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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablevc44b
LabelMAIN REASON FOR TAKING JOB
Question text And what was the main reason?
Responses
1 Easy to travel to 26
2 A promotion 5
3 Good career prospects/experience 198
4 Well paid 44
5 Work was interesting/challenging 114
6 Good conditions of employment 15
7 Had crèche/childcare/nursery facilities 1
8 Easy option/less stressful than before 9
9 Had to move to the area for another reason 4
10 Well suited to your qualifications 21
11 In a good location 11
12 Needed the job/only one offered to me 405
13 Other 34
Sysmiss 760
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992
Interviewer InstructionsSINGLE CODE ONLY.
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
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