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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 2010

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
-9 Refusal 4
-8 Don't know 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 2129
1 Fathers job title known 5972
2 Did not know father / no contact at time 232
3 Father was dead 293
4 Caring for home/not working 209
5 Don t know 199
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 2010
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, 2010.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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