Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 7, 2004-2005

Variable Details

Variablen7unempy
LabelReason for being unemployed
Question text Thinking about your current period of unemployment, how did you come to be unemployed. Was it because... a fixed term or temporary job ended, you were made redundant, you were dismissed from a job, you left because you were pregnant, you left a job for health reasons, you just decided to leave, you couldn’t get a job after leaving full-time education or for some other reason? (SPECIFY AT NEXT QUESTION)
Responses
1 Fixed term or temporary job ended 22
2 Made redundant 47
3 Dismissed from a job 6
4 Left because pregnant 2
5 Left job for health reasons 19
6 Just decided to leave 15
7 Couldn't get a job after leaving full-time education 2
97 For some other reason 44
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 0
-7 Other missing 0
-1 Not applicable 9377
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Sweep 7, 2004-2005
Interviewer InstructionsSee Glossary entry on Unemployment. CODE ONE ONLY.
UniverseAdults in Great Britain born in one particular week in 1958 (NCDS respondents were aged 46-47 at the time of NCDS7).;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort