Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablevc2a1b
LabelJOB 1 START YEAR
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
83 1
85 6
86 518
87 324
88 436
89 109
90 51
91 49
92 1
-8 Out of range 0
Sysmiss 152
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