Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

BBC Great British Class Survey, 2011-2013

Variable Details

Variableothfact
LabelQ46: Other factors
Responses
1 No 1
2 08/17/2011 1
3 A good level of education/uni degree 1
4 A good upbringing 1
5 Ability 1
6 Ability to communicate 1
7 Ability to get on with people 1
8 Age 1
9 Ambition. 1
10 Ambitious 1
11 Appearance 1
12 Attitude 4
13 Availability of knowing options available 1
14 Being a Christian 1
15 Being a man about things 1
16 Being a nice person 1
17 Being able to communicate 1
18 Being able to interact with people & be honest 1
19 Being at the right place at the right time 1
20 Being born into a wealthy family 2
21 Being honest 1
22 Being in the right place at the right time 8
23 Being overqualified for some employers vacancies 1
24 Being pushy and showing keenness. 1
25 Bing in the right place at the right time 1
26 Born with the right attitude 1
27 Brains ,heart, balls 1
28 Can't think 2
29 Can't think of anything 2
30 Can't think of anything else. 1
31 Career planning 1
32 Charisma 1
33 Class 2
34 Class/social background/private education/social connections 1
35 Class, being born into a wealthy family and having a family 1
36 Colour, discrimination 1
37 Commitment 1
38 Commitment to achieve 1
39 Common sense 2
40 Communication 1
41 Computer skills 1
42 Confidence 2
43 Confidence / self-esteem 1
44 Contacts and nepotism 1
45 Contacts between management and anyone who needs a job 1
46 Depends on the job, looks too can be important. 1
47 Destiny 1
48 Determination 4
49 Determination to succeed 1
50 Determination/stubborn 1
51 Disabilities 1
52 Dk 1
53 Don't know 3
54 Don't think so 2
55 Don't think so. 2
56 Don't think so. It's not what you know it's who you know. 1
57 Don't know 24
58 Drive and determination 1
59 Education 5
60 Education, disability 1
61 Encouragement from others 1
62 Energy levels in a person 1
63 Ethnic group 2
64 Ethnicity 1
65 Experience 2
66 Experience more than anything else when looking for employme 1
67 Faith 1
68 Family background 1
69 Family support help from parents 1
70 Family/business 1
71 Flexibility and adaptability also common sense 1
72 Foot in the door 1
73 Gender 1
74 General outlook and whether they are optimistic in life 1
75 Get up and go 1
76 Gift of gab 1
77 God looks 1
78 Going to private school 1
79 Good family 1
80 Good health 2
81 Good health and personal ambition 1
82 Good humour and good social interpersonal social skills 1
83 Good interaction 1
84 Good looks 1
85 Good luck 1
86 Good manners 1
87 Good role models 1
88 Good up bringing 1
89 Hard work 7
90 Hard worker 1
91 Hard/work 1
92 Have the right communication skills / pronunciation or accen 1
93 Have the right personality and be likeable / have a personal 1
94 Have to be driven hard work and prepared to put yourself abo 1
95 Having a supportive family 1
96 Having an unfortunate background 1
97 Having children 1
98 Having good contacts 1
99 Having good professional connections as well 1
100 Having good social connections 2
101 Having motivation from your family 1
102 Having right attitude to life 1
103 Having the drive to achieve 1
104 Having the right guidance 1
105 Health 1
106 Honesty/desire to work 1
107 If you are a single parent its difficult. 1
108 If you are not interested there is no point doing the job 1
109 Intelligence 1
110 It depends on what you mean by success 1
111 It's who you know not what you know 1
112 Joining an organisation e.g. Masons 1
113 Keenness 1
114 Knowing someone 2
115 Knowledge 1
116 Knowledge and capabilities a gift of knowledge 1
117 Knowledge of job 1
118 Lack of jobs 1
119 Language barriers 1
120 Level of education 3
121 Level of education and good social connections 1
122 Location where you live geographically e.g. Rural/ city 1
123 Look 1
124 Looks 1
125 Looks and appearance 1
126 Lots of prejudice lot of people judge 1
127 Lottery win 1
128 Luck 11
129 Luck only 1
130 Motivated, drive confidence 1
131 Motivation 1
132 Motivation, education socio-economic background 1
133 Motivation, presentation 1
134 Must have a good education 1
135 N/e 1
136 N6 1
137 Natural ability 2
138 Natural ability/HARD WORK 1
139 Networking 1
140 Networking / contacts 1
141 No 359
142 No all covered in section 1
143 No answer 3
144 No don't think so 1
145 No don't think so really 1
146 No i don't think so 1
147 No its fine 1
148 No its ok 1
149 No not really 1
150 No not really no 1
151 No nothing not mentioned 1
152 No other 1
153 No other factors 4
154 No permanent jobs 1
155 No think it covers it more or less 1
156 No, Not really. 1
157 No. 1
158 No. Not really. You make your own luck. 1
159 Non 3
160 None 287
161 None hard to think of anything else 1
162 None, but you have to do it yourself 1
163 Not really but some people have the ability to learn quicke 1
164 Not that i can think of 1
165 Not really 4
166 Not really no 2
167 Not really sure 1
168 Not what you know but who you know 1
169 Nothing 17
170 Nothing else 5
171 Null 19
172 Opportunity 2
173 Opportunity these days are more 1
174 Outlook on life 2
175 Parents aspirations for you 1
176 Parents encouragement 1
177 Personal ambition 1
178 Personal ambition, wealthy family, social connections 1
179 Personal integrity, moral values 1
180 Personality 6
181 Personality and confidence, and mental stability and ability 1
182 Physical skills 1
183 Positive attitude 2
184 Positive attitude/ambition 1
185 Private school, huge success social connections 1
186 Private education 2
187 Probably all of them. Can achieve whatever your circumstance 1
188 Probably where they live 1
189 Proven experience and loyalty/ethical attitude 1
190 Realistic goals 1
191 Right accent 1
192 Right attitude 2
193 Right skills and education 1
194 Self interest and being ruthless concerning personal ambitio 1
195 Skill common sense 1
196 Skill factor 1
197 Skills 1
198 Social connections 2
199 Social network 1
200 Social skill 1
201 Social skills 13
202 Social skills hard work 1
203 Social skills, appearances 1
204 Sometimes it's who you know and not what you know 1
205 Strong accent in wrong part of country disadvantage 1
206 Support from parents to encourage education, my daughter wor 1
207 The first five years of life is crucial parenting and life p 1
208 The luck of the draw unless you know someone 1
209 The right disposition the right attitude 1
210 Their attitude 1
211 Their outlook being happy or unhappy 1
212 There's no such thing as luck. You make your own luck. 1
213 They need cv 1
214 They've got to want to / they've got to put their heart in t 1
215 Think positive go for that goal 1
216 Type of education / where gained / connections 1
217 Wanting to work and being able to work 1
218 Well mannered. 1
219 What you know 1
220 Where one lives 1
221 Where you live 1
222 Who you know helps 1
223 Who u know not what u have to offer 1
224 Who you know 6
225 Who you know and what you know - the human rights angle 1
226 Who you know helps 1
227 Who you know in all society 1
228 Work ethic 1
229 Work experience 1
230 Working hard 1
231 ]No 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBBC Great British Class Survey, 2011-2013