Subnational Household Labour Market Status from 2008 UK Annual Population Survey

Subnational data on working-age households and their members, categorized by household economic status. The dataset uses Annual Population Survey (APS) data from January to December 2008. It is produced by the UK Office for National Statistics as Experimental Official Statistics.

Use Cases

• Model local economic deprivation based on household economic status.
• Analyze regional variations in workless households for policy targeting.
• Profile household composition and dependency ratios in local areas.
• Benchmark local labour market performance against national trends.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the Annual Population Survey, a major UK household survey.
• Provides subnational geographic detail for local area analysis.
• Released under the Open Government Licence (OGL-UK-3.0) for reuse.

Limitations

• Data is from 2008 and may not reflect current economic conditions.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Annual Population Survey (APS)

Time Range

January to December 2008

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:30.362333; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom, subnational local areas