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272210.5255/UKDA-SN-2722-1 http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-2722-1 Labour Force Survey, 1989 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Social Survey Division Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The first Labour Force Survey (LFS) in the United Kingdom was conducted in 1973, under the terms of a Regulation derived from the Treaty of Rome. The provision of information for the Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC) continued to be one of the reasons for carrying out the survey on an annual basis. SOEC co-ordinated information from labour force surveys in the member states in order to assist the EC in such matters as the allocation of the Social Fund. The survey was carried out biennially from 1973 to 1983 and was increasingly used by UK government departments to obtain information which would assist in the framing of social and economic policy. By 1983 it was being used by the Employment Department (now the Department for Work and Pensions) to obtain information which was not available from other sources or was only available for Census years. From 1984 the survey was carried out annually, and since that time the LFS has consisted of two elements:<ul><li>a quarterly survey conducted in Great Britain throughout the year, in which each sampled address was called on five times at quarterly intervals, and which yielded about 15,000 responding households in every quarter</li><li>a `boost' survey in the spring quarter (March-May), which produced interviews at over 44,000 households in Great Britain and over 4,000 households in Northern Ireland</li></ul>Users should note that only the data from the spring quarter and the 'boost' survey were included in the annual datasets for public release, and that only data from 1975-1991 are available from the UK Data Archive. The depositor recommends only considered use of data for 1975 and 1977 (SNs 1757 and 1758), as the concepts behind the definitions of economic activity changed and are not comparable with later years. Also the survey methodology was being developed at the time and so the estimates may not be reliable enough to use. During 1991 the survey was developed, so that from spring 1992 the data were made available quarterly, with a quarterly sample size approximately equivalent to that of the previous annual data. The Quarterly Labour Force Survey series therefore superseded the annual LFS series, and is held at the Data Archive under GN 33246. For the third edition of the study, the depositor supplied a re-weighted version of the data file. The re-weighting has been done to bring LFS data in line with the population estimates from the 2001 Census. Main Topics: The basic set of LFS questions sought information about household composition: i.e. for each usually resident individual member of the household, the relationship to the head of the household, sex, age, marital condition and nationality. For persons above the statutory school-leaving age information was sought about the main economic activity, any secondary economic activity, and economic activity one year previously. For unemployed persons questions were asked about the type of employment sought, duration of unemployment and method of seeking employment, previous employment status and industry and whether or not registered as unemployed at an official employment office. ABSENTEEISMAGEALLERGIESANXIETYAPPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENTAPPOINTMENT TO JOBAPPRENTICESHIPATTITUDESBURGLARYCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASESHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSCOMMUTINGCONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENTCRIME AND SECURITYCRIME VICTIMSDANGEROUS MATERIALSDAY RELEASE COURSESDEGREESDEPRESSIONDIABETESDIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERSDISABLED PERSONSDISEASESDISMISSALDISTANCE LEARNINGDOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC VALUEEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDEDUCATIONAL COURSESEDUCATIONAL FEESEDUCATIONAL FINANCEEDUCATIONAL GRANTSEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSELDERLYEMERGENCY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICESEMPLOYEESEMPLOYER-SPONSORED TRAININGEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT HISTORYEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMESEMPLOYMENT SERVICESENDOCRINE DISORDERSEPILEPSYETHNIC GROUPSEXAMINATIONSEXPECTATIONFAMILY MEMBERSFINANCIAL SUPPORTFIRE-FIGHTING SERVICESFULL-TIME EMPLOYMENTFURNISHED ACCOMMODATIONGENDERHEADS OF HOUSEHOLDHEARING IMPAIRMENTSHIGHER EDUCATIONHOME BUYINGHOME OWNERSHIPHOME SHARINGHOUSEHOLDSHOUSINGHOUSING AGEHOUSING CONDITIONSHOUSING TENUREIMMIGRATIONIN-SERVICE TRAININGINDUSTRIESINSURANCEINTRUDER ALARM SYSTEMSINVOLUNTARY SHORT TIME WORKINGJOB CHANGINGJOB HUNTINGJOB VACANCIESLABOUR DISPUTESLABOUR FORCELABOUR MIGRATIONLABOUR MOBILITYLANDLORDSLEAVELEGAL DECISIONSLOCKSMANAGERSMARITAL STATUSMATERNITY LEAVEMENTAL DISORDERSMORTGAGESMUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASESNATIONALITYOCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONSOCCUPATIONAL TRAININGOCCUPATIONSOVERTIMEPART-TIME COURSESPART-TIME EMPLOYMENTPLACE OF BIRTHPLACE OF RESIDENCEPOLICINGPOLICE SERVICESPOPULATION MIGRATIONQUALIFICATIONSRECRUITMENTREDUNDANCYREDUNDANCY PAYRENTED ACCOMMODATIONRESCUE SERVICESRESIDENTIAL MOBILITYRESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASESRETIREMENTSAFETY EQUIPMENTSANDWICH COURSESSELF-EMPLOYEDSHIFT WORKSICK LEAVESICK PAYSICK PERSONSSOCIAL CLASSSOCIAL HOUSINGSOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITSSOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONSSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUSSTUDENTSSUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENTSUPERVISORSTEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTTENANTS' HOME PURCHASINGTERMINATION OF SERVICETHEFTTHEFT PROTECTIONTIED HOUSINGTRADE UNION MEMBERSHIPTRAININGTRAINING CENTRESTRAINING COURSESUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSUNFURNISHED ACCOMMODATIONVISION IMPAIRMENTSWAGESWORKING CONDITIONSHOURS OF WORK en 1990-10-26T00:00:00Z Dataset <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply. United Kingdom https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 2722 2024-11-28T07:22:28Z ddi:codebook:2_5