Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Six-Year Follow-up, 1996

Variable Details

Variableb960246
LabelHas been unemployed and seeking work
Question text Since you were 16, has there ever been any period of a month or more when you did not have a paid job and your situation was best described by one of the things listed below? Please tick all that apply and write in the number of periods where appropriate. Unemployed and seeking work.
Responses
-2 Does Not Apply 0
-1 Not Answered 0
1 Been unemployed 3845
8 0
-8 Inappropriate Answer 0
Sysmiss 5158
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Six-Year Follow-up, 1996
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: BCS70 cohort members who were able to be traced.
SamplingBCS70 cohort members for whom a current address was available. The BCS70 Twenty six-year Follow-up targeted all those who were members of the original BCS70 cohort sample. This included those who had been in the original birth survey, those who had been in all subsequent follow-ups, including immigrants and others traced for the first time though schools and health authorities.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort