Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableactivit4
LabelPrevious activity 4: 4th 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) 2643
2 P/t paid employee (lt 30 hrs) 278
3 F/t self-employed 66
4 P/t self-employed 16
5 Unemployed seeking work 387
6 F/t education 2117
7 Government training scheme 276
8 Temporarily sick/disabled 7
9 Permanently sick/disabled 14
10 Looking after home/family 113
11 Wholly retired 1
12 Other 221
13 VER02 - history incomplete 128
98 1
99 2
Sysmiss 4991
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