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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableLNoWrkM
LabelMost important reason for not working: resp and partner not employed: or resp not employed and lone parent
Responses
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 18
-1 5391
1 I have enough money 12
2 I would lose benefits 59
3 I would not earn enough money to make it worthwhile working 184
4 Having a job is not very important to me 23
5 I have been out of work for so long nobody employs me 17
6 I cannot find a decent job because I am not very well qualif 106
7 There are not many jobs I could do in my area 40
8 The job I would like is too demanding to combine with childr 80
9 I cannot find the kind of work I want with suitable hours 128
10 In the kind of work I do I would have to work unsocial hours 11
11 I am on maternity leave 11
12 I have a longstanding illness or disability 159
13 I look after a disabled, sick or elderly friend or rel 135
14 I am studying/training 89
15 Other reason(s) 66
16 None of these 155
17 I was made redundant 1
18 I am pregnant 8
19 I am ill (temporary illness) 4
20 Woman: it is my role as a woman not to be working 7
21 I am starting work soon 2
22 I am retired 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationChildcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2009
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