Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-up, 1999-2000

Variable Details

Variableactivit2
LabelPrevious activity 2: 2nd most recent main activity
Question text We have talked about what you are currently doing. Now I want to gather a few details about the jobs and other things that you may have been doing since April 1986/March 1991. You said you started your previous period of last recorded activity in ^month of year. Which of the things on this card best describes what you were doing before this period of last recorded activity?
Responses
1 F/t paid employee (30+ hrs) 5158
2 P/t paid employee (lt 30 hrs) 628
3 F/t self-employed 203
4 P/t self-employed 40
5 Unemployed seeking work 627
6 F/t education 2169
7 Government training scheme 334
8 Temporarily sick/disabled 9
9 Permanently sick/disabled 49
10 Looking after home/family 375
11 Wholly retired 4
12 Other 286
13 VER02 - history incomplete 198
98 =Dont know 1
99 =Not answered 2
Sysmiss 1178
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-up, 1999-2000
Interviewer InstructionsCHECK THAT RESPONDENT HAS BEEN DOING THIS CONTINUOUSLY SINCE START DATE AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO TIME WHEN THE SITUATION CHANGED. SHOWCARD V. CODE ONLY ONE MAIN ACTIVITY. SEE GLOSSARY ENTRIES ON JOBS, ACTIVITY STATUS, AND MAIN ACTIVITY.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: The original BCS70 sample included all children born in one week in 1970 in the United Kingdom, but waves beyond the initial birth survey have generally only included Great Britain.
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort