TY - BOOK
T1 - Using the Labour Force Surveys to Construct and Absence Rate Series for Britain, 1984-1997
AU - Barmby, Tim
AU - Ercolani, Marco
AU - Treble, John
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The Labour Force Surveys are used to construct monthly, quarterly and annual absence rate series for British full-time employees in 1984-1997. The long term trend is for the absence rate to remain constant at around 3.2%. A seasonal pattern is also found, with the absence rate being highest in December and lowest in May. The same data is also decomposed respect to various socio-economic characteristic. These include, geographical area, gender, age, marital status, trade union membership, industry and occupation. Systematic patterns are evident in these decompositions. ; Absence from work; Absenteeism; Illness
AB - The Labour Force Surveys are used to construct monthly, quarterly and annual absence rate series for British full-time employees in 1984-1997. The long term trend is for the absence rate to remain constant at around 3.2%. A seasonal pattern is also found, with the absence rate being highest in December and lowest in May. The same data is also decomposed respect to various socio-economic characteristic. These include, geographical area, gender, age, marital status, trade union membership, industry and occupation. Systematic patterns are evident in these decompositions. ; Absence from work; Absenteeism; Illness
UR - http://www.essex.ac.uk/ilr/discussion/ILRdp027.pdf
M3 - Commissioned report
BT - Using the Labour Force Surveys to Construct and Absence Rate Series for Britain, 1984-1997
ER -