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Making sense of Labour Force Survey response rates

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  • William Barnes

    (Office for National Statistics)

  • Geoff Bright

    (Office for National Statistics)

  • Colin Hewat

    (Office for National Statistics)

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Making sense of Labour Force Survey response ratesThe Labour Force Survey (LFS) is thelargest continuous household surveyin the UK. It is the source of key labourmarket indicators, such as employment,unemployment, economic activity andhours worked, as well as numerousrelated measures. Each quarter, morethan 80,000 households are randomlyselected; households and individuals areinterviewed in a series of fi ve quarterlywaves. However, a proportion of thesehouseholds and individuals either cannotbe contacted or refuse to cooperate withthe survey, so the results are derived fromabout 50,000 households and 120,000individuals each quarter. These responsesare weighted on the basis of age, genderand geography in order to produce arepresentative picture of the wholepopulation.This article presents and analyses LFSresponse rates and trends and examinesthe detail of response and non-response.Further research required and potentialinterventions are also discussed.

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  • William Barnes & Geoff Bright & Colin Hewat, 2008. "Making sense of Labour Force Survey response rates," Economic & Labour Market Review, Palgrave Macmillan;Office for National Statistics, vol. 2(10), pages 32-42, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:ecolmr:v:2:y:2008:i:12:p:32-42
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    2. Juliet Stone & Ann Berrington & Jane Falkingham, 2011. "The changing determinants of UK young adults' living arrangements," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 25(20), pages 629-666.

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