Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableFathOcc
LabelFather's occupation when respondent age 14
Question text What was the name or title of the job your father did, when you were about 14 years old? This would have been in the year (year respondent was 14).
Responses
1 Father s job title known 5336
2 Did not know father/no contact with father at the time 152
3 Father was dead 273
4 Caring for home/not working 132
5 Don t know 136
-9 Refused 8
-8 Don't know 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 1750
-1 Item not applicable 428
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCODE 1 IF FATHER'S JOB TITLE IS KNOWN.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16 and over and children aged 0-15 years living in private households in Scotland between January 2008 and March 2009
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study