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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995

Variable Details

Variablenss0411
LabelSpouse/Partner: Age left FT education
Question text Now I would like to ask you a few questions about your husband/wife/partner. Firstly, how old was your husband/wife/partner when he/she finally left his/her full-time education?
Responses
1 Under 16 208
2 16 628
3 17 122
4 18 171
5 19 38
6 20-23 176
7 24 or older 49
8 Still in FT Ed 2
9 Don't know 33
Sysmiss 287
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995
Interviewer InstructionsIF LEFT AND RE-ENTERED, CODE AGE LAST LEFT.
UniverseA clustered 10% sample of the main NCDS cohort, i.e. all those living in England and Wales born in one particular week in 1958, who had participated in an earlier NCDS follow-up and were not known to have died, emigrated or refused.;National
SamplingOne-stage cluster sample.;A simple random sample of the NCDS cohort. Twenty-five sampling points were used, based on interval sampling of all postcode areas in England and Wales, with a random starting point.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort conducted between the fifth and sixth full NCDS cohort surveys.
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