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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 8
2 Actor/actress 1
3 Artist 0
4 Civil servant 44
5 Computer operator 49
6 Conductor 3
7 Construction worker 8
8 Cook 2
9 Dentist 0
10 District collector 3
11 Doctor 17
12 Domestic worker 5
13 Driver 24
14 Engineer 99
15 Farmer 54
16 Fireman/woman 1
17 Fisherman/woman 0
18 Fulltime parent/housewife 79
19 Labourer 17
20 Lawyer 2
21 Lecturer 36
22 Market Trader/shop assistant 12
23 Mason 3
24 Mechanic 11
25 Nurse 31
26 Painter/decorator 2
27 Pilot 1
28 Policeman/woman 59
29 Politician 1
30 President/leader of country 0
31 Scientist 1
32 Singer 1
33 Soldier 9
34 Sportsman/woman 0
35 Tailor 23
36 Taxi driver 1
37 Teacher 141
38 Trader/Businessman/woman 18
39 Traditional occupation 0
40 University student 15
41 Vet 1
42 Other 74
43 Administrative assistant / secretary 7
44 Religious leader/priest/shaik 0
45 Manager 2
48 Factory worker 4
49 Journalist 0
77 Not Known 12
79 Refused to answer 0
88 N/A 1
Sysmiss 70
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014
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