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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variableq2c
Labelq2c. How many years have you been in paid employment since the age at which you stopped full-time education?
Responses
0 less than 1 year 778
1 610
2 796
3 777
4 748
5 893
5.5 1
6 698
7 699
8 740
9 570
10 1228
11 553
12 723
13 575
14 636
15 1138
16 664
17 697
18 778
19 564
20 1442
21 548
22 724
23 655
24 613
25 1011
26 619
27 550
28 591
29 415
30 1190
31 448
32 524
33 472
34 419
35 648
36 370
37 318
38 294
39 228
40 516
41 159
42 178
43 141
44 127
45 153
46 82
47 58
48 55
49 41
50 107
51 22
52 20
53 19
54 11
55 21
56 14
57 9
58 10
59 1
60 12
61 4
62 4
63 1
64 4
65 5
67 1
70 2
76 49
77 if still a full time-student 521
88 DK 3
99 Refusal 385
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Working Conditions Survey, 2005
UniverseCross-national; National;The survey covered the total active population of the respective nationalities of the EU member states, aged 15 years and over, resident in the countries involved in the survey. Retired and unemployed persons, housewives and students, etc., were excluded. Non-Europeans were included, on condition that they could be interviewed in the national language(s) of the country where they work.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; fourth survey in the EWCS series.
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