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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2000

Variable Details

VariableWORKEARN
LabelWORK MORE/FEWER HOURS PREFERENCE
Question text Think of the number of hours you work, and the money you earn in your main job, including any regular overtime. If you had only one of these three choices, which of the following would you prefer? Work longer hours and earn more money, work the same number of hours and earn the same money, work fewer hours and earn less money.
Responses
0 N/A 0
1 WORK MORE EARN MORE 85
2 WORK SAME EARN SAME 227
3 WORK LESS EARN LESS 15
8 CAN'T CHOOSE 21
9 MISSING 4
-2 Skip from WORKNOW 374
-1 Skip - Version A 745
Sysmiss 329
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2000
Interviewer InstructionsPlease circle one number only
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 2000.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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