UK Data Archive Study Group Number 33246 - Quarterly Labour Force Survey Labour Force Survey User Guide – Volume 3: Details of LFS variables 1992-2002 DETAILS OF LFS VARIABLES 1992-2002 CONTENTS Section Page Information About This Guide ..........................................................................................................1 List of Variables by Subject .............................................................................................................3 Individual Demographics ................................................................................................................23 Household Characteristics .............................................................................................................69 Family Characteristics ...................................................................................................................87 Economic Activity.................................................................................................................................. 92 Main Job.............................................................................................................................................. 103 Second Job...................................................................................................................................191 Seeking/Not Seeking Work .........................................................................................................212 ILO Unemployment.......................................................................................................................224 Benefit Entitlement........................................................................................................................253 Employment Three Months Ago ...................................................................................................264 Employment Twelve Months Ago .................................................................................................269 Education and Training.................................................................................................................282 Health ...........................................................................................................................................354 Child Care.....................................................................................................................................377 Income..........................................................................................................................................379 Broadbanded Variables ................................................................................................................419 System Variables..........................................................................................................................425 Weights.........................................................................................................................................430 Index.................................................................................................................................................... 431 Labour Force Survey User Guide – Volume 3: Details of LFS variables 1992-2002 INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GUIDE This edition contains all the variable information for Labour Force Survey data between 1992 and 2002. Variable Naming Conventions Note that some variable names are spelt differently in Quanvert, where this is true, the variable names are indicated with “[ ]” around the letter which is omitted in Quanvert, for example, the variable “IOUTCOME” is shown as “IOUTCOM[E]”, therefore in Quanvert it is called “IOUTCOM”. NA’s and DNA’s Unless otherwise specified in this guide, the coding for “no 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 (see page 124) 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. Some multi-response variables may be “ranked”, in a particular order. QUALS (see page 226-7) is an example of such a variable, where the respondent’s highest qualification is recorded in QUALS01, their second highest in QUALS02, 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 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. Below are a list of all the multi-response variables in the Labour Force Survey: ACTWKD[Y](1-7) HEAL(01-17) NRAPLA(1-4) TMEOFF(1-3) ASISFM(1-8) HEALP[B](01-17) NRAPRE(1-4) TPBN01(1-8) HEALTH(0-2) NRAREV(1-4) TRNFEE(0-6) BNKH[O]L(1-11) HOMED(1-3) TYPBEN(1-7) BONCMP(1-4) HOMED2(1-3) PENBEN(1-3) TYPILL(0-5) HSNGGB(1-2) PRIVEH(01-10) TYPVEH(01-10) CMBD[E]G(01-18) HSNGNI(1-2) CHATT(01-10) QUAL(0-2) UNEMBN(1-2) CHINF(1-2) ILLDAY[S](1-7) QUALCH(1-3) USUWRK(1-3) CHPEO(1-9) QUALS(01-23) UNDWHY(1-8) CHPRI(1-2) JOBLRN(1-3) SELF(1-4) WCHDAY(1-7) ERNCM[P](1-10) LOOKM(1-3) SLEARN(1-4) WHYSE(1-4) ERNCM(01-11) SUBCOD(1-8) WKMTS1(1-3) METHA[L](01-14) WKMTS2(1-3) FEEGB(0-6) METHM[P](01-11) TAXCR(1-3) FEEIR(0-6) METHSE(1-6) TAXFUT(1-3) YNOTSE(0-2) FLEX9D(1-3) TEACH(1-3) YTRNWK(1-4) LFS User Guide – Volume 3: Details of LFS Variables 1992-2002 1 Labour Force Survey User Guide – Volume 3: Details of LFS variables 1992-2002 Layout of Variable Information All variables in this guide are laid out using the same format as follows: Variable name and description. Variable categories (or coding options). MARSEX – Sex and marital status Period at which variable is available from for analyses (1) Men (2) Women married/cohabiting (3) Women non-married Summary of what or who the variable covers (i.e. the routing). In cases where the routing is complex the full routing of FREQUENCY: Each quarter from Spring 92 the variable is shown. COVERAGE: All persons. NOTES: This variable combines SEX and MARCON and is available to Quanvert users only until Winter 99 but is not included on the Quanvert datasets from Summer 96 to Winter 98. It is available in all formats from Spring 2000. This section gives some additional information about the variable. All users should read this information first before continuing with their analysis. LFS User Guide – Volume 3: Details of LFS Variables 1992-2002 2 Labour Force Survey User Guide – Volume 3: Details of LFS variables 1992-2002 LIST OF VARIABLES BY SUBJECT INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHICS...................................................................................23 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS_________________________________________________________ 23 SEX - Sex of respondent ........................................................................................................................................23 AGE - Age of respondent .......................................................................................................................................23 AGEDFE - Age of respondent at preceding 31 August .........................................................................................23 AGES – Age groups in 5 year intervals..................................................................................................................24 AAGE – Age group .................................................................................................................................................24 DOBD - Date of birthday.........................................................................................................................................24 DOBM - Date of birth month...................................................................................................................................24 DOBY - Date of birth year.......................................................................................................................................25 DTEOFBT[H] - Date of birth ...................................................................................................................................25 MARSTT - Marital status ........................................................................................................................................25 AMARSTT – Marital Status.....................................................................................................................................25 MARDY - Married/Cohabiting .................................................................................................................................26 MARCHK - Whether spouse is household member ..............................................................................................26 LIVTOG - Whether living together as couple .........................................................................................................26 MARCON - Marital status .......................................................................................................................................27