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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014

Variable Details

VariableJOBLKER4
LabelWhen you are about 25 years old, what job would you like to be doing?
Responses
1 Accountant 5
2 Actor/actress 3
3 Artist 24
4 Civil servant 222
5 Computer operator 10
6 Conductor 0
7 Construction worker 9
8 Cook 1
9 Dentist 0
10 District collector 4
11 Doctor 656
12 Domestic Worker 7
13 Driver 43
14 Engineer 124
15 Farmer 33
16 Fireman/woman 0
17 Fisherman/woman 0
18 Fulltime parent/Housewife 3
19 Labourer 3
20 Lawyer 3
21 Lecturer 4
22 Market Trader/shop assistant/ 11
23 Mason 0
24 Mechanic 5
25 Nurse 58
26 Painter/decorator 1
27 Pilot 58
28 Policeman/woman 25
29 Politician 1
30 President/leader of country 1
31 Scientist 33
32 Singer 0
33 Soldier 2
34 Sportsman/woman 26
35 Tailor 2
36 Taxi Driver 8
37 Teacher 354
38 Trader/businessman/woman 42
39 Traditional occupation 1
40 University Student 45
41 Vet 0
42 Other 8
43 Administrative assistant / secretary 0
44 Religious leader/priest/sheikh 5
45 Manager/management 9
48 Factory worker 2
49 Journalist 10
77 Not known 7
79 Refused to answer 1
88 N/A 0
Sysmiss 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014
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