First job in the UK
Datafile
Index terms
- Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
- Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
Question asked in the latest wave:
migrationbackground_w9.j1ukjob
Question label:
First job in the UK
Question text:
Thinking about your own first job after leaving full-time education, was that job in the UK?
Question universe:
if (FF_UKBORN = 5 & ff_1STWAVE <=6 & (GRIDVARIABLES.FBORN = 1 & GRIDVARIABLES.IEMB 1)) | (FF_UKBORN = 5 & (ff_1STWAVE = 7|8)) | INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Respondent is foreign born and entered the study at wave 6 or earlier and household is in the Foreign Born Sample but not in the IEMB sample OR Respondent is foreign born and entered the study at wave 7 or later)
and if OWNFIRSTJOB.J1NONE = 3 | J1NONE_MHIS = 3 | (DEMOGRAPHICS.JBSTAT = 1|2) (Had a first job after full-time education OR previously reported having a job OR current economic activity is employed or self-employed)
and if DV2UK16 = 2 (Was not born in the UK and came to the UK aged 16 or over)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 33275 | 92.28% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Yes | 1 | 767 | 2.13% |
| No | 2 | 915 | 2.54% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only available for IEMB | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 2568 | 5.68% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 19 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 11 | 0.02% |
| yes | 1 | 693 | 1.53% |
| no | 2 | 1129 | 2.5% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
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