Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2012

Variable Details

Variablenreason2
LabelG16g What was the main reason your partner/husband/wife did not seek work in last 4 weeks (start in the next 2 weeks)
Question text What was the main reason you did not seek any work in the last 4 weeks (would not be able to start in next 2 weeks)?
Responses
1 Student 4
2 Looking after the home 23
3 Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time 4
4 Temporarily sick or injured 4
5 Long-term sick or disabled 21
6 Retired from paid work 17
7 Other reasons (please specify) 3
8 Waiting to take up job already obtained 2
97 (Refusal) 1
98 Don't know 1
-1 Not applicable 1124
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2012
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2012.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; NILT has run from 2008 onwards, with a break in 2011. The survey resumed in 2012.
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS primary setting GSS Harmonised Principles