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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 49
2 Actor/actress 11
3 Artist 40
4 Civil servant 65
5 Computer operator 27
6 Conductor 2
7 Construction worker 23
8 Cook 11
9 Dentist 0
10 District collector 3
11 Doctor 359
12 Domestic Worker 1
13 Driver 32
14 Engineer 84
15 Farmer 38
16 Fireman/woman 0
17 Fisherman/woman 11
18 Fulltime parent/Housewife 0
19 Labourer 14
20 Lawyer 10
21 Lecturer 8
22 Market Trader/shop assistant/ 7
23 Mason 2
24 Mechanic 14
25 Nurse 8
26 Painter/decorator 0
27 Pilot 5
28 Policeman/woman 159
29 Politician 1
30 President/leader of country 0
31 Scientist 7
32 Singer 36
33 Soldier 32
34 Sportsman/woman 24
35 Tailor 21
36 Taxi Driver 3
37 Teacher 441
38 Trader/businessman/woman 31
39 Traditional occupation 0
40 University Student/other form of further education 1
41 Vet 3
42 Other, specify 158
43 Administrative assistant/secretary 2
44 Religious leader/priest/sheikh 0
45 Management 4
77 NK 177
79 Refused to answer 0
88 NA 0
Sysmiss 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014
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