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Travel to work quality information for Census 2021
Known quality information affecting travel to work data from Census 2021 in England and Wales to help users correctly interpret the statistics.Keywords: travel to work, Census 2021, furlough, pandemic, future
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Labour Force Survey: the impact of using an alternative imputation method on main labour market estimates
Labour Force Survey (LFS) person-weighted datasets use a roll-forward imputation method. During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic an alternative imputation method that might better cope with the unprecedented labour market circumstances was explored. This article highlights the impact of using this alternative method on main labour market estimates over the periods between January to March 2018 and June to August 2022.Keywords: Employment, Methodology, Unemployment, Inactivity
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Monthly earnings and employment estimates from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information (PAYE RTI) data: methods
Methodology article explaining the methods used to derive monthly employee and earnings estimates from Pay as You Earn Real Time Information (PAYE RTI) administrative data. The article also includes comparisons with ONS’s official sources of labour market data.Keywords: workforce, pay, labour force survey, LFS, hours
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Comparison of labour market data sources
The strengths and weaknesses of the main data sources we use to produce the labour market figures, including the advantages of new administrative data sources and limitations of some of our published figures.Keywords: Vacancies, employment, earnings, redundancies, labour, market
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Developing an indicator of potential redundancies using Insolvency Service data
Quality and methodology information for weekly and monthly indicators of potential redundancies, using HR1 forms from The Insolvency Service. Experimental Statistics.Keywords: redundancies, HR1, Labour Market, unemployment, dismissals
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Labour Force Survey: alternative imputation during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
During normal operation, Labour Force Survey (LFS) person-weighted datasets use a roll-forward imputation. This article discusses an alternative imputation method that might better cope with the unprecedented labour market circumstances brought about in the pandemic and highlights the impact on main labour market estimates.Keywords: LFS, Imputation, Employment, Unemployment, Hours
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Progress against the Labour Force Survey National Statistics Quality Review recommendations
The Labour Force Survey National Statistics Quality Review was published in February 2014. This article provides an update on progress against the recommendations.Keywords: NSQR, LFS
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Labour Force Survey weighting methodology
New population weights using PAYE Real-Time Information data to allow for changes to Labour Force Survey (LFS) collection methods, and changes to population movements in 2020. To be applied to LFS results from July 2021.Keywords: LFS, weights, population, recalibration
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Update to Coronavirus - impact on labour market outputs
This article lists the changes to labour market outputs as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.Keywords: reweighting, employment, unemployment, hours
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Labour Market Survey attrition test: technical report
Technical design of the Labour Market Survey attrition test, detailing the survey design and data collection methodology. Includes response results from experimental tests that formed part of the survey design.Keywords: Employment, LMS, labour market statistics, research, social survey