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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991

Variable Details

Variablen500932
LabelCMI:17,A58c) 2ND MOST RECENT UNEMPLOYMENT: Reason for employment
Question text I’d like you to think about your current period of unemployment which started on DATE AT A58a) [and finished on DATE AT A58b)]. How did you come to be unemployed at this time?
Responses
1 Fixed term/temp job 170
2 Made redundant 206
3 Dismissed 50
4 Pregnant 70
5 Other health reasons 37
6 Decided to leave 271
7 Self-employmnt ended 16
8 No job after FT Educ 56
9 Another reason 165
Sysmiss 10428
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991
Interviewer Instructions(i) CURRENT: SHOW CARD AJ. (ii) NOT CURRENT: SHOW CARD AJ. CODE ONE ONLY.
UniverseAdults in Great Britain born one particular week in 1958 (NCDS respondents were aged 33 at the time of NCDS5).;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe);See documentation for further details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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