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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: Fourth Survey, 2008

Variable Details

Variabledmrnoz0b
LabelS4 MAIN Reason why not looking for paid work (merged) MC2
Responses
1 There are no jobs in the right place 18
2 There are no jobs with the right hours 102
3 There are no jobs available for me 15
4 I am in full-time education 4
5 I am on a training course 17
6 My family would lose benefits 66
7 Caring for an elderly or ill relation 38
8 I cannot work because of poor health 68
9 I prefer not to work 38
10 Prefer to be at home with the family 491
11 Prefer to look after my children myself 965
12 Cannot earn enough to pay for childcare 104
13 I cannot find suitable childcare 40
14 My husband/partner disapproves 14
15 I have a new baby 77
51 I am pregnant 11
52 Language problems 1
53 Other study related reasons 20
54 Child has health problems/ disability 12
55 Cannot work - mental health issues 0
56 Waiting/ planning to move house 0
57 Waiting/planning to start work/business 3
58 Earn money on ad hoc basis 4
59 Partner works unsociable hours 2
60 No work permit 0
61 Financial reasons - other 3
62 spare 0
63 spare 0
64 spare 0
65 spare 0
66 spare 0
85 Other specific answer 6
86 Vague / irrelevant answer 1
87 Editor cannot deal with 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 0
-1 Not applicable 11737
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: Fourth Survey, 2008
UniverseThe sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; Four waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years) and MCS4 (age 7 years).
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