Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992

Variable Details

Variablevc2a1a
LabelJOB 1 START MONTH
Question text Now I would like you to think about all jobs that you have had, lasting a month or more, since April 1986 including any you are doing at the moment. What were the dates that your jobs started and ended?
Responses
1 132
2 36
3 44
4 93
5 117
6 217
7 294
8 218
9 163
10 90
11 61
12 31
Sysmiss 151
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992
Interviewer InstructionsUSE THE 'CALENDAR' FROM THE 'YOUR LIFE' SELF-COMPLETION QUESTIONNAIRE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT DATES. RESOLVE ANY INCONSISTENCIES. DO NOT INCLUDE HOLIDAY JOBS WHILE IN FULL-TIME EDUCATION. START WITH FIRST JOB SINCE APRIL 1986 AND FINISH WITH MOST RECENT JOB.
UniverseA clustered 10% sample of all respondents to an earlier BCS70 follow-up, living in England and Wales during 1992, who were not known to have died, emigrated or refused.;National
SamplingOne-stage cluster sample;A simple random sample of the BCS70 cohort
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort