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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2007

Variable Details

Variablenreason2
LabelPartner main reason for inactivity
Question text What was the main reason you did not seek any work in the last 4 weeks (would not be able to start in next 2 weeks)?
Responses
1 Student 1
2 Looking after family/home 52
3 Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time 5
4 Temporarily sick or injured 8
5 Long-term sick or disabled 24
6 Retired from paid work 146
7 Other reasons 9
8 Waiting to take up a job already obtained 1
98 Don't know 0
-4 Skip, from EMPST3 398
-3 Skip, no living partner 120
-2 Skip 9
-1 Skip no partner 395
99 Not answered 11
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2007
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2007
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS primary setting GSS Harmonised Principles
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