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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991

Variable Details

Variablen508743
LabelCMI:31 B17b Why not completed most recent course - Reason 1
Question text Why didn't you complete this course? Response 1
Responses
6 Pregnancy 3
8 Illness or accident 4
9 Social reasons 1
10 Travel reasons 3
11 Housing reasons 1
13 Other - personal 3
14 Got a job instead 6
15 Dismissal/redundancy 1
16 Left/changed job 4
18 Other job reasons 8
19 Failed exams 1
20 Asked to leave 1
22 Not vocational 1
23 Course discontinued 6
24 Course too hard 3
27 Other course aspects 7
28 No study motivation 3
29 Irrelevant, etc 4
Sysmiss 11409
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE FULLY. RECORD VERBATIM.
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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