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Labour Force Survey Longitudinal - UK

Dataset

Summary

Citation:
Office for National Statistics, released 25 July 2023, ONS SRS Metadata Catalogue, dataset, Labour Force Survey Longitudinal - UK, https://doi.org/10.57906/pzpb-mp02

Documentation

Description:
The primary purpose of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) is "providing good quality point in time and change estimates for various labour market outputs and related topics” (National Statistics Quality Review (NSQR) of Labour Force Survey 2014). The labour market covers all aspects of people's work, including the education and training needed to equip them for work, the jobs themselves, job-search for those out of work and income from work and benefits.  Output from the LFS is quarterly since 1992. Each quarter’s sample is made up of 5 waves. The sample is made up of approximately 40,000 responding UK households and 100,000 individuals per quarter. Respondents are interviewed for 5 successive waves at 3-monthly intervals and 20% of the sample is replaced every quarter. The LFS is intended to be representative of the entire population of the UK. This dataset is the longitudinal LFS data.

Coverage

Spatial

Spatial Coverage:
United Kingdom
Geographical Levels:
  • country
  • ITL221
  • ITL321
  • NUTS2
  • NUTS3
  • region

Temporal

Start Date:
01 January 2002
Latest Data:
31 March 2023
Frequency:
QUARTERLY
Distribution Release Date:
25 July 2023

Provenance

Source:
  • Survey
  • Longitudinal

Access and Governance

Usage

Condition of Access:
Standard access conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Condition of Use:
Standard conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Resource Creator:
Office for National Statistics

Access

Access Service:
  • Safe Rooms, SafePods
  • Assured Organisational Connectivity – office based
  • Assured Organisational Connectivity – remote access
Jurisdictions:
  • GB-EAW
  • GB-SCT
  • GB-NIR
Data Controller:
Office for National Statistics
Access Level:
Access Level 3

Format and Standards

Languages:
en
Formats:
SPSS

Enrichment and Linkage

Related Datasets:
  • Labour Force Survey Household - UK
  • Labour Force Survey Person - UK