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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 22
2 Actor/actress 1
3 Artist 9
4 Civil servant 92
5 Computer operator 22
6 Conductor 0
7 Construction worker 10
8 Cook 2
9 Dentist 0
10 District collector 0
11 Doctor 157
12 Domestic Worker 3
13 Driver 34
14 Engineer 99
15 Farmer 41
16 Fireman/woman 0
17 Fisherman 0
18 Fulltime parent/Housewife 3
19 Labourer 1
20 Lawyer 9
21 Lecturer 0
22 Market Trader/shop assistant 27
23 Mason 0
24 Mechanic 14
25 Nurse 33
26 Painter/decorator 0
27 Pilot 3
28 Policeman/woman 4
29 Politician 0
30 President/leader of country 0
31 Scientist 6
32 Singer 0
33 Soldier 0
34 Sportsman/woman 6
35 Tailor 0
36 Taxi Driver 14
37 Teacher 58
38 Trader/businessman/woman 118
39 Traditional occupation 1
40 University Student/other form of further education 45
41 Vet 0
42 Other, specify 38
43 Administrative assistant/secretary 1
44 Religious leader/priest/sheikh 6
45 Manager /Management 10
46 Agricultural Extension Worker 4
47 Health Extension Worker 1
48 Factory worker 4
77 Not Known 10
79 Refused to answer 0
88 N/A 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014
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