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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991

Variable Details

Variablen514213
LabelPL:16,9/1 Unemployed & seeking work since school
Question text Since leaving school has there been any period of a month or more when you did not have a paid job and when your situation was best described by one of the categories listed below? (Please ring all numbers that apply) Please do not give details of anything you may have done at the same time as having a paid job. [Unemployed and seeking work]
Responses
1 Uneployed 1787
2 Govt scheme 65
3 Full-time education 636
4 Housework/childcare 1225
5 Sick/handicapped 65
6 Other 125
7 Employed 16-33 2031
Sysmiss 1785
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991
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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