO unemployed 3 Inactive 4 Under 16 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit ILODEFR supersedes the variable ILODEFA This variable is derived from AGE amp INECACO5 The variable INECACR is replaced by INECACO5 the derivation of this variable from Spring 05 onwards
332. now but between 50 and 499 9 500 or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 02 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents currently in work or who have worked in the last 8 years NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit MPNR02 supersedes the variables MPNE02 amp MPNS02 This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance The filter EVERWK 9 is applied to the questionnaire variables MPNO amp MPN to distinguish between current last job MPNRO2 is number of employees in current job as reported MPNLRO02 is number of employees last job as reported This variable refers to the total number of employees at the respondent s workplace not just the particular section department People employed by employment services who may work during the course of a week at a number of locations are required to refer to the place where they worked the longest number of hours during the reference week SOLOR Self employed with or without employees reported 1 On own with partner s but no employees 2 With employees FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents currently in work or who have worked in the last 8 years NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit SOLOR supersedes the variables NSOLO amp SOLO The filter EVERWK 9 is applied to the questionnaire variable SOLO to distinguish between current last job SOLOR is whether self employed with without employee in cur
333. nse the variable into a direct split of rural and urban the variable should be recoded as follows 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES England amp Wales Urban gt 10k sparse URBAN England amp Wales Town amp Fringe sparse RURAL England amp Wales Village sparse RURAL England amp Wales Hamlet amp Isolated Dwelling sparse RURAL England amp Wales Urban gt 10k less sparse URBAN England amp Wales Town amp Fringe less sparse RURAL England amp Wales Village less sparse RURAL England amp Wales Hamlet amp Isolated Dwelling less sparse RURAL Scotland large urban area settlements of over 125 000 people URBAN Scotland other urban area settlements of 10 000 to 125 000 people URBAN Scotland accessible small town settlements of between 3 000 and 10 000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10 000 or more RURAL Scoiland remote small town settlements of between 3 000 and 10 000 people and with a drive of over 30 minutes to a settlement of 10 000 or more RURAL Scoiland very remote small town RURAL Scoiland accessible rural settlements of less than 3 000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10 000 or more RURAL Scotland remote rural settlements of less than 3 000 people and with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a
334. nt has any GNVQs GSVQs 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know 4 Never heard of GNVQs FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a qualification but not a GNVQ GSVQ NOTES Code 4 Never heard of GNVQs is only available for personal not proxy interviews If a proxy respondent has never heard of them code 3 Don t know is entered Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing VOCYRE period when highest GNVQ GSVQ qualification was obtained 1 2009 or earlier 2 2010 or later FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has GNVQs GSVQs 236 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing GNVQ11 level of highest GNVQ GSVQ 1 Advanced level 2 Full Intermediate level 3 Part One Intermediate level 4 Full Foundation level 5 Part One Foundation level 6 Other GNVQ GSVQ qualification 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has GNVQs GSVQs NOTES This variab
335. ntity or religion variables DV s not listed above Please follow the below link for a report that looks at the changes made to ethnicity on the LFS in 2011 http Awww ons gov uk ons guide method method quality specific labour market articles and reports 201 1 changes to how ethnicity is asked on labour force survey pdf Disability Discurr Discontinuity was identified in disability rates reported in the LFS between quarter four 2009 and quarter one 2010 Analysis generally showed that the characteristics of those who were disabled and those already in the survey who became disabled did not change significantly over time The few characteristics that might have been associated with the initial increase in disability were found in subsequent quarters not to be associated with the sustained high levels of disability and were therefore thought to be random Examination of the survey design questionnaire wording and routing and anecdotal evidence from interviewers did not reveal any significant changes over time The only change to the administration of the questionnaire was the addition of a short introduction at the start of the disability module I should now like to ask you a few questions about your health These questions will help us estimate the number of people in the country who have health problems The impact of this introduction is thought to be positive in that it prepares respondents for the set of disability quest
336. ntry level and Levels 1 to 8 31 Any other professional work related qualification FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying towards a qualification NOTES This variable replaces QULHI DEGNOW Level of degree Spring 96 to Winter 02 247 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Higher degree including PGCE 2 First degree 3 Other e g graduate member of a professional institute or chartered accountant 4 Don t know Spring 03 onwards 1 Higher degree incl PGCE 2 First degree 3 Foundation degree 4 Other e g graduate member of a professional institute or chartered accountant 5 Don t know FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 96 to Autumn 99 Each quarter from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are studying for a degree level qualification or higher Spring 96 to Winter 03 QULHI 1 From Spring 04 QULHI4 1 NOTES Foundation degrees are employment related higher education qualifications and are offered full and part time taking two or three years to complete HGHNOW Type of higher degree studied for 1 A Doctorate 2 A Master 3 A Post Graduate Certificate in Education 4 Or some other kind of postgraduate or professional qualification 5 Don t know FREQUENCY AJ and OD quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are studyi
337. o answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who never work overtime or did any paid work during the reference week EVEROT 2 OR OWNBUS 1 OR RELBUS 1 NOTES As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc USUHR Usual hours worked excluding overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 or more 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who may work paid or unpaid overtime EVEROT 1 NOTES This variable excludes meal breaks and any overtime worked As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc PAIDHRU Paid hours based on usual hours per week 0 96 Number of hours 97 97 or more hours FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees self employed and those on employer based government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from AGE TOTUS1 POTHR USUHR amp EVEROT PAIDHRU is not included on datasets for all quarters in 1999 POTHR Usual hours of paid overtime 135 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 0 96 Hours of overtime 97 97 or more 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spri
338. om JM06 onwards Winter quarters from Winter 93 Winter 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had work related accident in the past 12 months ACCDNT 1 NOTES DNA 9 will include people who were not contacted in the quarter this question was asked See LFS User Guide Volume 1 Background and Methodology Imputation in the LFS for full details Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions ACCY Year of accident in last 12 months Enter year FREQUENCY quarters from JMO9 From OD11 this is asked odd years only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have been injured at work in the last 12 months ACCDNT 1 NOTES This question was removed from the questionnaire in JM13 ACCM Month of accident in last 12 months Enter month 1 12 FREQUENCY quarters from 9 From OD11 this is asked odd years only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have been injured at work in the last 12 months ACCDNT 1 and responded to ACCY 282 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This question was removed from the questionnaire in JM13 WCHJB Job title check 1 Occupation title main job OCCT 2 Occupation title second job OCCT2 or N A 4 Some other job FREQUENCY JM quarters from JM06 onwards Winter quarters from Winter 93 to Winter 05 From 07
339. on 207 Kensington and Chelsea 208 Lambeth 209 Lewisham 210 Southwark 211 Tower Hamlets 212 Wandsworth 213 Westminster 301 Barking and Dagenham 302 Barnet 303 Bexley 304 Brent 305 Bromley 306 Croydon 307 Ealing 308 Enfield 309 Haringey 310 Harrow 311 Havering 312 Hillingdon 313 Hounslow 314 Kingston upon Thames 315 Merton 316 Newham 317 Redbridge 318 Richmond upon Thames 319 Sutton 320 Waltham Forest 330 Birmingham 331 Coventry 332 Dudley 333 Sandwell 334 Solihull 335 Walsall 336 Wolverhampton 340 Knowsley 341 Liverpool 342 St Helens 343 Sefton 344 Wirral 350 Bolton 351 Bury 352 Manchester 353 Oldham 354 Rochdale 355 Salford 356 Stockport 357 Tameside 358 Trafford 359 Wigan 370 Barnsley 371 Doncaster 372 Rotherham 373 Sheffield 380 Bradford 381 Calderdale 382 Kirklees 383 Leeds 384 Wakefield 390 Gateshead 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 392 North Tyneside 393 South Tyneside 394 Sunderland 420 Isles of Scilly 800 Bath and North East Somerset 801 Bristol 802 North Somerset 803 South Gloucestershire 805 Hartlepool 806 Middlesbrough 807 Redcar and Cleveland 808 Stockton on Tees 810 Kingston upon Hull 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 812 North East Lincolnshire 813 North Lincolnshire
340. on NS Pembrokeshire NU Carmarthenshire NX Swansea NZ Neath Port Talbot PB Bridgend PD The Vale of Glamorgan PF Rhondda Cynon Taff PH Merthyr Tydfil PK Caerphilly PL Blaenau Gwent PM Torfaen PP Monmouthshire PR Newport PT Cardiff QA Aberdeen City QB Aberdeenshire QC Angus QD Argyll amp Bute QE Scottish Borders QF Clackmannanshire QG West Dunbartonshire QH Dumfries amp Galloway QJ Dundee City QK East Ayrshire QL East Dunbartonshire QM East Lothian QN East Renfrewshire QP City of Edinburgh QQ Falkirk QR Fife QS City of Glasgow QT Highland QU Inverclyde QW Midlothian QX Moray QY North Ayrshire QZ North Lanarkshire RB Perth amp Kinross RC Renfrewshire RE South Ayrshire RF South Lanarkshire RG Stirling RH West Lothian 460 Northern Ireland 44 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 UALADGB Unitary Authorities and LADs of Great Britain FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is included on ONS datasets only It is derived using UALAD99 From Spring 92 Summer 93 LADs are based on 1981 wards From Autumn 93 onwards they are based on 1991 wards UALD3 Place of residence three months ago FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This varia
341. on all cases were assigned an industry code on the new basis This included respondents who had been surveyed in the previous quarter whose employment situation had not changed There was no dual coding The transition to the new classification was accompanied by the implementation of a new automatic coding tool for LFS interviewers similar tool had been in place for the coding of occupations to the Standard Occupational Classification for several years but prior to 2009 industry had been coded manually using printed volume The new tool is seen as significant improvement in the coding of industries in the LFS Its introduction has brought greater consistency since cases with the same description are more likely to be allocated the same code with the coding tool than with the previous approach LFS estimates by industry Conversion variables have been produced for LFS microdata which map cases from the previously used industrial classification SIC 1992 to SIC 2007 for the years 2006 to 2008 inclusive Each industry class 4 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 or 5 digit code on SIC 1992 was mapped to an industry division on SIC 2007 For pre 2006 microdata syntax was provided to enable users to derive the mapped estimates themselves Users should be aware that for the quarterly time series of employment on SIC 2007 basis there are several step changes at Section and Division level betw
342. on about higher degree qualifications only CMBDEGN Nursing subject areas 1 Medicine 2 Medical related Subjects 3 Biological Sciences 4 Agricultural Sciences 5 Physical Environmental Sciences 6 Mathematical I Sciences and Computing 7 Engineering 8 Technology 9 Agriculture and related subjects 10 Social Sciences including Law 11 Business and Financial Studies 12 Librarianship and Information Studies 13 Linguistics English Celtic and Ancient Languages 14 European Languages 15 Other Languages 16 Humanities 17 Arts 18 Education FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents whose undergraduate degree is a combined subject in one or more subject areas NOTES In JM12 CMBDEGN FDCMBD and CMBHD replaced CMBDEG From JM12 those who have a nursing qualification will be routed to this question Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable FDCMBD Undergraduate subject areas 1 Medicine 2 Medical related Subjects 3 Biological Sciences 4 Agricultural Sciences 219 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 5 Physical Environmental Sciences 6 Mathematical I Sciences and Computing 7 Engineering 8 Technology 9 Agriculture and related subjects 10 Social Sciences including Law 11 Business and Finan
343. on household datasets only HNPTIME Number of people in household who are working part time 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are in employment FTPT 2 amp INECAC05 1 2 3 4 NOTES The variable INECACR is replaced by in the derivation of this variable from Spring 05 onwards This variable is included on household datasets only HNIWSTU Number of people in household who are inactive would like work but currently students 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are inactive and students INECACO5 6 13 80 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES The variable INECACR is replaced by in the derivation of this variable from Spring 05 onwards This variable is included on household datasets only HNIWSKD Number of people in household who are inactive would like work but currently sick injured disabled 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are inactive and sick injured or disabled INECACO5 8 9 15 16 NOTES The variable INECACR is replaced by IN
344. on individual datasets Datasets prior to 2014 2014 reweighted datasets reweighting JM13 IDISCURR LNGLIM and HEALIM DISCURR LNGLIM and HEALIM IDISCURR LNGLST and DISCURR13 LNGLST and 4613 LIMACT Care should be taken ste LIMAGT XDISDDA Unadjusted DDA disabled READ NOTES BEFORE USING THIS VARIABLE 1 Current disability only 280 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 2 Current and past disability 3 Past disability only 4 Not DDA disabled FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 98 to Winter 99 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age NOTES This variable is designed to help users estimate the number of people who meet the DDA definition of disability This definition has two parts current and past disability Current disability includes people who have physical or mental impairment which has substantial and long term adverse effect on person s ability to out normal day to day activities and people with progressive condition e g cancer multiple sclerosis from the moment any impairment resulting from it first has some effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities Past disability includes people who have had a disability within the DDA definition in the past even if they have since recovered The LFS data on past disabilities does not include
345. onal qualification UK Gained Qualifications QULCHUK source of any qualifications from UK 1 from school or home schooling 2 from college or university 3 related to work 4 from government schemes 5 gained in your leisure time or by teaching yourself 6 some other way 7 no qualifications 8 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies to those aged between 16 and 69 or those aged 69 who are working NOTES This variable replaces QUALCH9 1 7 Users should be aware that up until AJ13 respondents were able to answer QUALUK 1 and QULCHUK 7 From AJ13 onwards this is no longer possible 205 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Analysts of this variable should be aware that from JS13 onwards there is check in the questionnaire that won t allow respondents to state at QUALUK that their highest qualifications are from the UK and then say at QULCHUK that they have no UK qualifications QULCH11 1 6 Qualifications currently held from UK and abroad 1 From school or home schooling 2 From college or university 3 Related to work 4 From Government schemes 5 Leisure Time 6 Obtained in some other way 7 None 8 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have gained either UK or foreign qualifications NOTES This variable replaces QUALCH9 1 7 This is a derived
346. onal quarters i e March to May June to August September to November and December to February This was because EuroStat require us to use calendar quarters and it will also bring us into line with other ONS household surveys The timings of quarterly specific questions changed as follows Calendar Quarter previously asked in Seasonal Quarter January to March Q1 Winter December to February Q4 Winter April to June Q2 Spring March to May Q1 Spring July to September Q3 Summer June to August Q2 Summer October to December Q4 Autumn Sept to November Q3 Autumn Users should be particularly careful when analysing quarter specific questions over time as the historical calendar quarter estimates going back to 1997 will be based on two thirds of respondents For example let us consider the question LANG introduced in 2003 When this question was first asked on the LFS it was asked in the Summer quarter therefore in the months June July and August The calendar quarter that corresponds with the Summer quarter is JS July August and September It can be seen that there is an overlap of two months but the JS historical estimate will not include the responses of the people who answered the question in June The JS historical estimate will also not include September respondents as this question was not asked in this month As a result of the above users are advised to use percentages instead of levels when doing analysis
347. ondents who are employees a second job and have not received yet SECGRO 99996 SECGB Period of expected earnings Spring 96 onwards 01 One week 02 Two weeks 03 Three weeks 04 Four weeks 05 Calendar month 07 Two calendar months 08 Eight times a year 09 Nine times a year 10 Ten times a year 13 Three months 13 weeks 26 Six months 26 weeks 52 One year 12 months 52 weeks 90 Less than one week 95 One off lump sum 97 None of these FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees a second job and have not received pay yet BANDG2 Weekly monthly annual pay bands Winter 92 to Winter 96 See Volume 5 LFS Classifications for band details Spring 97 onwards See start of Income section in this volume FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees in a second job and do not know their gross pay NOTES BANDG2 was changed from a numeric to a text variable in Autumn 1997 but the bands are coded using two decimal places GRSSWK2 Gross weekly pay in second job Amount FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees in a second job NOTES This variable is derived from STAT2 INCNOW SECGRO SECGA SECGB SECEX amp BANDG2 300 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 INCOME SECOND JO
348. or 8 Other reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM10 COVERAGE Applies to all those aged 16 or over who were born outside the UK NTLE11 1 6 National identity England 1 English 2 Welsh 3 Scottish 4 Northern Irish 5 British 6 Other 27 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all living in England NOTES This variable replaces NATLDE 1 6 Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NTLS11 1 6 National identity Scotland 1 Scottish 2 English 3 Welsh 4 Northern Irish 5 British 6 Other FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all living in Scotland NOTES This variable replaces NATLDS 1 6 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NTLW11 1 6 National identity Wales 1 Welsh 2 English 3 Scottish 4 Northern Irish 5 British 6 Other FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all living in Wales NOTES This variable replaces NATLDW 1 6 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NTLN11 National identity Northern Ireland 1
349. or a relative s business STAT 1 or 3 OR RELBUS 1 AND EVERWK 9 CONSEY Year started as continuously self employed Year last 2 digits from Spring 98 4 digits FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are self employed or doing unpaid work for their own business STAT 2 OWNBUS 1 AND EVERWK 9 CONMON Month started current job 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who started work in the last 8 years except unpaid family workers CONMPY lt 8 or CONSEY lt 8 CONYRLES Compute Variable Conyrles 99 NOTES This variable is calculated using CONMPY and computes the year in which employees started working continuously for current employer CONMLES Compute Variable Conmles 99 NOTES This variable is calculated using CONMPY CONYRLES and CONMON and computes the month in which employees started working continuously for current employer HOWGET How current job was obtained From Spring 92 to Autumn 94 1 Replying to a job advertisement 2 Jobcentre jobmarket etc 3 Careers Office 4 Private employment agency or business 5 Hearing from someone who worked there 6 Direct application 113 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of
350. or equivalent Level 3 Award NVQ level 1 or equivalent Foundation Welsh Baccalaureate GNVQ GSVQ foundation level Foundation 14 19 Diploma Level 1 Diploma CSE below grade 1 GCSE below grade C BTEC SCOTVEC First or General certificate SCOTVEC modules RSA other City amp Guilds foundation Part 1 Level 1 Certificate Level 2 Award YT YTP certificate Key skills qualification Basic skills qualification Entry level qualification 265 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 74 Entry level Diploma 75 Entry level Certificate 76 Level1 Award 77 Entry level Award 78 Other qualification 79 No qualifications 80 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age 16 69 or those in employment with qualifications including respondents aged 70 99 NOTES This variable replaces HIQUAL8 From JM11 more information on foreign qualifications was collected Therefore a large number of respondents who previously ended up as other on the HIQUAL and LEVQUAL DV s are now assigned to appropriate qualifications levels Please see Volume 4 User Guide for further information Analysts should be aware of the following when analysing this variable Prior to OD13 if a respondent was in the age group 65 69 not in work and had stated at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL OTQUAL that they had an NVQ or GNVQ they would not have been routed to th
351. ork From OD 13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NVQUN Whether respondent has any units towards NVQs or SVQs 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have or have heard of NVQs SVQs NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing VOCYRG period highest Entry Level or Level 1 to 8 Award Certificate or Diploma qualification was obtained 1 2009 or earlier 2 2010 or later FREQUENGY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has QCF qualifications NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing QCFACD type of highest Entry Level or Level 1 to 8 Award Certificate or Diploma qualification 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Other Award Certificate or Diploma qualification 242 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variable
352. orking part time or worked part time in their last job if held during the last 8 years FTPTWK 2 NOTES The interviewer accepts the first response that applies This question was not asked in Northern Ireland in 1993 so data for all quarters in 1993 are GB only PTNCRE7 Reasons for part time work 1 Suitable care services for children are not available or affordable 2 Suitable care services for ill disabled or elderly adults are not available or affordable 3 Care facilities do not influence your decision for working part time FREQUENCY JS quarters only from JS07 Wave 1 all quarters from JM 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did not want a full time job YPTJOB 4 NOTES This variable replaced PTNCRE from JS07 and is included ONS datasets only The need for care services can be a need for normal working hours or for special periods of the day e g early morning or special periods of the year e g school holidays This variable is also asked in wave 1 in all other quarters in 2008 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable YNOTFT Reason not wanting full time job 1 Financially secure but work s because want s to 2 Earn s enough working part time 3 Want s to spend more time with family 4 Have domestic commitments which prevent full time working 5 There are insufficient childcare f
353. ot work on a Public holiday over the last year NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions 153 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 UNION REPRESENTATION UNION Whether trade union or staff association member 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Autumn quarters only from Autumn 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on certain government schemes and unpaid family workers NOTES From Autumn 92 to Autumn 94 only GB data is available The variable IRTUSA records NI data for this period Northern lreland data has been amended to a quarterly basis from Winter 94 This ensures that both GB and NI trade union staff association data are standard on an Autumn quarter only basis from Autumn 95 In Autumn 97 incorrect routing of Northern Ireland respondents meant that only those who answered yes to TUPRES were asked UNION Therefore there was under response of unknown size to UNION Those who should have been asked UNION but were not have been coded 9 Not answered 1 350 cases Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions TUPRES Whether other people at workplace are members of trade union or staff association 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Autumn quarters only from Autumn 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who are
354. otes for 2 also apply to this variable Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions OYFTPT Full or part time in job twelve months ago 1 Full time 2 Part time FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had a paid job or were laid off on short time work 12 months OYCIRC 1 or 2 NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions 199 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 TWELVE MONTHS AGO SOC100 Occupation 1 year ago 1111 9279 Range of occupation codes FREQUENGY AJ quarters only from 2011 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 and over NOTES This variable replaces SOC2KO This variable is derived from OYSOCC OCOD10M STAT OCOD100 amp OYSTAT LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes 5 10 Major occupation group 1 year ago 13 Managers Directors And Senior Officials 2 Professional Occupations 3 Associate Professional And Technical Occupations 4 Administrative And Secretarial Occupations 5 Skilled Trades Occupations 6 Caring Leisure And Other Service Occupations 7 Sales And Customer Service Occupations 8 Process Plant And Machine Operatives
355. otes for FDPCH19 also apply to this variable FDPCH19 Number of dependent children in family aged under 19 0 10 Number of dependent children in family aged under 19 FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Each quarter from Spring 95 88 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES This variable should be used at the family level or at the person level selecting on heads and wives of heads of families and are derived from CAIND amp AGE Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education Dependency of a child is a family concept If this variable is run at a household level it is not certain on whom the child is dependent By running this variable at the family level or at the person level selecting on heads and wives of heads of family units both of whom the child is dependent on there is no chance of making claims of dependency where none in fact exist 89 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY BASIC ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INECAC05 Basic economic activity ILO definition reported 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Employee Self employed Government employment amp training programmes Unpaid family worker ILO unemployed Inactive seeking unavailable student Inactive seek
356. paid work which they can do If respondents seek clarification they are advised not to limit the assessment to the paid work if any which they do at present LIMITA Whether health problem affects the amount of paid work that can be done 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents with health problems and those of working age or pensioners looking for work or wanting work NOTES This question records whether a disability affects the amount of paid work undertaken or might be undertaken by the respondent Again this is not restricted to the respondent s current job nor to respondents who are currently employed HEAL 01 17 What health problems does the respondent have 274 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Spring 97 onwards 1 Problems or disabilities including arthritis or rheumatism connected with arms or hands 2 legs or feet 3 back or neck 4 Difficulty in seeing while wearing spectacles or contact lenses 5 Difficulty in hearing 6 A speech impediment 7 Severe disfigurement skin conditions allergies 8 Chest or breathing problems asthma bronchitis 9 Heart blood pressure or blood circulation problems 10 Stomach liver kidney or digestive problems 11 Diabetes 12 Depression bad nerves or anxiety 13 Epilepsy 14 Severe or specific learning difficulties mental handicap 15 Men
357. pay was less than the pay which they would usually receive for the same period of time PAYSSP Whether received Statutory Sick Pay 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did not receive their usual amount of pay last time they were paid because of illness absence from work YPAYM Reason for pay being more than usual 1 It included advance holiday pay 2 It included a tax refund 296 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 3 Worked more overtime than normal 4 It included pay increase 5 It included bonus payment tips or commission 6 Other reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents whose most recent pay was more than the pay which they would usually receive for the same period of time ERNFILT Whether last pay contained any additions to basic pay 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving specific amount for last gross or net pay ERNCM 01 11 Payments included in last gross pay 1 Overtime payments 2 Payments for working unsociable hours 3 Shift allowances 4 Bonuses 5 Profit related pay 6 Piecework payments or payment by result 7 Tips or gratuities 8 London or other regional allowances 9 Stand by or on
358. place not just the number employed within the particular section or department he she works in INDUSTRY MADE REDUNDANT FROM CONVERSION TABLE To convert SIC92 codes to SIC2007 codes The SIC 2007 industry coding frame has been introduced to replace the existing SIC 1992 version In order to maintain some continuity the following variables are available to convert SIC92 codes to SIC2007 codes IN9207DR 01 99 Range of values FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents made redundant in the three months prior to interview NOTES This conversion variable gives reasonable comparisons not exact conversions This variable is derived from Redcls EVERWK REDIND INDM92M IMDM92L RDIC92 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives full industry breakdowns for both SIC92 amp SIC2007 IN9207ER A Agriculture forestry and fishing B Mining and quarrying C Manufacturing D Electricity gas air cond supply E Water supply sewerage waste F Construction G Wholesale retail repair of vehicles H Transport and storage 1 Accommodation and food services J Information and communication K Financial and insurance activities L Real estate activities M Prof scientific technical activities N Admin and support services Public admin and defence P Education Q Health and social work R Arts entertainment and recreation S Other service activities T Households as employers
359. pring 2000 Each quarter from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents in work and whose usual hours were not worked in reference week but variable hours not previously stated NOTES Applies particularly to self employed people or shift workers It also includes respondents working flexible hours in a flexi time system if they said that their hours varied It may also be due to the respondent working varying amounts of paid or unpaid overtime DIFFHR6 Whether hours different from usual in reference week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 FREQUENCY More than usual hours Hours vary Bank holiday Maternity paternity leave Parental leave Other leave holiday Sick or injured Training course Started changed jobs Ended job Bad weather Labour dispute Economic other causes Personal family Other reasons No reason given Same as usual hours Each quarter from Winter 2005 140 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all persons in employment NOTES Options 17 amp 18 were removed from Summer 94 onwards Between Spring 1992 and Winter 2005 this variable was called DIFFHR SUMHRS Total actual hours worked in main and second job 0 97 Number of hours worked FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 94 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who worked during reference week NOTES This variable is derived f
360. quarters every 2 years 2007 2009 2011 etc COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have suffered from an illness that was caused or made worse by work in past 12 months ILLWRK 1 the job that caused or worsened the illness was not their main or second job WCHJB3 and who have not provided details of their job or second job OCCT empty or OCCT2 empty 288 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 HOW 1CAUS How work caused the illness or made it worse Manual handling lifting carrying pushing pulling Keyboard work or repetitive action repeating series of movements e g assembly work Awkward tiring positions Workplace accident Stress related e g job demands control support stress at work Other Et ID DE II FREQUENCY JM quarters only from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents for whom ILLWRK 1 and TYPILL 1 OR 2 OR 3 This variable replaces HOWCAUSE from JM10 NOTES This question was removed from the questionnaire in JM13 HOW2CAUS How work caused the illness or made it worse Workload tight deadlines too much work pressure responsibility Role uncertainty lack of clarity about job uncertain what meant to do Lack of control no say over what how to do job Lack of support from management Changes at work management organisation work content use of new technology Violence threats or bullying Other RR
361. questions OMROLE Whether having authority to hire or dismiss employees 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 95 to Spring 04 AJ quarters only every 2 year from Spring 06 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who controlling interest in the company they work for OMCONT 1 NOTES This question is only asked in the Spring quarter every 2 years e g 2004 2006 etc Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions NOCUST Number of customers which a self employed respondent has 1 One 2 More than one 3 Don t know FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are self employed STAT 2 106 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions FTPTW Whether working full or part time employees and self employed people only 1 Part time student 2 Part time ill or disabled 3 Part time could not find full time job 4 Part time did not want full time job 5 Part time no reason given 6 Full time FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees or self employed NOTES Unpaid family workers are not included in this variable but are included in FTPTWK FTPT Whether
362. r less CONYRLES lt 1 and CONMLES lt 12 CONPRY Year started working continuously for previous employer or as self employed 8 Answer given as year FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE Applies if currently working as an employee government scheme or unpaid family worker Stat 1 or 3 or 4 or PRELBUS 1 and has been with their current employer self employed for 12 months or less CONYRLES lt 1 and CONMLES lt 12 and was in paid employment or self employed before current job CONPRE 1 or 2 CONPRM Month started working continuously for previous employer or as self employed 9 Answer given as month FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 114 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies if currently working as an employee government scheme or unpaid family worker STAT 1 or 3 or 4 or PRELBUS 1 and has been with their current employer self employed for 12 months or less CONYRLES lt 1 and CONMLES lt 12 and was in paid employment or self employed before current job CONPRE 1 or 2 CONPRR Main reason for not being in paid employment or self employed 1 Unemployed looking for work 2 Student training 3 Looking after family home children 4 Caring for a disabled or elderly person 5 Temporarily sick or disabled 6 Long term sick or disabled 7 Didn t need employment 8 Retired 9 Made redundant 10 Other reason FREQUENCY
363. rder to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 31 Whether Any other professional work related qualification obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether respondent has received this particular qualification QLYR1 1 all qualifications gained in the last 12 months 1 Degree level Qualify Incl foundation degrees graduate memb ship of a profess institute PGCE or higher 2 Diploma in Higher Education 3 HNC HND 4 ONC OND 5 BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL 6 SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 7 Teaching ualify excl PGCE 8 Nursing or other medical Qualify Not yet mentioned 9 Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level 215 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 10 A Level Vocat l A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent 11 New Diploma 12 Welsh Baccalaureate 13 International Baccalaureate 14 NVQ SVQ 15 GNVQ GSVQ 16 AS level Vocat l AS Level or equiv 17 Certificate of 6 Yr Studies CSYS or equiv 18 Access to HE 19 O Level or equiv 20 Standard Ordinary O Grade Lower Scotland 21 GCSE Vocat l GCSE 22 CSE 23 Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland 24 R
364. re LP Rotherham LP Sheffield LP FREQUENCY Every year from 2000 COVERAGE NOTES Wakefield LP York LP Derbyshire LP Greater Nottingham LP Leics Leicester City amp Rutland LP Lincolnshire and Rutland LP Northamptonshire LP North Nottingham LP Birmingham LP Coventry amp Warwickshire LP Dudley LP Hereford LP Sandwell LP Shropshire LP Solihull LP Staffordshire amp Stoke LP Telford and Wrekin LP Walsall LP Wolverhampton LP Worcestershire LP Bedfordshire amp Luton LP Cambridgeshire LP Greater Peterborough LP Hertfordshire LP Norfolk LP North Essex LP South Essex LP Suffolk LP Thurrock LP Central London LP East London LP East South East London LP East Thames LP North London LP North West London LP Applies to all respondents in England 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 99 South London LP West London LP Bracknell Forest LP Brighton amp Hove LP Buckinghamshire LP East Sussex LP Hampshire amp Portsmouth LP Isle of Wight LP Kent LP Medway LP Milton Keynes LP Oxfordshire LP Reading LP Royal Windsor Maidenhead LP Slough LP Southampton LP Surrey LP West Berkshire LP West Sussex LP Wokingham LP Bath amp North East Somerset LP Bournemouth Dorset amp Poole LP Bristol amp South Gloucestershire LP Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LP Devon amp Torbay LP Gloucestershire LP North Somerset LP Plymouth LP 100 Somerset LP 101
365. re aged 16 and not actually of State pension age at the time of interview PENFLAGP and NOPENFLG are both potentially disclosive variables as they can allow for certain respondents affected by the change to have their year and month of birth identified This goes against ONS standards for End User License EUL Therefore these variables should not be released on EUL versions of datasets but can be included on Special License or other restricted access versions of datasets In order to calculate an accurate flag datasets would need age date of birth and reference date variables ONS can provide syntax to users who wish to create these variables on their data Please contact the LFS team in the Social Surveys Division Email Ifs Qons gov gsi uk The Government announced in its October 2010 Spending Review that it will speed up the pace of State pension age equalisation for women from April 2016 so that women s State pension age will reach 65 in November 2018 The State pension age will then increase to 66 for both men and women from December 2018 to April 2020 The current approach to recording and analysing those of State pension age will therefore need to be amended before 2016 in order to account for these further changes SIC2007 Implementation of Standard Industrial Classification SIC 2007 The industry class to which people in employment are coded in the LFS switched to SIC 2007 in January 2009 From then
366. rea datasets which are available only to ONS and those government departments which sponsor the local area enhancements This variable is derived from UALAD99 ELWA Education and Learning Wales 1 North Wales 2 Mid Wales 3 South East Wales 4 South West Wales FREQUENCY Every year from 2001 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Wales NOTES This variable is included only on annual local area datasets which are available only to ONS and those government departments which sponsor the local area enhancements This variable is derived from TLEC99 55 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 RESTME Length of time at this address 1 Less than 12 months 2 12 months but less than 2 years 3 2 years but less than 3 years 4 3 years but less than 5 years 5 5 years but less than 10 years 6 10 years or longer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable which replaces RESLNO is a result of the GSS Social Survey Harmonisation Project The question relates to address rather than place It may be possible that an individual is living at a different address from 12 months ago but is living in the same town and county Babies under a year are code 1 ALL students living in Halls of Residence should be given the same code as the head of household This question must be asked of economically inactive respondents aged 7
367. reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are not seeking another job but wants longer hours UNDEMP 1 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable UNDST Whether available to start working longer hours or start a job with longer hours within next two weeks 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents looking for a replacement job with longer hours or who would work longer hours in their current job given the opportunity LESPAY2 Whether prefer to work shorter hours than at present in current job 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 to Winter 2000 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are not looking for another job and do not want a job with more hours DIFJOB 2 AND UNDEMP 2 LESPAY3 Whether would work shorter hours for less 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 to Winter 2000 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who would prefer to work shorter hours LESPAY2 1 OVHRS How many fewer hours would you like to work 97 97 or more 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 to Winter 2000 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Sp
368. rector of your own limited business Running a business or a professional practice A partner in a business or a professional practice Working for yourself A sub contractor Doing free lance work None of the above Each quarter from Spring 99 103 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are self employed or those not directly paid by their employers STAT 2 OR PDWAGE 2 NOTES Note that the word employment was added to response option 1 in JM 2010 for clarity Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NITAX Payment of NI and Tax 1 Pay own NI and Tax 2 Pay own NI or Tax but not both 3 NI and Tax are deducted by organisation FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM07 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are self employed STAT 2 or those not directly paid by their employers PDWAGE 2 HWLNG Time respondent has been away from job 1 Less than 3 months 2 Or 3 months or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were away from their job business in the reference week JBAWAY 1 NOTES This variable is included on ONS datasets only FIFSAL Amount of wage receiving when away from job 1 Less than half of your salary 2 Or half of your salary or more FREQUENCY Each qua
369. rent days during the week NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable 147 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 SATDY How many Saturdays worked in last 4 weeks 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Two or more One None no time worked on Saturdays in past 4 weeks AJ quarters only from AJ07 Applies to all respondents who usually work on Saturday WCHDAY 6 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions SUNDY How many Sundays worked in last 4 weeks 1 2 3 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Two or more One None no time worked on Sundays in past 4 weeks AJ quarters only from 07 Applies to all respondents who usually work on Sunday WCHDAY 7 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions WCHMO Whether respondent usually works Monday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Yes No Spring quarters only from Spring 01 Applies to all respondents in employment WCHTU Whether respondent usually works Tuesday 1 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Yes No Spring quarters only from Spring 01 App
370. rent job as reported SOLOLR is whether self employed with without employee in last job as reported Self employed people who use only other self employed people in the business they run e g builders are coded 1 105 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 ONETEN Number 1 10 of employees working for self employed person 1 1 employee 2 2 employees 3 3 employees 4 4 employees 5 5 employees 6 6 employees 7 7 employees 8 8 employees 9 9 employees 10 10 employees FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 97 Spring quarters only from Spring 98 to Spring 2000 Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work with between 1 and 10 other employees NOTES When running tabulations with this variable it is advisable to filter on 5 2 Self employed to ensure accuracy OMCONT Whether owns business or has controlling interest in company worked for 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 95 to Spring 04 AJ quarters only every 274 year from Spring 06 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents employed as managers with private companies or self employed SECTOR 1 or SECTROO3 1 and MANAGE 1 or STAT 2 NOTES This question is only asked in the Spring quarter every 2 years e g 2004 2006 etc Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific
371. replaces YVARY and is asked of both employees and those on government scheme BANDN Weekly monthly annual pay bands Winter 92 to Winter 96 See Volume 5 LFS Classifications for band details Spring 97 onwards See start of Income section in this volume FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are on government scheme or employees who do not know their net pay NOTES BANDN was changed from a numeric to a text variable in Autumn 1997 but the bands are coded using two decimal places NETWK Net weekly pay in main job Amount FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and those on a government scheme NOTES In Winter 96 and Spring 97 some records were coded as zero instead of 8 Users should filter on HOURPAY gt 0 to exclude these records NETPRD Period covered by last net pay 1 One week 2 Two weeks 3 Three weeks 4 Four weeks 5 Calendar month 7 Two calendar months 8 Eight times a year 9 Nine times a year 10 Ten times a year 13 Three months 13 weeks 26 Six months 26 weeks 52 12 months 52 weeks 90 Less than one week 95 One off lump sum 97 None of these FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving a figure for their actual last payment as an employee or on a government scheme NOTES This que
372. ress less than 3 months RESLEN 2 Each quarter from Spring 95 Winter 95 Applies to all respondents who have lived at their address less than 3 months RESLNO 6 Each quarter from Spring 96 onwards Applies to all respondents who have lived at their address less than months AND they are not a baby born within the last 3 months RESMTH lt 3 AND RESBBY 1 NOTES If filtering on a specific country other than the UK then the relevant category of should also be filtered on RESMTH and RESBBY were introduced in Spring 96 to identify babies born less than 3 months ago i e between survey waves Residence in England 921 Wales 924 Scotland 923 Northern Ireland 922 Jersey 832 and the Isle of Man 833 should all be coded to UK 1 Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions 57 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 M3CRYO Country of residence 3 months ago 792 TURKEY 804 UKRAINE 972 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 336 VATICAN CITY 973 YUGOSLAVIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED EUROPE 926 UNITED KINGDOM 040 AUSTRIA 056 BELGIUM 100 BULGARIA 901 CYPRUS EUROPEAN UNION 203 CZECH REPUBLIC 971 CZECHOSLOVAKIA NOT THE AMERICAS AND OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THE CARIBBEAN 208 DENMARK 660 ANGUILLA 233 ESTONIA 028 ANTIGUA AND 246 FINLAND BARBUDA 250 FRANCE 032 ARGE
373. riable therefore should be treated with caution With regard to proxy responses there are some common sense rules A study of proxy responses is contained in the LFS User Guide Volume 1 Background and Methodology Generally the questions can be asked of the main respondent provided that they are able to supply the required information and are related to the individual concerned However it is also acceptable for a Co habitees to supply information about each other b Anyone whom the HOH spouse personally asks to provide the information e g a young person whose parents wish them to be the respondent relative friend or health visitor may also give information where person living alone is too old sick or deaf to be interviewed but only with their permission and preferably in their presence and d Children to be used as an interpreter if the parents do not speak English and it is felt that the child is capable of understanding and interpreting the questions PRXREL Type of proxy response 1 Personal response 2 Spouse partner proxy 3 Other proxy 4 Child aged under16 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 67 COVERAGE Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Applies to all respondents 68 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS STRUCTURE HHTYPE6 Type of household 01 02 03 04 05
374. riables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents over the age of 16 Please note that in JM11 this DV will have large number of missing vales due to the data brought forward national identity issue as discussed at the beginning of this User guide This will have been resolved in AJ11 CYMU Understand spoken Welsh 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Wales NOTES Only asked to Welsh respondents living in Wales not those living elsewhere in the UK whose first language is Welsh When comparing the Welsh language questions to those from other sources including the 2011 Census results it is important to remember that differences in sampling mode of interview and questionnaire design may cause differences between estimates The Welsh language questions are preceded by questions on national identity which may cause respondents to be more inclined to say that they spoke Welsh than on another survey which had a different topic preceding the Welsh language question CYMS Speak Welsh 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Wales NOTES Only asked to Welsh respondents living in Wales not those living elsewhere in the UK whose first language is Welsh See notes on CYMU CYMSF Frequency of Welsh speaking 1 Daily 2 Weekly 3 Less often 4 Never FREQUENCY Wave 1 or first contact with individual
375. ring 01 171 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who would work shorter hours for less pay or would work shorter hours in current job for less pay LESPAY 1 OR LESPAY3 1 ILO UNEMPLOYMENT WHEN LEFT LAST JOB DURUN Duration of unemployment 1 Less than 3 months 2 3 months but less that 6 months 3 6 months but less than 12 months 4 1 year but less than 2 years 5 2 years but less than 3 years 6 3 years but less than 4 years 7 4 years but less than 5 years 8 5 years or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are unemployed NOTES This is a derived variable changes have been made to the way it has been calculated in 2012 in order to reflect the change in Government training scheme questions Please see Volume 4 user Guide for further detail This variable shows the minimum of the length of time looking for work and the length of time since the respondent s last job DURUN2 Duration of unemployment 1 Less than 3 months 2 3 months but less that 6 months 3 6 months but less than 12 months 4 12 months but less than 18 months 5 18 months but less than 2 years 6 2 years but less than 3 years 7 3 years but less than 4 years 8 4 years but less than 5 years 9 5 years or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are
376. rk or full 258 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 time education who have taken part in job related education training course in the 4 weeks prior to the reference week and the course is connected to a job that the respondent might be able to do in the future FUTUR4 1 NOTES This variable replaces TRSITE7 with wording changes to categories 8 and 10 This question is only asked to respondents in Great Britain TRNI10 Main place of education or training in work NI only 1 On premises belonging to your employer 2 On premises belonging to another employer 3 Private training centre 4 Training centre Government run 5 Employment Rehabilitation Centre 6 Action for Community Employment ACE 7 Community Workshop 9 At home OU Open Tech Correspondence 10 Learn Direct 11 College of Further Education 12 University 13 Other educational institution 14 None of these FREQUENCY JM and AJ quarters only from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment or of working age or in receipt of education training who have taken part in job related education training in the 4 weeks prior to the reference week and this training has not been solely based in the workplace JOBTRN 2 3 Also applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who are doing college based training or those not in work or full time education who have taken part in a job related education
377. rking from home in main job 1 In own home 2 In the same grounds or buildings as home 3 In different places using home as a base 4 Somewhere quite separate from home FREQUENCY Spring amp Autumn quarters from Spring 92 to Autumn 96 Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees self employed or unpaid family workers WRKING 1 or JBAWAY 1 or OWNBUS 1 or RELBUS 1 EVHM98 Whether doing paid or unpaid work at home in main job 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who mainly work away from home HOME 2 3 or 4 NOTES This variable replaces PUHOME Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions 124 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 HM4WK Paid or unpaid work at home 1 on at least half of the days worked 2 for at least one hour but less than half of the days worked 3 not at all or for less than one hour FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from 2010 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who mainly work away from home HOME 1 or 2 and EvHm98 Yes or 3 and EvHm98 Yes or 4 and EvHm98 Yes NOTES This variable is asked in all waves in AJ and wave 1 in all other quarters HOMED 1 3 Worked at least one FULL day at home in reference week in main job 1 In own home 2 In the same grounds or building
378. rks in same LAD 2 Lives in different LAD to place of work FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Autumn 92 to Autumn 96 Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on government schemes NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User guide for further guidance From Spring 2000 UALDO is used in the derivation of this variable prior to this LAD was used SAMELAD is not included on datasets for Summer and Winter 99 127 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 TRAVEL TO WORK TRVTME Usual home to work travel time in minutes Time in minutes FREQUENCY Autumn quarters only from Autumn 92 to Autumn 06 and every quarter waves 1 amp 5 every three years COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on government schemes and those working from home or using their home as a working base NOTES This question is only asked where respondents have said they work somewhere separate from their home Time is recorded in minutes and travel time over three hours is recorded as 180 minutes Those working outside the UK are recorded as 0 From Autumn 06 all Travel to work questions are asked in Autumn every year and in waves 1 and 5 every quarter every 3 years e g 2006 2009 etc Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions TRVMTH
379. rofessional Scientific and Technical activities and Administrative amp Support Services gained significantly from people formerly coded to Manufacturing Construction Information and Communication J Recreational R and Activities of households as employers e Manufacturing Section has decreased in size in particular losing people to various services within Sections M and N and also to Distribution G e Education Section P has gained mostly from people formerly coded to Public Admin Arts Entertainment amp Recreation R and Health amp Social Work Q e Section T Households as Employers reduced by 55 losing people mostly to Admin amp Support Services Section N Time series adjustments The percentage changes in the table above represent primarily the impact of the new coding tool They can be used in the calculation of simple adjustments to address the step changes in time series of employment estimates on a SIC 2007 basis This has been done for the estimates of employment by industry as published in the LFS Historical Quarterly Supplement 50 2010 In the development of SOC2010 there is significant decrease in the numbers coded to the Managers and Senior Officials major group SOC 2010 Volume 1 structure and definition The increase in the Professional Occupations major group is likely to be the corollary of this decrease Ethnicity National Identity and Religion Changes were made to the ethn
380. rom RESTME AGE OYCRY amp UALDO OYCRY Country of residence 12 months ago 1 UK 2 Somewhere else 3 Baby under 1 year Spring 93 onwards FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 COVERAGE From Spring 92 to Spring 93 Applies to all respondents who have lived at their current address between 3 amp 12 months OR if they were not living at their current address 12 months ago RESLNO 5 OR OYEQM3 2 OR FOR NI RESLNO 6 From Spring 94 to Spring 95 Applies to all respondents who have lived at their current address between 3 amp 12 months OR if they were not living at their current address 12 months ago RESLNO 5 OR OYEQMS 2 From Spring 96 onwards Applies to all respondents who have lived at their current address between 3 amp 12 months OR if they were not living at their current address 12 months ago RESMTH lt OR OYEQMS 2 NOTES It should be noted that when filtering on OYCRY 2 the relevant category of OYCRYO should also be filtered in order to ensure accuracy Category 3 Baby under 1 year is not available for the Spring 92 quarter 63 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Residents in England 921 Wales 924 Scotland 923 Northern Ireland 922 Jersey 832 and the Isle of Man 833 should all be coded to UK 1 OYCRYO Country of residence 12 months ago EUROPE 688 SERBIA 926 UNITED KINGDOM 974 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO NOT 040 AUS
381. rom Spring 96 on household datasets only Each quarter from Spring 2000 on both household and ONS datasets COVERAGE Applies to all family units 75 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES TOTXFU is only included on the household datasets prior to Spring 2000 It is included on both household and ONS datasets from Spring 2000 This variable was introduced in Spring 96 to provide additional information about the total number of family units within the household This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance XFMDC Total number of extended family units in household with dependent children only 1 16 Total number of extended family units in household with dependent children only FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 96 on household datasets only Each quarter from Spring 2000 on both household and ONS datasets COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES XFMDC is only included on the household datasets prior to Spring 2000 It is included both household and ONS datasets from Spring 2000 This variable was introduced in Spring 96 to provide additional information about the total number of family units within the household This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance XFMNDC Total number of extended family units in household with non dependent children only 1 16 Total number of extended family un
382. rom TTACHR amp ACTHR2 EMPLOYMENT PATTERN SHFTWK99 Whether shift work done in respondents main job 1 Most of the time 2 Occasionally 3 Never FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding college based government schemes NOTES This variable replaced SHFTWK The wording of the response categories has been altered in order to obtain better quality data Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions SHFTYP Type of shift pattern 1 Three shift working 2 Continental shifts 3 Two shift system with earlies and lates double day shifts 4 Sometimes night and sometimes day shifts 5 Split shifts 6 Morning shifts 7 Evening or twilight shifts 8 Night shifts 9 Weekend shifts 10 Other type of shift work FREQUENCY AJ quarters only from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who may do shift work SHFTWK99 1 or 2 NOTES The shift work categories are defined below Three shift working the day is divided into three working periods morning afternoon and night This kind of shift work usually but not always involves one or more weeks of mornings followed by one or more weeks of afternoons followed by one or more weeks of nights Continental shifts this is a continuous three shift system that rotates rapidly e g three mornings then t
383. rter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable replaces SOC2KM and is derived from STAT EVERWK amp OCOD10M SC10MM J Major occupation group main job 7 Managers Directors And Senior Officials Professional Occupations Associate Professional And Technical Occupations Administrative And Secretarial Occupations Skilled Trades Occupations Caring Leisure And Other Service Occupations Sales And Customer Service Occupations Process Plant And Machine Operatives Elementary Occupations OONODaBRWN FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable replaces SC2KMMJ and is derived from SOC10M LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes SC10MMN Minor occupation group main job 111 927 Range of Occupation Codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable replaces SC2KMMN and is derived from SOC10M LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes 102 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 EMPLOYMENT STATUS STAT Employ
384. rter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and HWLNG 2 NOTES This variable is included on ONS datasets only SUPVIS Responsible for supervising 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees STAT 1 MANAGE Managerial status 1 Manager 2 Foreman or supervisor 3 Not manager or supervisor FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees STAT 1 104 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 MANAGER Managerial status reported 1 Manager 2 Foreman or supervisor 3 Not manager or supervisor FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees STAT 1 NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 user guide for further guidance MANAGER is analogous to NMANAGE with the employment edit removed MANAGER supersedes the variables MANAGE amp NMANAGE The filter EVERWK 9 is applied to the questionnaire variable MANAGE to distinguish between current last job MANAGER is managerial status in current job as reported If respondents have both managerial and supervisory duties then their main duty is recorded MPNR02 Number of employees at workplace reported 1 1 10 2 11 19 3 20 24 4 Don t know but under 25 5 25 49 6 50 249 7 250 499 8 Don t k
385. ry quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying fora SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC NOTES This variable replaced SCNOW SCNWACD type of SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for an OTHER SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEG SCNWLEV level of Award Certificate Diploma 1 Level 1 2 Level 2 3 Level 3 4 Level 4 5 Level 5 6 Level 6 249 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 7 Level 7 8 Level 8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for an OTHER SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC DIPTYP Level diploma current study towards 1 Advance Diploma Level 3 2 Progression Diploma Level 3 3 Higher Diploma Level 2 4 Foundation Diploma Level 1 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are studying for the new diploma QULHI9 11 NOTES This variable replaces GNVNOW GNVQ Advanced level has been replaced by Vocational A level OCRN11 level OCR is being studied for 1 Level 4 or above 2 Level 3 Advanced 3 Level 2 Intermediate 4 Level 1 Basic 5 Other 6 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is currently studying for an RSA
386. s ACCDNT 1 and their injuries have included fractured broken bones TYPINJ 2 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable SITEDI Dislocated joints 1 Shoulder 2 Other joint in arm e g wrist elbow 3 Hip 4 Knee 5 Other joint in leg e g ankle 6 Or spine FREQUENCY quarters from JMO07 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had a work related accident the past 12 months ACCDNT 1 and their injuries have included dislocated joints TYPINJ 3 Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable ACCURH Effects of the accident 1 Lose consciousness even briefly 2 Suffer from hypothermia or heat induced illness 3 Need resuscitation 4 Stay in hospital for more than 24 hours 5 Not experience any of the above FREQUENCY quarters from JMO07 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had a work related accident in the past 12 months ACCDNT 1 ACCKIND Cause of accident 1 Hit by a moving flying or falling object 2 Hit by a moving vehicle 3 Hit something fixed or stationary 4 Injured while handling lifting or carrying 5 Slipped tripped or fell on the same level 6 Fell from a height 7 Trapped by something collapsing or overturning 8 Drowned or asphyx
387. s Studying situations vacant in newspapers or journals Apply directly to employers Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs Wait for the results of an application for a job Look for premises or equipment Seek any kind of permit Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business Do anything else to find work Not looked in last 4 weeks Each quarter from Spring 92 Applies to all respondents who are looking for work or a place on a government scheme The category 2 Visit a Careers office was introduced in the Summer 94 quarter 180 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 METHMP 01 11 Method of looking for work employees or Government scheme Spring 92 to Spring 94 1 Visit a Jobcentre Jobmarket or Jobs amp Benefit Centres 2 Visit Jobclub 3 Have your name on the books of a private employment agency 4 Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals 5 Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals 6 Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals 7 Apply directly to employers 8 Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs 9 Wait for the results of an application for a job 13 Do anything else to find work Summer 94 onwards 1 Visit a Jobcentre Jobmarket or Training and Employment Agency office 2 Visit a Careers office 3 Visit Jobclub 4 Have your name on the books private emplo
388. s 0 As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc BUSHR Total usual hours worked in main job excluding overtime 0 96 Number of usual hours 97 97 or more hours FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from AGE EVEROT TOTUS amp USUHR TTUSHR Total usual hours worked in main job including overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from AGE TOTUS1 TOTUS2 amp EVEROT TTUSHR includes paid and unpaid overtime As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc BACTHR Basic actual hours in main job per week 0 96 Number of hours 97 97 hours or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on certain government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from AGE TOTAC1 ACTHR amp EVEROT TTACHR Total actual hours worked in main job in reference week 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 CO
389. s 2013 5 Don t know FREQUENGY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has QCF qualifications NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing QCFLEV level of Entry Level or Level 1 to 8 Award Certificate or Diploma qualification 1 Level 1 2 Level2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER qualification NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD 13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing QCFSUBJ subject title awarding body of this Entry Level or Level 1 to 8 Award Certificate or Diploma qualification Free text input max 250 characters FREQUENGY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondents is categorised as OTHER or DON T KNOW at QCFACD ONS datasets only NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing QCFOTHA any Entry Level or Le
390. s as home 3 In different places using home as a base 4 Not worked at home during reference week FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters in 97 Spring quarters only from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who worked in the reference week but not on a Govt Scheme WRKING 1 or OWNBUS 1 or RELBUS 1 NOTES This question is asked in order to identify those people who do work at home occasionally although their main place of work may not be their home for example a respondent who spends four days a week working in the office and one day working at home Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable TELEQA Used both telephone and computer to carry out work at home 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters in 97 AJ quarters only from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work at home or use it as a work base HOME 1 or 3 OR HOMED 1 or 3 NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions TELEQB Whether possible to work at home without using both telephone and computer 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters in 97 AJ quarters only from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who use a telephone and a computer for work at home TELEQA 1 NOTES TELEQA and TELEQB are asked to establish whether the
391. s of working age or those aged 75 and under and first contact or those aged 75 and over and are not too ill distressed to continue NOTES DNA 9 will include people who were not contacted in the quarter this question was asked See LFS User Guide Volume 1 Background and Methodology Imputation in the LFS for full details From 1997 all health sections start with LNGLIM To get a comparison with earlier quarters prior to Spring 1997 use LIMITK yes and LNGLIM yes Users are advised to always filter on working age when using this variable to ensure comparability over time series This question was replaced with the harmonised variable LNGLST in AJ13 LNGLST health conditions illnesses lasting 12 months or more 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know spontaneous only 4 Refusal spontaneous only FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ13 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age or those aged 75 and under and first contact or those aged 75 and over and are not too ill distressed to continue NOTES This is harmonised question that replaces LNGLIM from AJ13 onwards LIMITK Whether health problem affects the kind of paid work respondent might have done 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents with health problems and those of working age or pensioners looking for work or wanting work NOTES The respondents decide whether a health problem disability limits the
392. s than 18 months 5 18 months but less than 2 years 6 2 years but less than 3 years 7 3 years but less than 4 years 8 4 years but less than 5 years 9 5 years or more 10 Never had paid job FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past NOTES This variable replaced WNLEFT2 from JM11 Although neither of the response options have changed an amendment was required to the derivation of the variable This is a derived variable changes have been made to the way it has been calculated in 2012 in order to reflect the change in Government training scheme questions Please see Volume 4 user Guide for further detail LEFTYR Year left last job Year in which left last job last two digits FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have had a paid job in the past EVERWK 1 173 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 YRLESS Compute Variable YrLess 97 NOTES This variable is derived from LEFTYR and computes the year in which employees left their last paid job LEFTM Month left last job 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November
393. s variable is only available on ONS datasets This variable is only available in SPSS format on ONS datasets from Autumn 03 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a full breakdown of the NUTS levels OACODE Census output areas Range of codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets PCA Parliamentary constituency area 001 750 Range of codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 04 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets This variable is only available in SPSS format on ONS datasets from Winter 04 5 1 Lower layer super output area Range of codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets SOA2 Middle layer super output area Range of codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets TTWA Travel to work area 001 243 Range of codes FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 99 to Spring 00 Spring amp Autumn quarters only from Spring 01 All quarters from Spring 2005 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents 46 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets up to Spring 2005 and is availab
394. ser Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES This variable is included on household datasets only This variable replaced in Spring 2005 HNFTSTUD Number of people in household who are full time students 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are in full time education CURED8 1 2 3 NOTES This variable is derived using CURED8 From Spring 92 to Winter 96 this variable also includes those full time at polytechnic This variable is included on household datasets only HNOTSTUD Number of people in household who are not full time students 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are not in full time education CURED8 1 2 3 NOTES This variable is derived using CURED8 and is included on household datasets only HNFTIME Number of people in household who are working full time 0 19 Number of people FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employed full time FTPT 1 amp 5 1 2 3 4 NOTES The variable INECACR is replaced by INECACO5 in the derivation of this variable from Spring 05 onwards This variable is included
395. sesessosersseseessves 140 YJOB smia 155 1 268 246 VOCYRA 232 YERQAL2 246 229 YERQAT 3 eesse 246 231 55 139 234 140 VOCYRE 236 108 239 295 VOCYRG 242 VOCYRH 245 YPAYM seas G 296 eV 108 W YPTIOB ENG 107 Aa 302 WATT vs 187 YTETIB arne 93 093 49 99 a 294 938 49 WAVFND 303 269 1 7 147 149 WGCHIB 282 WCHJB3 287 148 149 149 148 148 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 317
396. ss absence This variable replaced ILLFST ILLST Illness start 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 day 2 days 3 days 4 days 5 days 6 days 7 days more than 7 days but less than or equal to 2 weeks more than 2 weeks but less than or equal to 1 month more than 1 month but less than or equal to 2 months more than 2 months but less than or equal to 3 months more than 3 months but less than or equal to 6 months more than 6 months but less than or equal to 9 months more than 9 months but less than or equal to 1 year more than 1 year FREQUENCY Each quarter from 9 131 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who s first period of sickness started before the first day of their working week IL1BEF 2 or IL2BEF 2 ILNXSM Medical reason 1 the same medical reason 2 a different medical reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had more than one period of sickness absence ILL1PD 2 ILLNXT11 main condition that caused further sickness absence 1 Back pain 2 Neck and upper limb problems e g arthritis in hand joints stiff neck 3 Other musculoskeletal problems 4 Stress depression anxiety common mental health problems 5 Manic depression schizophrenia and other serious mental health problems 6 Minor illnesses coughs
397. ssssessscscvvvsseeess 106 1 245 245 244 1 24 12 209 OVERS ces 171 11 22 2 3 297 OWNBUS onssa 94 196 OY ORT ore 63 OD 610 0 64 OYEQM3 ekte 62 199 197 2 198 OYMPRO2 197 002 198 vesen 196 OYSOCC ee 196 OYSOLO oossoo 198 OYSTAT 197 ed 197 P ser 137 135 PAY SSP 295 Krever 46 PONG get 103 POWGIO dett 160 3 1 3 2 194 PENFLAG u ccssscccssseesecsssseeeees 11 PERSNO ossia 304 PGINST seres 222 PHHWTI1 309 309 POTHR ud 135 PREFER 167 PRXREL 67 7 v oa 108 PUBEIGR er 101 ra 309 Q 222 40 245 242 243 253 253 243 244 QCFSUBJ 243 ODIPT YP ne 232 1 5 225 QGNVQ areca ade 236 273 QLFOR11 204 Q
398. stion replaces NETGA from Spring 99 USNET99 Whether last net pay was usual net pay for period covered by payment 1 Yes 295 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 2 No 3 No usual amount FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving a figure for their actual last net pay as an employee or from government scheme or whose net pay was the same as their gross pay or have not yet received any pay from their employer NOTES This question replaces USEMPN from Spring 99 USUNPAY What would usual amount of net pay for period be 1 99994 1 to 99994 99995 99995 or more 99997 Same as Gross 99998 Don t know 99999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving a figure for their actual last net pay as an employee or from government scheme or whose net pay was the same as their gross or have not yet received any pay from their employer NOTES This question replaces USEMPN from Spring 99 YPAYL Reason for pay being less than usual 1 Absence from work through illness 2 Worked less overtime than usual 3 Annual leave 4 Bank holiday 5 Worked less hours for other reason 6 Maternity pay 7 Other reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents whose most recent
399. t be one caused or made worse by work and have occurred at some point during the past 12 months Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions NUMILL Number of illness caused or made worse by work in last 12 months 8 illnesses or more coded as 8 FREQUENCY JM quarters from JM06 onwards Winter quarters from Winter 04 Winter 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have suffered from an illness that was caused made worse by work in past 12 months ILLWRK 1 NOTES The number of different illnesses a respondent has is recorded here not the number of bouts episodes of the same illness Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions TYPILL Type of illness caused or made worse by work in last 12 months 1 Bone joint or muscle problems which mainly affect or is connected with arms hands neck or shoulder 2 hips legs or feet 3 back 4 Breathing or lung problems 5 Skin problems 6 Hearing problems 7 Stress depression or anxiety 8 Headache and or eyestrain 9 Heart disease attack other circulatory system 10 Infectious disease virus bacteria 11 Other FREQUENCY JM quarters from JM06 onwards Winter quarters from Winter 04 to Winter 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have suffered from an illness in last 12 months that was caused made worse by work
400. tal illness or suffer from phobia panics or other nervous disorders 16 Progressive illness not included elsewhere e g cancer multiple sclerosis symptomatic HIV Parkinson s disease muscular dystrophy 17 Other health problems or disabilities FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 92 Summer and Winter quarters only from Summer 93 to Winter 95 Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment and all other men aged 16 64 and women aged 16 59 who said that health or disability problems limit the kind of paid work they can do Spring 92 to Winter 94 LIMITT 1 AND LNGLIM 1 From Spring 95 LNGLIM 1 NOTES For more accurate results always use the variable HEALTH as it gives the respondent s main most significant health problem and not a general problem It should be noted that the order of health problems at HEAL does not necessarily give the most problematic first Again use HEALTH for this information Respondents can give up to 17 problems This variable was coded HEAL 00 10 from Spring 92 to Summer 93 HEAL 00 12 from Winter 93 to Winter 95 HEAL 00 14 from Spring 96 to Winter 96 and HEAL 01 17 from Spring 97 DNA 9 will include people who were not contacted in the quarter this question was asked See LFS User Guide Volume 1 Background and Methodology Imputation in the LFS for full details Code 4 difficulty in seeing should not be considered a disability if it is e
401. ted in discontinuity in the time series The introduction of the check has led to an increase in people reporting five days or more sickness absence who were previously being missed Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable ILLWK Had days off work because sick or injured 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 to Autumn 2000 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Winter 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were scheduled to work any day in reference week ACTWKDY 8 or 9 NOTES This variable replaces SICK ILLDAYS 1 7 Days had off sick or injured 1 Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 5 Friday 6 Saturday 7 Sunday 129 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 to Autumn 2000 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Winter 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had days off due to sickness injury 1 NOTES This variable replaces SIKDAY and SIKSUN Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable ILL1PD Period of sickness 1 one period of sickness absence from work 2 more than one FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who had days off sick
402. ter 00 TYPBEN 6 Spring 01 to Winter 02 TPBNO1 7 From Spring 03 TPBENS 7 Respondents can only record a single response to this question from Spring 03 onwards Prior to this up to 2 responses were recorded NTAXCRD5 Tax credit payments 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 05 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are working or if child tax credit is not recorded elsewhere and claiming benefits BENFTS 1 NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets and was previously called NTAXCRD 1 41 195 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 CCTC5 Child care tax credit 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2006 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in receipt of Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit NTAXCRD5 Yes NOTES Between Autumn 2001 and Spring 2006 this variable was called EMPLOYMENT TWELVE MONTHS AGO Circumstances twelve months ago 1 Working in a paid job or business 2 Laid off or on short time at firm 3 Unemployed actively seeking work 4 On a special government scheme 5 Doing unpaid work for yourself or a relative 6 A full time student or pupil 7 Looking after the family home 8 Temporarily sick or injured 9 Long term sick or disabled 10 Retired from paid work 11 None of these FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respo
403. ters from Spring 97 to Spring 98 JM quarters only from Winter 99 not Winter 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have taken part in job related education training in the last 4 weeks and this training has not been solely based in the workplace JOBTRN 2 3 OR FUTUR4 1 NOTES This question is only asked to respondents in Northern Ireland This variable was coded FEEIR 0 6 from Spring 92 to Winter 94 then FEEIR 0 5 from Spring 95 to Autumn 96 then FEEIR 1 6 in Spring 97 and FEEIR 1 5 from Winter 97 onwards Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable TRNLEN Length of training course 1 Less than 1 week 2 1 weeks but less than 2 weeks 3 2 weeks but less than 3 weeks 4 3 weeks but less than 1 month 5 1 month but less than 2 months 6 2 months but less than 3 months 7 3 months but less than 6 months 8 6 months but less than 1 year 9 1 year but less than 2 years 10 2 years but less than 3 years 11 3 years or more 12 On going no definite limit FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Winter 95 Spring and Autumn quarters only in 96 AJ and JM quarters only from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have taken part in job related education training in the last 4 weeks ED
404. that the respondent is currently working towards A new Qualifications and Credits Framework QCF was introduced in late 2008 The QCF is replacing all existing vocational qualifications with re named qualifications QCF qualification titles are branded only in terms of Level level 1 8 and Size award certificate diploma of achievement as well as the subject There is no mention of the QCF However some qualification titles may make reference to the previous branding e g BTEC NVQ City and Guilds etc Education questions have been changed to allow these new qualifications to be recorded Degree qualifications First degrees including Bachelor of Arts BA and Bachelor of Science BSc Some first degrees are awarded with honours and classified as first class second class etc These remain as first degrees and should not be confused with higher degrees Mas PhDs etc However Mas from Scottish Universities other than Strathclyde Oxford and Cambridge are classified as first degrees BTEC BEC and TEC Certificates and Diplomas BEC Business Education Council and TEC Technical Education Council qualifications have replaced ONC OND and HNC HND qualifications CSE GCSE Note that a CSE grade 1 is the equivalent of an O level and is coded as such All GCSE s irrespective of grade are coded as such Scottish Qualifications Abbreviations for the Scottish equivalents of BTEC BEC and TEC and A and O levels are included From 1985 SCOT
405. the 2008 version of the User Guide This variable is calculated using XMARSTA XMARSTA Marital status 1 Single that is never married 2 Married and living with husband wife 3 a civil partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership 4 Married and separated from husband wife 5 divorced 6 or widowed 7 Spontaneous only In a legally recognised Civil Partnership and separated from his her civil partner 8 Spontaneous only Formerly a civil partner the Civil Partnership now legally dissolved 9 Spontaneous only A surviving civil partner his her partner having since died FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJO6 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This is a questionnaire variable and feeds into the variable MARSTA This variable does not appear on data sets please use MARSTA in its place Please note that this is a forced variable respondents can not say don t know refusal and interviewers can not leave it blank 12 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 DVMRDF12 De Facto Marital Status 1 Married 2 Cohabiting 3 Single 4 Widowed 5 Divorced 6 Separated 7 Same Sex Couple 8 Civil Partner 9 Former Separated Civil Partner FREQUENCY Each quarter from AJO6 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This is a derived variable more information can be found in the Volume 4 User Guide MARDY6 Married cohabiting 1 Married coh
406. the definitive routing Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable 238 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 GNVQOLB level of GNVQ GSVQ qualifications 1 Level 1 2 Level2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an OTHER GNVQ GSVQ qualification Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 or in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable NVQSVQ Whether respondent has full NVQs or SVQs 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know 4 Never heard of NVQs SVQs FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have qualifications and have not previously stated that they have NVQs SVQs NOTES Code 4 Never heard of NVQs SVQs is only available for personal not proxy interviews If a proxy respondent has never heard of them code 3 Don t know is entered Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work
407. the old UALAD codes until population estimates are provided on the new UALAD basis this change is likely to occur in JM12 Once this change occurs only the new UALAD variables will be provided and the old codes will no longer be produced for the data When this change occurs details will be published in the User Guide 42 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 UACNTY Unitary Authority County Level 09 Bedfordshire 11 Buckinghamshire 12 Cambridgeshire 13 Cheshire 15 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 16 Cumbria 17 Derbyshire 18 Devon 19 Dorset 20 Durham 21 East Sussex 22 Essex 23 Gloucestershire 24 Hampshire 26 Hertfordshire 29 Kent 30 Lancashire 31 Leicestershire 32 Lincolnshire 33 Norfolk 34 Northamptonshire 35 Northumberland 36 North Yorkshire 37 Nottinghamshire 38 Oxfordshire 39 Shropshire 40 Somerset 41 Staffordshire 42 Suffolk 43 Surrey 44 Warwickshire 45 West Sussex 46 Wiltshire 47 Worcestershire 48 Eilean Siar Orkney amp Sheltand 49 Tyne amp Wear Met County 50 Greater Manchester Met county 51 Merseyside Met County 52 South Yorkshire Met County 53 West Yorkshire Met County 54 West Midlands Met County 55 Inner London 56 Outer London EB Hartlepool UA EC Middlesbrough UA EE Redcar and Cleveland UA EF Stockton on Tees UA EH
408. their country of birth is Ireland pns Channel Islands or Isle of Man are not coded as UK GB in the variable CRY12 previously CRY01 CONTUK Whether lived continuously in the UK 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from 8 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who answered CAMEYR NOTES This variable was introduced in 07 and was amended for 2008 It is intended to identify whether the respondent has lived continuously in the UK or not CAMEYR2 Year of last arrival in the UK 1 Answer given as year FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have not lived continuously in the UK CONTUK 2 NOTES This question was introduced 07 and has been amended for 2008 Arrive refers to the date of arrival to take up residence CAMEMT Month of last arrival in the UK 1 12 Number for the month e g 1 for January 2 for February etc FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who entered the UK within the last two years It appears if the response to either CAMEYR or CAMEYR2 is less than 2 years from the current year NOTES This question was introduced in 07 and has been amended for 2008 WHYUK10 Main reason for coming to UK most recent arrival 1 Employment 2 Study 3 To get married form a civil partnership 4 As a spouse dependent of a UK citizen 5 As a spouse dependent of someone coming to the UK 6 Seeking asylum 7 As a visit
409. ther Education College State System 3 Sixth Form College 4 Sixth Form School 5 Adult Education Centre or WEA Institute 6 College or University Independent privately run 7 Training Centre either privately or employer run 8 State School 9 Independent School 10 Other 11 Don t know FREQUENCY JM quarters only from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent is aged 16 or above and is attending course or waiting for one to restart NOTES This variable replaces EDINS APPRENTICESHIP APPR12 Completed apprenticeships 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents still doing an apprenticeship or have completed one and now doing another APPR8 2 or 3 NOTES APRR12 APPRCURR replaced APPR8 in JM12 APPRCURR Current apprenticeships 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents still doing an apprenticeship or have completed one and now doing another APPR8 2 or 3 NOTES APRR12 APPRCURR replaced APPR8 in JM12 APPRLEV Completed apprenticeships 255 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 1 Apprenticeship Level 2 or Intermediate Apprenticeship formerly foundation modern apprenticeship 2 Advanced Apprenticeship Level 3 formerly advanced modern apprenticeships 3 Higher Apprenticeship Level 4 or
410. this is asked odd years only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had a work related accident in the past 12 months ACCDNT 1 NOTES This variable applies to respondents who have had an accident in the previous 12 months and identifies whether the job being done at the time of the accident was the same as previously mentioned DNA 9 will include people who were not contacted in the quarter this question was asked See LFS User Guide Volume 1 Background and Methodology Imputation in the LFS for full details Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions GOBACK How soon able to start work after the accident 1 Still off paid work 2 Expects never to do paid work again 3 Same day 4 The day after the accident 5 On the second day after the accident 6 On third day after the accident 7 On fourth day after the accident 8 On fifth day or longer after the accident 9 Don t know FREQUENCY Winter quarters from Winter 93 Winter 05 JM quarters every year from JMO6 to JM08 JM quarters every 2 even years from JM10 onwards COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have had a work related accident in the past 12 months ACCDNT 1 NOTES This variable applies to respondents who have had an accident in the previous 12 months DNA 9 will include people who were not contacted in the quarter this question was asked See LFS User Guide Volu
411. thnic group FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are of Other ethnicity NOTES This variable replaces ETHOTH 2 Coding frame Numeric value between 001 and 997 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 NOTES See notes for ETHMX This variable saw a minor amendment to the routing for JM11 The variable was amended so as to appear on government datasets from AJ11 onwards ETHUKEUL Ethnicity 9 categories UK level 1 White 2 Mixed Multiple ethnic groups 3 Indian 4 Pakistani 5 Bangladeshi 6 Chinese 7 Any other Asian background 8 Black African Caribbean Black British 9 Other ethnic group NOTES White includes respondents in England Wales and Scotland identifying themselves as White Gypsy or Irish Traveller and respondents in Scotland identifying themselves as White Polish Other includes respondents in Northern Ireland identifying themselves as Irish Traveller and respondents in all UK countries identifying themselves as Arab 34 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over ETHUK11 Ethnicity 11 categories UK level 1 White 2 Gypsy Traveller or Irish Traveller 3 Mixed Multiple ethnic groups 4 Indian 5 Pakistani 6 Bangladeshi 7 Chinese 8 Any other Asian background 9 Black African Carib
412. tion gives some additional information about the variable and instructs you where to find further guidance All users should read this information first before continuing with their analysis Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHICS MAIN CHARACTERISTICS SEX Sex of respondent 1 Male 2 Female FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents AGE Age of respondent 0 99 Age of respondent FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES Ages over 99 are coded as 99 Text labels are not available for this variable The person s age at the end of the reference week is calculated by the computer at the time of the interview If a person s birthday occurs in the month in which the interview takes place any discrepancies are resolved by checking whether their birthday falls before or after the end of the reference week Babies under 1 year of age are coded as 0 Age is not re asked after wave one but it is automatically updated by the laptop based on the date of birth The one occasion checking is done is when some element of the household box was estimated at the previous wave AGEDFE Age of respondent at preceding 31 August 0 99 Age at preceding 31 August FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This is a derived variable please see volume 4 for further
413. tion in nursing physiotherapy or a similar medical subject 6 Part time course at university polytechnic or college including day release and block release 7 Open college 8 Open University 9 Any other correspondence course 10 Any other self open learning course FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are still attending school 6 form college or a course of some kind or they are waiting for term to re start ATTEND 1 or 2 NOTES A sandwich course includes those working or studying at college during the reference week Studying at University etc includes those studying for a degree in medicine and those studying at a Tertiary College Full time courses must last 3 months or more Nursing physiotherapy etc includes those who may normally work in a hospital at the same time 254 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Part time courses includes those who are working during the reference week Also included are those studying in the evening and those course for less than 3 months An evening course could be held in a school college polytechnic or university DNAs include those who are enrolled on but not attending their course EDINS11 educational institution currently attended 1 University College of Higher Education including the Open University State System 2 Local College of Further Education or Specialist Fur
414. to take up a new job business already obtained the reference week JBAWAY 2 or 3 NOTES The variables OWNBUS and RELBUS are used to identify unpaid family workers RELBUS Whether doing unpaid work for relative s business 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents doing unpaid work but not away form job business or waiting to take up a new job business already obtained but didn t work for own business in the reference week OWNBUS 2 NOTES The variables OWNBUS and RELBUS are used to identify unpaid family workers 94 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 EVERWK Ever had a paid job or place on scheme 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no paid or unpaid work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business in which they are employed or own RELBUS 2 or YTETJB 2 NOTES This variable excludes casual and holiday jobs CASWRK Casual holiday work 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has never had paid work NOTES New for JM12 INDUSTRY CONVERSION VARIABLE To convert SIC92 codes to SIC2007 codes The SIC 2007 industry coding frame has been introduced to replace the existing SIC 1992 version In order to maintain some continuity the following variables are available to convert SI
415. troduced for CRYO1 When running tables filtering on CRY01 the relevant category of CRYO7 should also be filtered to ensure accuracy NATO7 Nationality other FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM07 COVERAGE From JM12 this applies to all respondents whose country of birth is not UK Irish Republic India Pakistan or Poland CRY12 997 Previous to JM12 this applied to all respondents whose country of birth was not UK Irish Republic Hong Kong or China 01 997 NOTES This variable replaces NATO Country codes have changed and the list expanded The variable lists all countries and also combines them under main headings Where a respondent has a dual nationality the first one is recorded EUROPE 926 UNITED KINGDOM NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 931 CHANNEL ISLANDS Not otherwise specified 921 ENGLAND 831 GUERNSEY 833 ISLE OF MAN 832 JERSEY 922 NORTHERN IRELAND 923 SCOTLAND 924 WALES 925 GREAT BRITAIN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 040 AUSTRIA 056 BELGIUM 100 BULGARIA 901 CYPRUS EUROPEAN UNION 203 CZECH REPUBLIC 971 CZECHOSLOVAKIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 208 DENMARK 233 ESTONIA 246 FINLAND 250 FRANCE 276 GERMANY 300 GREECE 348 HUNGARY 372 IRELAND 380 ITALY 428 LATVIA 440 LITHUANIA 442 LUXEMBOURG 470 MALTA 528 NETHERLANDS 616 POLAND 620 PORTUGAL 642 ROMANIA 703 SLOVAKIA 705 SLOVENIA 911 SPAIN EXCEPT CANARY ISLANDS 913 SPAIN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 752 SWEDEN 248 ALAND ISLAND
416. ts Ullans 5 Other FREQUENCY Summer quarters only every 3 year from Summer 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 38 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES The variables LANGESW LANGNI amp LANGSNC have been replaced by this single variable This question is only asked in the Summer quarter every 3 years e g 2003 2006 2009 etc Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions LANGD1 Language difficulties keeping finding job 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Summer 02 only Summer quarters only every 3 year from Summer 03 COVERAGE From Summer 02 Summer 03 Applies to all respondents who said their first language at home was Other LANGESW 3 or LANGNI 4 or LANGSNC 4 From Summer 06 Applies to all respondents who said their first language at home was Other LANG 5 NOTES This question is only asked in the Summer quarter every 3 years e g 2003 2006 2009 etc Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions LANGD2 Language difficulties causing problems with education 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Summer 02 only Summer quarters only every 3 year from Summer 03 COVERAGE From Summer 02 Summer 03 Applies to all respondents who said their first language at home was Other LANGESW 3 or LANGNI 4 or LANGSNC 4 From Summer
417. tumn 05 From JM10 NWNCRE is asked of wave 1 respondents only all quarters COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did not look for work as they were looking after the family home NOLWF 1 2 or 3 NOTES This variable is included on ONS datasets only The need for care services can be a need for normal working hours or for special periods of the day e g early morning or special periods of the year e g school holidays Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable START Whether could start work within the next two weeks 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were looking for work or a place on a government scheme in the last 4 weeks those waiting to start a new job those not seeking but would like a job and those who are seeking an additional or different paid job YSTART Reason could not start work within two weeks 1 Must complete education 189 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 2 Cannot leave present job within 2 weeks 3 Looking after the family home 4 Temporarily sick injured 5 Long term sick injured 6 Other reason FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who not available to start work or take up place on government scheme in the 2 weeks after t
418. types and include RELHFU in the analysis same sex family types are those where FUTYPEG6 3 14 15 or 16 It is then possible to half the number of adults in same sex cohabiting couples i e excluding any children in same sex couple families to give the number of same sex cohabiting couples Of course any analysis of people in same sex couples adults children or both will not require the total to be halved From JM10 onwards this approach will not be required because the code used to derive RELHFU has been corrected to account for adults in same sex couples From JM10 onwards the standard method can be used It is recommended to check each dataset and the above approach will continue to be required for datasets from 2006 and 2009 To summarise from JM10 RELHFU is derived more accurately which will impact FUTYPE6 and family unit analysis Data from 2006 through to 2009 must be adjusted when looking at same sex cohabiting couples 85 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 STRUCTURE 6 Type of family unit 1 1 person male 2 1 person female 3 Same sex couple 4 Married couple with no children 5 Married couple with non dependent children only 6 Married couple with dependent children 7 Cohabiting couple with no children 8 Cohabiting couple with non dependent children only 9 Cohabiting couple with dependent children 10 Male lone parent with depend
419. uarter from Autumn 2000 COVERAGE NOTES Applies to all respondents This variable is included on UA LA Unitary Authority Local Authority and ONS datasets only It is derived using UALAD99 For analysis for Spring and Summer 2000 use UACNTY DB Wakefield EB Hartlepool UA EC Middlesbrough UA EE Redcar and Cleveland UA EF Stockton on Tees UA EH Darlington UA ET Halton UA EU Warrington UA EX Blackburn with Darwen UA EY Blackpool UA FA City of Kingston upon Hull UA FB East Riding of Yorkshire UA FC North East Lincolnshire UA FD North Lincolnshire UA FF York UA FK Derby UA FN Leicester UA FP Rutland UA FY Nottingham UA GA County of Herefordshire UA GF Telford and Wrekin UA GL Stoke on Trent UA HA Bath and North East Somerset UA HB City of Bristol UA HC North Somerset UA HD South Gloucestershire UA HG Plymouth UA HH Torbay UA HN Bournemouth UA HP Poole UA HX Swindon UA JA Peterborough UA KA Luton UA KF Southend on Sea UA KG Thurrock UA LC Medway UA MA Bracknell Forest UA MB West Berkshire UA MC Reading UA MD Slough UA ME Windsor and Maidenhead UA MF Wokingham UA MG Milton Keynes UA ML Brighton and Hove UA MR Portsmouth UA MS Southampton UA MW Isle of Wight UA NA Isle of Anglesey NC Gwynedd NE Conwy NG Denbighshire NJ Flintshire NL Wrexham NN Powys NQ Ceredigi
420. uarter from Spring 1999 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving a figure for their actual last payment as an employee or on a government scheme excluding those giving an annual amount USUGPAY What is usual pay received for period covered by last pay 1 99994 1 to 99994 self assessment 99995 Paid 99995 or more self assessment 99998 Don t know 99999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving a figure for their actual last payment as an employee on government scheme excluding those giving an annual amount NET INCOME NET99 What is take home pay after deductions 1 99994 1 to 99994 99995 99995 or more 99997 Same as Gross 99998 Don t know 99999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving a figure for their actual last gross pay as an employee or on a government scheme and those who did not know the amount YVARY99 Reason pay varies 1 Number of hours days of work vary 2 Amounts of bonuses tips commission varies 3 Number of hours of overtime varies 4 Other reason 294 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have no usual level of net or gross pay from an employer NOTES This variable
421. uarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment NOTES Looking for different or additional paid job or business may cover wide range of activities from looking through newspaper advertisements to actively writing to prospective employers and attending interviews represents something more than simply feeling dissatisfied with the present job but beyond the respondent deciding whether he or she was looking for work Self employed people may interpret looking for additional business as trying to increase their present business They are coded 1 only if they were looking for a different business last week and not just for additional clients 166 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 ADDJOB Whether seeking replacement or additional job 1 new job to replace your present main job 2 An additional job FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were looking for an additional or different job or business in the reference week DIFJOB 1 LOOKM11 1 3 reasons for looking for another job 1 Present job may come to an end 2 Present job is to fill in time before finding another job 3 Pay unsatisfactory in present job 4 Journey to work unsatisfactory in present job 5 Respondent wants to work longer hours than in present job 6 Respondent wants to work shorter hours than in present job 7 Other
422. ue 2 Too ill distressed to answer Visible problem 3 Too ill distressed to answer Other FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 to Autumn 2000 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Winter 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 75 and over HPRMB2 Prompt to ask health questions 1 Continue FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM10 COVERAGE Applies to those who are under the age of 75 QHEALTH1 State of respondent s health 1 very good 2 good 3 fair 4 bad 5 or very bad FREQUENCY Every quarter from JS09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents over the age of 15 at wave 1 or wave 5 for main LFS interviews and all waves for all LLFS Boost Enhancement cases NOTES This variable is provided on ONS datasets only and will be published as part of the IHS Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions LNGLIM Whether health problem lasting more than 12 months 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Summer and Winter quarters only from Winter 93 to Winter 95 Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE From Spring 92 to Winter 96 Applies to all respondents of working age whose health problems or disabilities limit the kind of paid work they can do 273 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 From Spring 97 to Winter 99 Applies to all respondents of working age From Spring 2000 Applies to all respondent
423. uestions The questions contained within the Benefits Section are updated regularly to reflect any new benefits that have been introduced It is felt that any discontinuity resultant from any question changes is more than compensated for by the increased depth and accuracy of the data now provided Comparison between the data collected by the LFS and administrative data collected by other Government departments shows that the LFS consistently undercounts benefit claimants BENFTS Whether claiming any State Benefits Tax credits 1 Yes 2 No 191 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents that in paid or unpaid work or are aged between 16 and 69 NOTES From 2001 those receiving Child Benefit are included 09 1 9 Type of benefit claimed 1 Unemployment related benefits NI credits or Universal Credit 2 Income support not as unemployed person 3 Sickness or disability including Personal Independence Payment PIP or Employment and Support Allowance excluding Disabled Persons Tax Credit 4 State pension 5 Family related benefits excluding child benefit amp tax credits 6 Child benefit 7 Housing Council tax GB Rent rate rebate NI 8 Tax credits 9 Other FREQUENCY Each quarter from JMO09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who claiming benefits BENFTS 1 NOTES
424. ugh they had a job i e on holiday or sick are coded as 0 This variable excludes meal breaks As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc ACTHR Actual hours worked excluding overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 or more 99 Don t know No answer 136 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work overtime and actually worked in reference week NOTES Those respondents who did not work in the reference week even though they had job i e on holiday or sick are coded as 0 This variable excludes meal breaks and any overtime worked As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc PAIDHRA Paid Hours based on actual hours per week 0 96 Number of hours 97 97 or more hours FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees self employed and those on employer based government schemes NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance PAIDHRA is not included on datasets for all quarters in 1999 ACTPOT Actual hours of paid overtime 0 96 Hours of overtime 97 97 or more 99 Don t know
425. urrent last job SOLOR is whether self employed with without employees in current job as reported SOLOLR is whether self employed with without employees in last job as reported MAIN METHODS OF SEEKING WORK LKWFWM Main method of looking for work the last four weeks Spring 92 to Spring 94 1 Visit a Jobcentre Jobmarket or Jobs amp Benefit Centres 2 Visit a Job club 3 Have your name on the books of a private employment agency 4 Advertise for jobs in newspapers and journals 5 Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals 179 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals Apply directly to employers Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs Wait for the results of an application for a job Look for premises or equipment Seek any kind of permit Try to get a loan or other financial backing for job or business Do anything else to find work Not looked in last 4 weeks Summer 94 onwards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Visit a Jobcentre Jobmarket or Training and Employment Agency office Visit a Careers office Visit a Job club Have your name on the books of a private employment agency Advertise for jobs in newspapers and journals Answer advertisements in newspapers and journal
426. use of a telephone AND computer are essential for the work performed at home i e they are tele workers Some respondents may use them together e g for telephone canvassing using a computerised database while others may 125 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 use them independently To be coded Yes at TELEQB they have to be able to carry out their work without using a telephone and a computer Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions ATFROM Who working for from home 1 Family business 2 Outside firm or organisation 3 Own account FREQUENCY Spring 92 only Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 93 to Autumn 97 AJ quarters only from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work at home or use it as a work base HOME 1 or 3 OR HOMED 1 or 3 NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions SMESIT Type of work done from home 1 Own or rent a business 2 Have a living in job 3 Accommodation provided by employer FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 92 to Autumn 98 AJ quarters only from Spring 99 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who mainly work at home HOME 2 or HOMED 2 NOTES Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions LOC
427. variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_13 Whether International Baccalaureate obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_14 Whether NVQ SVQ obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM1 1 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL_15 Whether GNVQ GSVQ obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification 212 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 QUAL 16 Whether AS level Vocational AS level or equivalent obtained 1 Yes 0 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE This variable amalgamates the responses given at SCQUAL UNIQUAL WOQUAL GSQUAL and OTQUAL in order to identify whether a respondent has received this particular qualification QUAL 17 Whether Certificate of 6 y
428. variable and amalgamates responses to QLFOR11 and QUALCHUK Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable SCQUAL qualifications gained from school home schooling 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level A Level Vocat A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent New Diploma Welsh Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate NVQ SVQ GNVQ GSVQ AS level Vocat AS Level or equiv Certificate of 6 Yr Studies CSYS or equiv Access to HE O Level or equiv Standard Ordinary Grade Lower Scotland GCSE Vocat l GCSE CSE Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland RSA OCR City and Guilds YT Certificate Key skills Core skills Scotland Basic skills Skills for life literacy numeracy lang Entry Level Qualifications Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry level and Levels 1 to 8 Any other professional work related qualification FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 206 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has UK gained qualifications from school NOTES This variable replaces QULS10 01 20 Please not
429. vel 1 to 8 Award Certificate or Diploma qualifications below 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 None 5 Don t know FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has QCF qualifications 243 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD 13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing Please note that this is a multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable QCFOTHB level of Entry Level or Level 1 to 8 Award Certificate or Diploma qualifications 1 Level1 2 Level 2 3 Level3 4 Level 4 5 Level5 6 Level6 7 Level7 8 Level8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENGY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has more than one QCF qualification NOTES Between JM11 and JS13 respondents were routed to these questions if aged 16 64 or in work From OD 13 respondents are routed to these questions if aged 16 69 in work Please see user guide 2 for the definitive routing Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable TPQL11 type of other qualification 1 work related qu
430. ven 20 Casual includes training period 21 Casual contract for probationary period 22 Casual could not find permanent job 23 Casual did not want permanent job 24 Casual other reason 25 Casual no reason given 26 Other temp includes training period 27 Other temp contract for probationary period 28 Other temp could not find permanent job 29 Other temp did not want permanent job 110 30 31 32 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Other temp other reason Other temp no reason given Type of temporary job not stated Each quarter from Winter 2005 Applies to all respondents who are employees job which is not permanent RESTEMR is analogous to RESTEM with the employment edit removed This variable is derived from STATR JOBTYP WHYTMP6 JBTP101 Between Spring 1992 and Winter 2005 this variable was called RESTEMR NSECM10 1 0 2 0 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 5 0 6 0 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 8 1 8 2 9 1 9 2 10 0 11 1 11 2 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 12 5 12 6 12 7 13 1 13 2 13 3 13 4 13 5 14 1 14 2 15 0 16 0 17 0 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NS SEC category SOC2010 based Employers in large organisations Higher managerial occupations Higher professional traditional employee Higher professional new employee Hi
431. w family types Same sex cohabiting couple no children Same sex cohabiting couple non dependent children Same sex cohabiting couple dependent children 7 Civil Partners with no children Civil Partners dependent children only Civil Partners with dependent children From 2006 onwards it is therefore possible to identify both civil partner couple families and same sex cohabiting couple families Estimates of civil partner couple families can be derived in the same way as other family types by using the relationship to head of family RELHFU for analysis and counting only the heads of families RELHFU 1 However estimates of same sex couple families cannot use this standard method Adults in same sex couple families were historically treated as separate benefit units and when civil partnerships were introduced same sex cohabiting couples continued to be treated in this way by LFS amp APS As such both partners in same sex cohabiting couple are treated as being in different families This means that for both members RELHFU 1 i e both members are heads of a family Any analysis that uses RELHFU 1 to estimate the number of families will therefore double the number of same sex cohabiting couples This is currently true for all LFS and APS household datasets In order to obtain accurate estimates of the number of families including same sex cohabiting couples it is best to separately identify all same sex family
432. wer Issued but not attempted Address Inaccessible Unable to locate address Info refused re whether is resid tl Unknown whether is resid tl non cont Info refused re whether eligible residents Unknown whether eligible resids non cont Refusal to complete screener Screener not complete non contact Other unknown eligibility Not yet built under construction Demolished Derelict Vacant empty Non residential address Address occupied but no resident HHId Communal Establishment Institution Resident HH s but not elig for survey Address out of sample Directed not to sample at address Scts pre sel shts told not to interview HHid limit on sample already reached Prev ineligible now eligible Prev residents left 307 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 811 Prev Ineligible now Eligible 812 Household moved out 890 Address not finished with FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 LSTHO Previous household outcome 11 Full interview 12 Economically inactive 20 Partially co operating household 31 Refusal to HQ letter 36 Outright refusal 37 Circumstantial refusal 41 Non contact 51 No trace of address 52 Not yet built or under construction 53 Demolished or derelict 54 Vacant or being refurbished 55 Non residential or business only 56 Institution 57 Temporary accommodation second residence 59 Directed not
433. wo afternoons then two nights Usually there is a break between shift changes Two shift system with earlies and lates or double day shifts normally two shifts of eight hours each e g 0600 1400 and 1400 2200 Shifts are usually alternated weekly or over longer intervals 141 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Split shifts these are full shifts divided into two distinct parts with gap of several hours in between Used in industries where peak demands are met at different times of the day e g catering passenger transport and service industries Morning shift if this is full time most commonly 0600 1400 This code is used if the morning shift is the only shift worked or worked part time during the morning Evening shift if this is full time most commonly 1500 2400 Also used for part time shift 1700 2100 or 1800 2200 Part time evening shifts are usually called twilight shifts Night shift if this is full time most commonly 1800 0600 and usually continuing after midnight This code is used only for permanent night work Weekend shift this code is used for work during Fridays Saturdays Sundays 0600 1800 when there is no other work Other type of shift work this code is only used when none of the above apply Please see the note at the beginning of this user guide relating to historical quarterly specific questions FLED10 Type of agreed work arrange
434. work during the school or college term Unpaid leave is taken during the school holidays although their pay may be spread equally over the year Job sharing This is a type of part time working A full time job is divided between usually two people The job sharers work at different times although their may be a changeover period Both nine day fortnights and four and a half day weeks working arrangements involve the 5 day working week being compressed into fewer full days Such arrangements refer to full time working only 142 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 Nine day fortnight involves individual employees having one day off every other week The actual day off may vary so long as the employee keeps to an alternating pattern of one 5 day week followed by one 4 day week Four half day week Typically involves the normal working week finishing early on Fridays The short day need not necessarily be Friday but this is the most obvious and common day Zero hours contract is where person is not contracted to work set number of hours and is only paid for the number of hours that they actually work In most cases a respondent who works any of these particular type of shift patterns will recognise the term and will require no further explanation Where respondent asks what is meant by the term it is unlikely they work such shift patterns and are generally coded as 8
435. xth year studies CSYS 23 SCE higher or equivalent 24 AS level 25 NVQ SVQ level 2 26 Intermediate GNVQ GSVQ 27 RSA diploma 28 City amp Guilds craft part 2 28 BEG First certificate diploma FREQUENCY Each quarter from Summer 03 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a vocational qualification NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets CURRENT STUDY WBAC Level of Welsh Baccalaureate being studied 1 at the foundation level 2 the Intermediate level 269 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 3 the advanced level 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE question applies to respondents studying towards Welsh baccalaureate QULHI4 12 CURCODE Area of study 1 00 9 99 Codes for Area of Study FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are currently studying for a qualification NOTES This is the subject of study of the highest level 2 qualifications and above currently being studied excludes degrees and GCSE O level A level and equivalents A new coding frame was introduced in Spring 04 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of codes TYPE OF COURSE CURED8 Current education received 1 At school full time 2 Sandwich course 3 Full time at university or college 4 Part time at school 5 Tra
436. y in main job Amount FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and those on a government scheme NOTES If GRSSWK is greater than 3 500 or GRSSWK is greater than 1 000 and the respondent is a manual worker then the case is not given an income weight Non response to this question will also be zero weighted In Winter 96 97 and Spring 97 some records were coded as zero instead of 8 Users should filter on GRSSWK gt 0 to exclude these records Standard filters used to calculate average gross weekly earnings are GRSSWK gt 0 and HOURPAY gt 0 and HOURPAY lt 100 HOURPAY Average gross hourly pay Amount 293 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and those on government scheme NOTES This variable is derived from GRSSWK POTHR amp BUSHR Occasionally there are records with abnormally high levels for HOURPAY Users may wish to filter out such records for example by specifying HOURPAY 0 99 This method is used for published LFS income data In Winter 96 97 and Spring 97 some records were coded as zero instead of 8 Users should filter on HOURPAY gt 0 to exclude these records USGRS99 Whether gross pay last received is the same as that received each similar period 1 Yes 2 No 3 No usual amount FREQUENCY Each q
437. yers and own account workers 5 Lower supervisory and technical 6 Semi routine occupations 7 Routine occupations 8 Never worked unemployed and nec FREQUENCY Each quarter JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 NOTES This is a derived variable Please see Volume 4 user guide for further guidance CURRENT EMPLOYMENT EMPMON Months continuously employed Number of months FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Spring 93 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Summer 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding certain government schemes EMPLEN Length of time continuously employed 1 Less than 3 months 2 Between 3 and 6 months 3 Between 6 and 12 months 4 Between 1 and 2 years 5 Between 2 and 5 years 6 Between 5 and 10 years 7 Between 10 and 20 years 8 20 years or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Spring 93 on ONS datasets only Each quarter from Summer 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding certain government schemes NOTES This is a derived variable please see Volume 4 User Guide for further guidance CONMPY Year started working with current employer Year last 2 digits FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 112 Labour Force Survey User Guide Volume 3 Details of LFS variables 2013 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees those on Government schemes or persons doing unpaid work f
438. yment agency 5 Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals 6 Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals 7 Study situations vacant in newspapers or journals 8 Apply directly to employers 9 Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs 10 Wait for the results of an application for job 14 Do anything else to find work FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents looking for work as an employee or for a place on government scheme in the last four weeks NOTES Respondents can give as many responses as there are categories but these are not recorded in any order of priority this is done in the variable MAINME As with LKWFWM the method of looking for work variables have been increased by one category 2 Careers office from Summer 94 This variable was called METHMP 0 9 from Spring 92 to Spring 94 and METHMP 00 10 from Summer 94 to Winter 96 Please note that this is multi response variable Please see the note at the beginning of this User Guide regarding this type of variable METHSE 1 6 Method of looking for work self employment Spring 92 to Spring 94 4 Advertise for jobs in newspapers or journals 5 Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals 10 Look for premises or equipment 11 kind of permit 12 Try to get a loan or other financial backing for job or business 13 Do anything else to find work Spring 9

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