This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Quality of Life Survey, 2007

Variable Details

Variableq14
LabelQ14 Did he/ she do any paid work in the past? What was his/ her last occupation?
Question text Did he/she do any paid work in the past? What was his/her last occupation?
Responses
1 Farmer 146
2 Fisherman 7
3 Professional (lawyer, medical practitioner, accoun 30
4 Owner of a shop, craftsmen, other self-employed person 127
5 Business proprietors, owner (full or partner) of a 47
6 Employed professional (employed doctor, lawyer, ac 57
7 General management, director of top management (ma 102
8 Middle management, other management (department he 267
9 Employed position, working mainly at a desk 195
10 Employed position, not at a desk but travelling (s 134
11 Employed position, not at a desk, but in a service 202
12 Supervisor 103
13 Skilled manual worker 958
14 Other (unskilled) manual worker, servant 341
15 NEVER DID ANY PAID WORK 436
16 DK 0
Sysmiss 32482
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Quality of Life Survey, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD Q13 AND CODE IN THE GRID BELOW Q14 ‘last occupation’.<p> [Value 1 should read 'Responsible for ordinary shopping and looking after the home, or without any current occupation, not working'] [Value 7 should read 'Professional (lawyer, medical practitioner, accountant, architect etc.)' ] [Value 8 should read 'Owner of a shop, craftsmen, other self-employed person '] [Value 9 should read 'Business proprietors, owner (full or partner) of a company' ] [Value 10 should read 'Employed professional (employed doctor, lawyer, accountant, architect)' ] [Value 11 should read 'General management, director or top management (managing directors, director general, other director)'] [Value 12 should read 'Middle management, other management (department head, junior manager, teacher, technician)'] [Value 14 should read 'Employed position, not at a desk but travelling (salesman, driver, etc.)' ] [Value 15 should read 'Employed position, not at a desk, but in a service job (hospital, restaurant, police, fireman, etc.)']
UniverseLocation of units of observation: Cross-national; National;Population: Adults (aged 18 years and over) resident in the 27 European Union countries, plus Croatia, Macedonia, Norway and Turkey, in 2007
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.