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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Millennium Cohort Study: Fifth Survey, 2012
Variable Details
| Variable | EXPXWA00 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Whether partner had a job last week | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | Even though [^name of partner] wasn't working did [^he/she] have a job that [^he/she] was away from last week? | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Responses |
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Millennium Cohort Study: Fifth Survey, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | IF ON LEAVE FROM A JOB (E.G. MATERNITY, PATERNITY, ANNUAL LEAVE ETC.), CODE YES. JOB = PERIOD OF PAID WORK WITH AN EMPLOYER OR PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS SELF-EMPLOYMENT. ONLY INCLUDE THOSE ON BREAKS, ON CONTRACT, SEASONAL WORK, ETC. IF THERE IS A DEFINITE JOB KEPT OPEN FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO. IF HAS JOB WAITING TO START, CODE NO. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | The sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).;National | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Longitudinal/panel/cohort; Five waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years), MCS4 (age 7 years) and MCS5 (age 11 years). |
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