The Local Area Labour Force Survey (LALFS) was replaced by the Annual Population Survey (APS).
| Variable |
Source |
Frequency of publication |
LABOUR SUPPLY
|
|
Economic activity – aged 16 and over and working-age (aged 16 to 59/64)
|
|
All/men/women |
LFS |
M3, Q |
|
By sex and age |
LFS |
Q |
|
For ethnic minorities |
LFS |
Q |
|
By sex and age |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
By sex and whether disabled |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
Economic activity – aged 16 to 74
|
|
By sex and age |
2001 Census |
C |
|
Students |
2001 Census |
C |
|
Employment – aged 16 and over and working-age (aged 16 to 59/64) |
|
All/men/women |
LFS |
M3, Q
|
|
By sex and age |
LFS |
Q
|
|
Employees/self-employed by sex |
LFS
|
Q |
|
full-time/part-time (aged 16 and over) |
LFS |
Q |
|
full-time/part-time/temporary workers/workers with second jobs by sex |
LFS |
Q |
|
Reasons for working temporary or part-time |
LFS |
Q |
|
By industry and occupation |
LFS
|
Q |
|
By sex and age |
LALFS/APS
|
A/Q |
|
By ethnic group and sex |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q
|
|
By sex and whether disabled (working-age only) |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
Employees/self-employed |
LALFS/APS
|
A/Q |
|
By age and full-time/part-time |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
Second job by industry and sex |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
By industry and occupation |
LALFS/APS
|
A/Q |
|
By occupation and full-time/part-time |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
By occupation/industry and flexibility |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q
|
|
By industry and age |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q
|
|
Employment – aged 16 to 74
|
|
By sex and age |
2001 Census |
C
|
|
Employees/self-employed by sex |
2001 Census |
C |
|
By sex and whether full-time or part-time |
2001 Census |
C
|
|
By occupation and sex |
2001 Census
|
C |
|
By industry and sex |
2001 Census |
C
|
|
Hours of work
|
|
Paid hours worked by sex and whether full-time or part-time |
ASHE |
A |
|
Paid hours worked by industry or occupation (by sex and whether full-time or part-time) |
ASHE |
A |
|
Usual hours worked (percentage of all in employment) all and by sex |
LFS |
Q |
|
Total weekly hours worked |
LFS |
Q
|
|
Average actual weekly hours worked all/full-time/part-time/workers with second job |
LFS |
Q |
|
Usual hours worked (percentage of all in employment) all and by sex |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
Unemployment – aged 16 and over and working-age (aged 16 to 59/64)
|
|
All/men/women |
LFS |
M3, Q
|
|
By sex and age |
LFS |
Q
|
|
By sex and age |
LALFS/APS
|
A/Q |
|
By sex and whether disabled (working-age only) |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
Method of job search by age |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
Unemployment – aged 16 to 74
|
|
By sex and age
|
2001 Census |
C |
|
Never worked by sex |
2001 Census |
C
|
|
Long-term unemployed by sex |
2001 Census |
C |
|
Economic inactivity – aged 16 and over and working-age (aged 16 to 59/64)
|
|
All/men/women |
LFS |
M3, Q |
|
By sex and age |
LFS |
Q |
|
By reasons/whether wants a job or does not want a job |
LFS |
Q |
|
By sex and age |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
By sex and whether disabled (working-age (aged 16 to 59/64) only) |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
By reasons/whether wants a job or does not want a job |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
Economic inactivity – aged 16 to 74 |
|
By sex and age |
2001 Census |
C |
|
Student/retired/looking after family or home/permanently sick or disabled/other by sex |
2001 Census |
C |
|
Qualifications and training
|
|
Working-age people in employment with NVQ Level 3 and above |
LFS |
Q
|
|
All 16 to 19 in full-time education |
LFS |
Q |
|
Job-related training by sex |
LFS |
Q
|
|
Working-age people in employment with NVQ Level 3 and above |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q
|
|
Adult learning by age/ethnicity/disability |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
Job-related training received by employees by sex by industry/education/whether self-employed/full time/part time/working age/16 plus to retirement |
LALFS/APS |
A/Q |
|
Travel to work (all people aged 16 to 74)
|
|
Distance travelled to place of work |
2001 Census |
C
|
|
Travel to work by car, public transport, foot, other
|
2001 Census |
C |
LABOUR DEMAND
|
|
Workforce jobs (levels) |
|
All/men/women (excludes HM Forces) |
ABI/STES/LFS |
Q
|
|
full-time/part-time |
ABI/STES/LFS |
A
|
|
Employee jobs (levels) |
|
All/men/women |
ABI/STES |
Q
|
|
By industry and sex |
ABI/STES |
Q
|
| Self-employment jobs (levels) |
| All/men/women |
LFS |
M |
| Government-supported trainees (levels) |
| All/men/women |
LFS |
Q |
|
Vacancies
|
|
Notified by industry and occupation by type of vacancies |
JCPlus |
M |
|
Notified/unfilled/filled/out-flows |
JCPlus |
M |
|
Notified/unfilled/filled/out-flows by occupation or industry |
JCPlus |
M |
|
Job density |
|
Job density/total jobs |
JCPlus |
A |
|
Industry breakdown |
|
Number of employees by industry |
ABI |
A |
|
Number of employees by sex and full-time/part-time |
ABI |
A |
LABOUR COSTS
|
|
Earnings |
|
Hourly and weekly earnings by sex and whether full-time or part-time |
ASHE |
A |
|
Hourly and weekly earnings by industry or occupation (by sex and whether full-time or part-time) |
ASHE |
A |
WORKING-AGE BENEFITS
|
|
Numbers on New Deal
|
|
By sex/starts/leavers |
DWP |
Q
|
|
By destination of leavers |
DWP |
Q
|
|
By New Deal option, sex, disability and ethnicity |
DWP |
Q |
|
Jobseeker's Allowance claimants (levels only)
|
|
All/men/women |
JCPlus |
M
|
|
By age duration and sex (computerised claims only) |
JCPlus |
M
|
|
By age, duration and occupation (computerised claims only) |
JCPlus |
M |
|
In-flows and out-flows
|
JCPlus |
M |
|
Out-flows by destination
|
JCPlus |
M |
|
Jobseeker's Allowance claimants (as a proportion of resident working-age (aged 16 to 59/64) population) |
|
All/men/women
|
JCPlus |
M |
|
Jobseeker's Allowance claimants (workplace-based rates)
|
|
All/men/women |
JCPlus
|
M |
|
DWP Benefits |
|
By type of benefits
|
DWP |
Q |
|
By age, sex and duration
|
DWP |
Q |
|
By family type
|
DWP |
Q |
|
By disability
|
DWP |
Q |
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