Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 1999-2000

Variable Details

VariableRH15
LabelNumber of times unemployed in last 5 years
Question text Including any current spell of unemployment, how many times in the last 5 years have you been unemployed and looking for work for 4 weeks or more?
Responses
-1 1
0 98
1 1473
2 297
3 120
4 60
5 41
6 21
7 4
8 4
9 2
10 8
11 3
70 1
999992 None 0
999993 Can't say 0
999995 Not enough information 0
999996 Not stated 0
999997 Can't remember 22
999998 Don't know 318
999999 Refused 70
Sysmiss 27684
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 1999-2000
UniverseHouseholds and individual adults within households in Scotland.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingSimple random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample;Random adult sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study.<br><br>SN 4351 includes data from the 1999 and 2000 surveys, as the SHS is conducted using a two-year cycle design. Please see documentation for further details. This study is the full version of the SHS 1999-2000, whereas SN 5030 contains the Lite dataset.