How were your hours set during January and February?
Datafiles
Question asked in the latest wave:
Question label:
Baseline: how working hours were set
Question text:
How were your hours set during January and February? If you had more than one job, please tell us about your main job, that normally provided the largest share of your earnings.
Question universe:
IF ff_prevsurv = 0 AND IF blwork = 1, 3 // Ask if not completed any previous monthly covid-19 surveys and in paid work in Jan/Feb 2020.
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inapplicable | -8 | 584 | 81.34% |
| Don't know | -1 | 5 | 0.7% |
| Fixed weekly hours | 1 | 81 | 11.28% |
| I chose my hours | 2 | 20 | 2.79% |
| My employer chose my hours, with a minimum guaranteed number of hours | 3 | 17 | 2.37% |
| My employer chose my hours, with no minimum guaranteed number of hours | 4 | 11 | 1.53% |
| Total | 718 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.67 | 589 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 129 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 12840 | 99.72% |
| Fixed weekly hours | 1 | 26 | 0.2% |
| I chose my hours | 2 | 3 | 0.02% |
| My employer chose my hours, with a minimum guaranteed number of hours | 3 | 5 | 0.04% |
| My employer chose my hours, with no minimum guaranteed number of hours | 4 | 2 | 0.02% |
| Total | 12876 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.53 | 12840 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.94 | 36 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inapplicable | -8 | 13481 | 98.02% |
| Refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.01% |
| Don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.01% |
| Fixed weekly hours | 1 | 203 | 1.48% |
| I chose my hours | 2 | 28 | 0.2% |
| My employer chose my hours, with a minimum guaranteed number of hours | 3 | 32 | 0.23% |
| My employer chose my hours, with no minimum guaranteed number of hours | 4 | 8 | 0.06% |
| Total | 13754 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.43 | 13483 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.81 | 271 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inapplicable | -8 | 13820 | 97.85% |
| Fixed weekly hours | 1 | 218 | 1.54% |
| I chose my hours | 2 | 39 | 0.28% |
| My employer chose my hours, with a minimum guaranteed number of hours | 3 | 31 | 0.22% |
| My employer chose my hours, with no minimum guaranteed number of hours | 4 | 15 | 0.11% |
| Total | 14123 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.48 | 13820 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.87 | 303 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inapplicable | -8 | 14064 | 94.96% |
| Refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.01% |
| Don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.01% |
| Fixed weekly hours | 1 | 532 | 3.59% |
| I chose my hours | 2 | 88 | 0.59% |
| My employer chose my hours, with a minimum guaranteed number of hours | 3 | 87 | 0.59% |
| My employer chose my hours, with no minimum guaranteed number of hours | 4 | 38 | 0.26% |
| Total | 14811 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 14066 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.89 | 745 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 8237 | 46.38% |
| refusal | -2 | 12 | 0.07% |
| don't know | -1 | 7 | 0.04% |
| Fixed weekly hours | 1 | 7288 | 41.03% |
| I chose my hours | 2 | 1058 | 5.96% |
| My employer chose my hours, with a minimum guaranteed number of hours | 3 | 800 | 4.5% |
| My employer chose my hours, with no minimum guaranteed number of hours | 4 | 359 | 2.02% |
| Total | 17761 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.39 | 8256 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 9505 |
