ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2007: Special Licence Access </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:5703</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Series Title</H2><H3 class='myclass'> Labour Force Survey Series<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Office for National Statistics. Social and Vital Statistics Division<br>Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Central Survey Unit<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsors</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Office for National Statistics<br>Northern Ireland. Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> April 2010 (4th Edition) </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Office for National Statistics. Social and Vital Statistics Division and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Central Survey Unit, <i> Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2007: Special Licence Access</i> [computer file]. <i>4th Edition.</i> Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], April 2010. SN: 5703, http://dx.doi.org/test. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen s Printer for Scotland </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 5703 . Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2007: Special Licence Access<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Series:</h3> <h5>Labour Force Survey Series</h5> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Office for National Statistics. Social and Vital Statistics Division</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Office for National Statistics. Social and Vital Statistics Division</h5> <h5>Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Central Survey Unit</h5> <H3>Sponsors:</H3><H5> Office for National Statistics<br>Northern Ireland. Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment<br> </H5> <h3> Other Acknowledgements: </h3> <h5>Until 5 July 1995, the <i>Labour Force Survey</i> (LFS) was the responsibility of the Employment Department. On that date, the Employment Department was abolished and responsibility for the survey was passed to the Central Statistical Office (CSO). In April 1996, the Central Statistical Office and the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys amalgamated to become the Office for National Statistics (ONS).<br></h5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5><br> <b>Background</b><br> The <i>Labour Force Survey</i> (LFS) is a unique source of information using international definitions of employment and unemployment and economic inactivity, together with a wide range of related topics such as occupation, training, hours of work and personal characteristics of household members aged 16 years and over. It is used to inform social, economic and employment policy. The LFS was first conducted biennially from 1973-1983. Between 1984 and 1991 the survey was carried out annually and consisted of a quarterly survey conducted throughout the year and a 'boost' survey in the spring quarter (data were then collected seasonally). From 1992 quarterly data were made available, with a quarterly sample size approximately equivalent to that of the previous annual data. The survey then became known as the <i>Quarterly Labour Force Survey</i> (QLFS). From December 1994, data gathering for Northern Ireland moved to a full quarterly cycle to match the rest of the country, so the QLFS then covered the whole of the UK (though some additional annual Northern Ireland LFS datasets are also held at the UK Data Archive). Further information on the background to the QLFS may be found in the documentation.<br> <br> <b> Special Licence access and Secure Data Service access QLFS data</b>:<br> From the January-March 2003 quarter, a Special Licence (SL) version of the QLFS data is also available in addition to the version made available under the standard End User Licence (EUL). The SL version contains extra variables, and therefore is subject to more restrictive access conditions. Prospective users of the SL edition will need to complete an extra application form and demonstrate to the data owners exactly why they need access to the extra variables, in order to get permission to use that version (see 'Access' section below). Therefore, most users should order the standard version of the data. In order to help users choose the correct dataset, 'Special Licence Access' has been added to the dataset titles for the SL versions of the data. Typically, variables that can be found in the SL data, and that are not available in the standard EUL version, are: month and year of birth; Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics Level 2 (NUTS2) (county-level); 4-digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for occupation in apprenticeship, last job, second job and job made redundant from; unitary authority/local authority for place of residence and place of work; urban/rural indicator. Data for households of size 10 or above, which are excluded from the standard EUL data, can also be found in the SL data. Secure Data Service (SDS) access QLFS datasets include further additional, detailed variables not included in the EUL or SL versions and are subject to further access restrictions  see the <a href="http://securedata.data-archive.ac.uk/member" title="Secure Data Service: becoming a member">SDS</a> website.<br> <br> <b>LFS Documentation</b><br> The documentation available from the Archive to accompany LFS datasets largely consists of the latest version of each volume alongside the appropriate questionnaire for the year concerned. However, LFS volumes are updated periodically by ONS, so users are advised to check the ONS <a href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=1537" title="Labour Force Survey (LFS) User Guide">LFS User Guide</a> pages before commencing analysis.<br> <br> <b> Additional data derived from the QLFS</b><br> The Archive also holds further QLFS series: EUL quarterly datasets; household datasets (produced twice a year); two-quarter and five-quarter longitudinal datasets; quarterly, annual and ad hoc module datasets compiled for Eurostat; and some additional annual Northern Ireland datasets. <br> <br> <b>LFS move from seasonal to calendar quarters</b><br> In accordance with European Union regulations, the QLFS moved from seasonal (spring, summer, autumn, winter) quarters to calendar quarters (January-March, April-June, July-September, October-December) in 2006. Subsequently, calendar versions of all datasets in the main QLFS series were deposited and the previous seasonal datasets were removed from the Archive s catalogue at the request of ONS. However, some seasonal datasets may still exist for other LFS series, and ONS advise that, because of the method of construction and the weighting factors used in the datasets, comparison cannot be made between datasets of a calendar and seasonal nature. Time series and longitudinal analysis should only be conducted on datasets of the same type. Further information on the seasonal to calendar quarter change and its impact on LFS data may be found in the following online article:<br> Madouros, V. (2006) <a href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/labour_market_trends/CQ_article.pdf" title="Impact of the switch from seasonal to calendar quarters in the Labour Force Survey"<i>Impact of the switch from seasonal to calendar quarters in the Labour Force Survey</i></a>, London: ONS.</a><br> <br> <b>LFS Reweighting Project 2011</b>:<br> In early 2011, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) undertook a reweighting project, whereby QLFS data were reweighted using population estimates for 2010. Reweighted editions of EUL QLFS data have been deposited at the Archive, but reweighted SL data have not yet been received. As a result, SL QLFS datasets from the July-September 2006 quarter onwards currently remain reweighted to 2009 population figures, and quarters prior to that date to 2007-2008 figures.<br> <br>The standard End User Licence version of the QLFS January - March, 2007 is held under SN 5657.<br> <br> For the fourth edition (April 2010), data have been reweighted using the latest population estimates (2009), and the file contains new weighting variables, pwt09 and piwt09, accordingly. Further details about the 2009 reweighting may be found in the documentation.<br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>The QLFS questionnaire comprises a 'core' of questions which are included in every survey, together with some 'non-core' questions which vary from quarter to quarter.<br> <br> The questionnaire can be split into two main parts. The first part contains questions on the respondent's household, family structure, basic housing information and demographic details of household members. The second part contains questions covering economic activity, education and health, and also may include a few questions asked on behalf of other government departments (for example the Department for Work and Pensions and the Home Office). Until 1997, the questions on health covered mainly problems which affected the respondent's work. From that quarter onwards, the questions cover all health problems. Detailed questions on income have also been included in each quarter since 1993. The basic questionnaire is revised each year, and a new version published, along with a transitional version that details changes from the previous year's questionnaire.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> January 2007 - March 2007 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> United Kingdom; United Kingdom <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Government Office Regions (GORs); Unitary Authorities (England);Unitary Authorities (Wales); Standard Regions; NUTS Level 2 areas. <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Families/households </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> All persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From winter 1994-1995, Northern Ireland is included in each quarter. Prior to this, data were only collected there in the March-May quarter each year. When the LFS moved to a quarterly cycle, two new groups of people were included in the survey to improve the coverage of young people: residents in National Health Service (NHS) hospital accommodation (formerly called nurses' homes), and students living in halls of residence or boarding schools.<br>Northern Ireland is not included in the Local Area Data files before 1997. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Repeated cross-sectional study<br> Data are collected quarterly <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Simple random sample<br> Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation. <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview; Telephone interview; the first interview is conducted face-to-face, and subsequent interviews by telephone where possible. <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> Weighting used. See documentation for details </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage.<br/>Additional special conditions of use also apply. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information.<br/><br/>In addition, ESDS is required to request permission from the depositor prior to supplying the data.<br/>Available to UK applicants only.<br/><br/>Please note:<br/>Since these data pose a higher risk of disclosure than data made available under the standard End User Licence they have additional special conditions attached to them. Any registered user requiring access to these data will have to be accredited by the UK Statistics Authority as an Approved Researcher.<br/><br/>To apply for accreditation a user will need to complete forms that will require: (i) evidence that he/she is a fit and proper person and details about the purpose of the research; (ii) an online order for the data; (iii) a signed declaration that he/she understands the confidentiality obligations owed to those data including its physical security.<br/><br/>The evidence to be adduced will include previous research projects and publications. New users may need to provide the contact details of a senior member of staff who can vouch for them. The research purpose form will ask for information about the intended use of the data, a justification for access and planned outputs.<br/><br/>Users who obtain access to these data are required to read and follow the <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/microDataHandlingandSecurity.pdf' >ESDS Guide to good practice: micro data handling and security</a>.<br/><br/>To apply for access, users should use the Download/order link on this page and will be directed to the relevant forms as part of the ordering process. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Government, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: govsurveys@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 15 August 2007<br></h5> <h3>Date of Latest Release: </h3><h5>27 April 2010 ( 4th Edition )</h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen s Printer for Scotland</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>1 December 2011</h5> </body></html>