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Innovation Panel Variable

employ

In paid employment

Datafiles

Question asked in the latest wave:

hhgrid_ip17.employ

Question label:

In paid employment

Question text:

[Are you] / [Is [NAME] / [ff_forname]] in paid employment?

Question universe:

if [DVAge >= 16] // If individual is 16 or over

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	241	6.69%
inapplicable	-8	519	14.4%
refusal	-2	8	0.22%
don't know	-1	5	0.14%
Yes	1	1563	43.36%
No	2	1269	35.2%
	Total	3605	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	692	16.42%
refusal	-2	13	0.31%
don't know	-1	5	0.12%
Yes	1	1995	47.34%
No	2	1509	35.81%
	Total	4214	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	684	16.3%
refusal	-2	7	0.17%
don't know	-1	4	0.1%
Yes	1	1971	46.96%
No	2	1531	36.48%
	Total	4197	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	827	16.66%
refusal	-2	6	0.12%
don't know	-1	5	0.1%
Yes	1	2359	47.53%
No	2	1766	35.58%
	Total	4963	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	567	16.35%
refusal	-2	6	0.17%
don't know	-1	3	0.09%
Yes	1	1548	44.65%
No	2	1342	38.71%
	Total	3467	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	559	16.91%
refusal	-2	12	0.36%
don't know	-1	5	0.15%
Yes	1	1505	45.52%
No	2	1224	37.02%
	Total	3306	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	825	18.35%
refusal	-2	9	0.2%
don't know	-1	13	0.29%
Yes	1	2067	45.96%
No	2	1583	35.2%
	Total	4497	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	664	18.24%
refusal	-2	7	0.19%
don't know	-1	16	0.44%
Yes	1	1692	46.47%
No	2	1262	34.66%
	Total	3641	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	572	18.36%
refusal	-2	6	0.19%
don't know	-1	11	0.35%
yes	1	1456	46.73%
no	2	1070	34.34%
	Total	3116	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	625	19.0%
refusal	-2	4	0.12%
don't know	-1	5	0.15%
yes	1	1511	45.94%
no	2	1139	34.63%
	Total	3289	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	716	19.77%
refusal	-2	3	0.08%
don't know	-1	3	0.08%
yes	1	1629	44.99%
no	2	1267	34.99%
	Total	3621	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	577	19.63%
refusal	-2	2	0.07%
don't know	-1	8	0.27%
Yes	1	1339	45.54%
No	2	1014	34.49%
	Total	2940	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.33%
inapplicable	-8	580	19.31%
refusal	-2	2	0.07%
don't know	-1	1	0.03%
Yes	1	1372	45.67%
No	2	1039	34.59%
	Total	3004	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	709	20.96%
yes	1	1555	45.98%
no	2	1118	33.06%
	Total	3382	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	510	20.55%
don't know	-1	3	0.12%
yes	1	1090	43.92%
no	2	879	35.41%
	Total	2482	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	543	20.2%
don't know	-1	2	0.07%
yes	1	1220	45.39%
no	2	921	34.26%
	Total	2688	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	776	21.56%
refusal	-2	1	0.03%
don't know	-1	1	0.03%
yes	1	1619	44.97%
no	2	1203	33.42%
	Total	3600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	233	9.34%
proxy	-7	30	1.2%
refusal	-2	2	0.08%
don't know	-1	4	0.16%
Yes	1	1222	49.0%
No	2	999	40.06%
	Total	2494	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	3	0.11%
proxy	-7	22	0.77%
refusal	-2	3	0.11%
don't know	-1	5	0.18%
Yes	1	1577	55.39%
No	2	1237	43.45%
	Total	2847	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	34	1.25%
refusal	-2	2	0.07%
don't know	-1	1	0.04%
Yes	1	1485	54.6%
No	2	1198	44.04%
	Total	2720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	4	0.13%
proxy	-7	3	0.1%
refusal	-2	1	0.03%
don't know	-1	3	0.1%
Yes	1	1709	55.83%
No	2	1341	43.81%
	Total	3061	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	15	0.66%
refusal	-2	5	0.22%
don't know	-1	1	0.04%
Yes	1	1186	52.32%
No	2	1060	46.76%
	Total	2267	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	51	2.3%
refusal	-2	4	0.18%
don't know	-1	1	0.05%
Yes	1	1157	52.28%
No	2	1000	45.19%
	Total	2213	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10	0.33%
proxy	-7	94	3.14%
refusal	-2	6	0.2%
don't know	-1	7	0.23%
Yes	1	1575	52.68%
No	2	1298	43.41%
	Total	2990	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10	0.39%
proxy	-7	89	3.46%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
don't know	-1	11	0.43%
Yes	1	1373	53.42%
No	2	1086	42.26%
	Total	2570	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	1	0.04%
proxy	-7	63	2.78%
refusal	-2	3	0.13%
don't know	-1	5	0.22%
yes	1	1221	53.95%
no	2	943	41.67%
	Total	2263	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.17%
proxy	-7	111	4.67%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
don't know	-1	3	0.13%
yes	1	1248	52.48%
no	2	1011	42.51%
	Total	2378	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.08%
proxy	-7	76	3.15%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
don't know	-1	2	0.08%
yes	1	1285	53.25%
no	2	1047	43.39%
	Total	2413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	125	5.82%
refusal	-2	1	0.05%
don't know	-1	4	0.19%
Yes	1	1130	52.58%
No	2	889	41.37%
	Total	2149	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.23%
proxy	-7	147	6.86%
refusal	-2	1	0.05%
Yes	1	1101	51.4%
No	2	888	41.46%
	Total	2142	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	206	8.64%
yes	1	1237	51.87%
no	2	942	39.5%
	Total	2385	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	135	7.69%
yes	1	867	49.37%
no	2	754	42.94%
	Total	1756	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
yes	1	1042	55.72%
no	2	828	44.28%
	Total	1870	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
yes	1	1446	56.31%
no	2	1122	43.69%
	Total	2568	100.0%

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