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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variablehh3_2d
Labelhh3_2d. Economic status - Person 2.
Responses
1 at work as employee or employer/self-employed 14955
2 at work, on child-care leave or other leave 467
3 at work as relative assisting on family farm or business 192
4 unemployed less than 12 months 505
5 unemployed 12 months or more 662
6 unable to work due to long-term illness or disability 370
7 retired 3363
8 full time homemaker/ looking after the home 2969
9 in education (at school, university, etc.) / student 1507
10 other 363
88 DK/No opinion 47
99 Refusal 192
Sysmiss 4088
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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