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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 41
2 Actor/actress 3
3 Artist 1
4 Civil servant 82
5 Computer operator 23
6 Conductor 2
7 Construction worker 11
8 Cook 9
9 Dentist 1
10 District collector 0
11 Doctor 25
12 Domestic Worker 0
13 Driver 24
14 Engineer 49
15 Farmer 31
16 Fireman/woman 0
17 Fisherman 8
18 Fulltime parent/Housewife 12
19 Labourer 40
20 Lawyer 3
21 Lecturer 3
22 Market Trader/shop assistant 54
23 Mason 2
24 Mechanic 24
25 Nurse 9
26 Painter/decorator 1
27 Pilot 0
28 Policeman/woman 22
29 Politician 0
30 President/leader of country 2
31 Scientist 2
32 Singer 1
33 Soldier 3
34 Sportsman/woman 2
35 Tailor 20
36 Taxi Driver 5
37 Teacher 73
38 Trader/ businessman/woman 33
39 Traditional occupation 3
40 University Student/other form of further education 1
41 Vet 1
42 Other, specify 184
43 Administrative assistant/secretary 2
44 Religious leader/priest/sheikh 1
77 NK 68
88 NA 3
Sysmiss 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014
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