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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991

Variable Details

Variablen514215
LabelPL:16,9/3 Full-time education 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. [Full-time education]
Responses
2 Govt scheme 1
3 Full-time education 40
4 Housework/childcare 158
5 Sick/handicapped 17
6 Other 77
7 Employed 16-33 1
Sysmiss 7425
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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