Job tenure month
Datafile
Question asked in the latest wave:
Question label:
Job tenure month
Question text:
In what month in {jobtenyr} did you first start working for your current employer?
If you currently have more than one employer, please tell us about the employer at your main job.
Question universe:
IF (ff_country is not 2 OR (ff_country = 2 AND welsh is not 1)) AND (sempderived = 1, 3) AND ((ff_intwave7 = 0 AND ff_intwave8 = 0) OR empchk_cv = 2) // Ask if respondent not living in Wales or living in Wales and did not complete survey in Welsh, and emp
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 4 | 0.03% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 11934 | 93.1% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.02% |
| January | 1 | 48 | 0.37% |
| February | 2 | 29 | 0.23% |
| March | 3 | 37 | 0.29% |
| April | 4 | 91 | 0.71% |
| May | 5 | 77 | 0.6% |
| June | 6 | 92 | 0.72% |
| July | 7 | 118 | 0.92% |
| August | 8 | 108 | 0.84% |
| September | 9 | 186 | 1.45% |
| October | 10 | 44 | 0.34% |
| November | 11 | 38 | 0.3% |
| December | 12 | 9 | 0.07% |
| Total | 12818 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.67 | 11941 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 2.67 | 877 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.01% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 12104 | 95.46% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.01% |
| January | 1 | 48 | 0.38% |
| February | 2 | 62 | 0.49% |
| March | 3 | 100 | 0.79% |
| April | 4 | 38 | 0.3% |
| May | 5 | 24 | 0.19% |
| June | 6 | 23 | 0.18% |
| July | 7 | 32 | 0.25% |
| August | 8 | 47 | 0.37% |
| September | 9 | 76 | 0.6% |
| October | 10 | 53 | 0.42% |
| November | 11 | 41 | 0.32% |
| December | 12 | 30 | 0.24% |
| Total | 12680 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.11 | 12106 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 3.52 | 574 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 5 | 0.04% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 9813 | 81.99% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.02% |
| don't know | -1 | 9 | 0.08% |
| January | 1 | 229 | 1.91% |
| February | 2 | 130 | 1.09% |
| March | 3 | 140 | 1.17% |
| April | 4 | 168 | 1.4% |
| May | 5 | 111 | 0.93% |
| June | 6 | 137 | 1.14% |
| July | 7 | 156 | 1.3% |
| August | 8 | 180 | 1.5% |
| September | 9 | 348 | 2.91% |
| October | 10 | 227 | 1.9% |
| November | 11 | 207 | 1.73% |
| December | 12 | 106 | 0.89% |
| Total | 11968 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.75 | 9829 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 3.44 | 2139 |



