Mother's job in UK
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Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
migrationbackground_w9.majuk
Question label:
Mother's job in UK
Question text:
Thinking back to when you were 14 years old, was your mother working 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 (FAMILYBACKGROUND.MACOB > 4 | FF_MACOB > 4) & (FAMILYBACKGROUND.MAYRUK = 1 | FF_MAYRUK = 1) & DV2UK16 = 1 & (FAMILYBACKGROUND.MAJU = 1 | FF_MAJU = 1) (Respondent's Mother not born in UK AND Mother came to live in UK AND R came to the UK aged less than 16 AND Mother working when R aged 14)
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34786 | 96.47% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Yes | 1 | 161 | 0.45% |
| No, not working in the UK | 2 | 6 | 0.02% |
| No, not working at all | 3 | 6 | 0.02% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only available for IEMB | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 4174 | 9.24% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| yes | 1 | 217 | 0.48% |
| no | 2 | 26 | 0.06% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
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