"Figure 3: Wave-specific response rates ","" "Great Britain, excluding imputed households, January to March 2011, to January to March 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. The total response rate is the cumulative response rate for the quarter across all waves, based on all eligible, in-scope households. 2. For a full definition of response categories and the method used to calculate the response rates, see [Section 10: Technical definitions](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/methodologies/labourforcesurveyperformanceandqualitymonitoringreports/labourforcesurveyperformanceandqualitymonitoringreportjanuarytomarch2021#technical-definitions).." "Unit","%" "","" "","Wave 1","Wave 2","Wave 3","Wave 4","Wave 5","Total" "JM11","61.5","51.9","48.2","44.9","42.7","50.0" "AJ11","60.9","48.7","47.3","42.9","42.4","48.6" "JS11","62.8","51.7","47.4","46.0","43.9","50.5" "OD11","62.6","53.7","49.8","45.4","48.0","51.5" "JM12","62.1","52.5","50.4","46.8","44.1","51.3" "AJ12","60.9","51.6","48.9","46.5","45.0","50.7" "JS12","58.9","51.0","48.5","45.7","45.0","49.9" "OD12","56.9","49.5","47.4","44.0","43.7","48.4" "JM13","57.3","50.8","48.1","45.0","44.4","49.3" "AJ13","56.5","47.7","46.7","44.3","43.5","47.9" "JS13","58.9","50.2","46.6","45.1","45.2","49.3" "OD13","59.4","50.4","46.5","43.4","43.9","48.8" "JM14","59.1","50.5","47.2","44.4","43.2","49.0" "AJ14","59.3","47.5","46.1","42.9","42.9","47.9" "JS14","59.1","48.0","43.4","42.0","42.1","47.1" "OD14","58.9","48.8","45.7","41.2","42.7","47.6" "JM15","58.4","50.0","47.0","43.7","42.6","48.5" "AJ15","55.9","47.2","45.5","42.3","42.0","46.7" "JS15","55.5","45.8","42.9","41.3","41.3","45.5" "OD15","54.8","46.5","43.1","40.0","40.9","45.2" "JM16","54.2","45.8","43.0","39.7","39.7","44.6" "AJ16","54.0","41.8","40.1","37.4","36.9","42.2" "JS16","54.8","41.0","38.1","35.8","36.8","41.5" "OD16","54.9","42.4","39.3","35.9","36.8","42.0" "JM17","54.0","44.6","41.6","38.0","37.2","43.2" "AJ17","53.6","41.8","39.8","37.7","36.4","42.0" "JS17","56.7","43.1","39.1","37.2","36.5","42.7" "OD17","56.4","46.6","39.9","36.5","36.7","43.4" "JM18 ","57.1","44.7","41.6","35.2","35.0","42.9" "AJ18","56.1","43.3","39.6","36.9","34.0","42.2" "JS18","53.9","40.0","36.6","34.1","34.4","40.0" "OD18","53.3","40.5","36.9","35.0","34.6","40.3" "JM19","54.6","40.3","36.2","34.0","33.8","40.0" "AJ19","56.1","38.6","35.7","32.5","31.8","39.1" "JS19","55.0","38.9","34.2","32.4","31.5","38.6" "OD19","53.8","40.6","34.6","31.6","30.9","38.5" "JM20","45.2","37.9","35.6","31.1","30.4","36.2" "AJ20","31.2","31.6","33.0","31.4","29.1","31.3" "JS20","26.9","26.1","28.2","28.6","28.3","27.5" "OD20","28.6","23.0","25.0","26.9","27.7","26.1" "JM21","29.8","23.4","18.3","21.3","23.4","23.6"