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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableCNoWrkM
LabelMost important reason for not working: resp not employed: partner employed
Responses
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 29
-1 5400
1 We have enough money 130
2 I/my family would lose benefits 18
3 I would not earn enough money to make it worthwhile working 166
4 Having a job is not very important to me 36
5 My husband/wife/partner's job is too demanding 78
6 I have been out of work for so long nobody employs me 15
7 I cannot find a decent job because I am not very well qualif 41
8 There are not many jobs I could do in my area 19
9 The job I would like is too demanding to combine with childr 82
10 I cannot find the kind of work I want with suitable hours 131
11 In the kind of work I do I would have to work unsocial hours 12
12 I have a longstanding illness or disability 70
13 I am on maternity leave 48
14 I look after a disabled, sick or elderly friend or rel 57
15 I am studying/training 60
16 Other reason(s) 68
17 None of these 215
18 I was made redundant 4
19 I am pregnant 6
20 I am ill (temporary illness) 3
21 Woman: it is my role as a woman not to be working 16
22 I am starting work soon 3
23 I am retired 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationChildcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2009
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