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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableLNoWrk14
LabelReason for not working: R & Ptr not employed; R not employed & lone parent
Responses
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 6708
1 I have enough money 0
2 I would lose benefits 0
3 I would not earn enough money to make it worthwhile working 0
4 Having a job is not very important to me 0
5 I have been out of work for so long nobody employs me 0
6 I cannot find a decent job because I am not very well qualif 0
7 There are not many jobs I could do in my area 0
8 The job I would like is too demanding to combine with childr 0
9 I cannot find the kind of work I want with suitable hours 0
10 In the kind of work I do I would have to work unsocial hours 0
11 I am on maternity leave 0
12 I have a longstanding illness or disability 0
13 I look after a disabled, sick or elderly friend or rel 0
14 I am studying/training 0
15 Other reason(s) 0
16 None of these 0
17 I was made redundant 0
18 I am pregnant 0
19 I am ill (temporary illness) 0
20 Woman: it is my role as a woman not to be working 0
21 I am starting work soon 0
22 I am retired 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationChildcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2009
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