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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997

Variable Details

VariableWHATBEF
LabelWHAT DOING BEFORE PRISON (IF NOT WORK)
Responses
1 Unemployed seeking work 617
2 Unemployed, not seeking work 269
3 Retired 8
4 Waiting to take up a job education train 23
5 In full time education 58
6 Long term sick 288
7 Not working because bringing up family 133
8 Living off crime 461
9 Visiting this country 5
10 Other 57
-9 1178
-8 45
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997
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