"Figure 3: Response rates overall have steadily declined from 2010 to 2020 across all waves, with the biggest decrease seen in wave 1 in April to June 2020","" "Wave-specific response rates, Great Britain, excluding imputed households, July to September 2010, to July to September 2020","" "","" "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 11: Technical definitions](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/methodologies/labourforcesurveyperformanceandqualitymonitoringreports/labourforcesurveyperformanceandqualitymonitoringreportjulytoseptember2020#technical-definitions)." "Unit","%" "","" "","Wave 1","Wave 2","Wave 3","Wave 4","Wave 5","Total" "JS10","63.9","54.9","49.8","46.3","45.7","52.2" "OD10","63.5","52.9","49.5","45.0","44.4","51.2" "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"