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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2010: Campaign Internet Data

Variable Details

Variableaaq174
LabelPartner-Other Type of Work
Question text You said your husband, wife or partner did an ‘other’ sort of work. Please say here what this is:
Responses
- 1
. 1
Artist 1
BOAC 1
Did not work 1
Disabled 3
Dk. 1
Foster Caring 1
Full time student 1
Gardener 1
HOUSEWIFE 2
He is unemployed labourer with no skills/training 1
Home Manager 1
Home maker 1
Homemaking 1
House wife 2
House worker 1
Housewife 20
Housewife / church Organist 1
Housewife, is that still allowed? 1
Housework 2
I said he never worked 1
I said never worked 1
Lollypop Lady 1
Looking after our young children 1
Looking after the household bringing up children 1
Mistake. 1
Must have mis-clicked - she is/was a housewife 1
Must have pressed the wrong key! She is a housewife. 1
N/a 1
Never Worked 1
Never worked 2
None 1
Not working 1
Part Time shop worker 1
Photographer 1
Sales 1
School Crossing Patrol 1
Secretary 1
Security 1
She is my full time carer 1
Student 3
Technical Author (Aircraft Maintenance Manuals) 1
Unemployed 1
Unpaid Carer 1
Voluntary 1
X 1
__NA__ 16587
builder 1
care 1
care work 1
carer 4
caring 1
catering 2
charitable 1
charity 3
charity work in shop 1
child minder 1
childcare 1
childminder 1
cleaning 1
clerical for a brief time - otherwise housewife 1
consultant 1
cook 1
did not work 1
disabled 3
disabled since childhood 1
dissabled 1
dk 2
does not work clicked wrong button 1
don't know 1
error 1
error - did NOT work 1
factory operative 1
full time parent 1
gfj 1
helping with business 1
homemaker 5
house husband 1
house wife 6
house wife / raising children 1
house wife do's not work 1
house wife, i ment never worked 1
househusband 1
housewife 44
housework 2
kiyjhfg 1
lab technician 1
lollipop 1
looking after the children and the home 1
mid day assistant at school 1
n/a 3
na 4
never worked 2
no 1
no work 1
non 1
none 12
not working 1
on the sick 1
part time bookseller 1
prefer not to say 1
pressed wrong button 1
purchasing manager 1
record dealer 1
retired 2
retired vet.surgeon 1
rubber plantation owner 1
secretarial 1
secretary 1
self employed 1
selfemployed 1
shop worker 1
social work 1
sorry, pressed wrong key, meant "never worked" 1
student at university 1
telephonist 1
tour guide 1
unemployed 2
united nations diplomatic corps 1
veternary 1
wrong answer- did not work 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Campaign Internet Data
Interviewer InstructionsOPEN TEXTBOX
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2010.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; The study contains pre-election, during election, and post-election survey waves.
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