Innovation Panel variable: jbstat most important economic activity

most important economic activity

Datafile

indresp_ip

Variable note:

This variable is part of the "show-cards" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.

Question asked in the latest wave:

demographics_ip17.jbstat

Question label:

Most important economic activity

Question text:

And of these, which one best describes your current employment situation?

Question universe:

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Question interviewer instructions:

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	7	0.28%
don't know	-1	2	0.08%
Self employed	1	136	5.45%
Paid employment(ft/pt)	2	1212	48.6%
Unemployed	3	86	3.45%
Retired	4	770	30.87%
On maternity leave	5	16	0.64%
Family care or home	6	44	1.76%
Full-time student	7	88	3.53%
LT sick or disabled	8	96	3.85%
Govt training scheme	9	2	0.08%
On apprenticeship	11	7	0.28%
Temporarily laid off/short time working	13	5	0.2%
Doing something else	97	23	0.92%
	Total	2494	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	3	0.11%
don't know	-1	2	0.07%
Self employed	1	174	6.11%
In paid employment (ft/pt)	2	1391	48.86%
Unemployed	3	108	3.79%
Retired	4	835	29.33%
On maternity leave	5	20	0.7%
Family care or home	6	62	2.18%
Full-time student	7	112	3.93%
LT sick or disabled	8	108	3.79%
On apprenticeship	11	7	0.25%
Furloughed/Job Support Scheme	12	1	0.04%
Temporarily laid off/short time working	13	2	0.07%
Doing something else	97	22	0.77%
	Total	2847	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	3	0.11%
Self employed	1	174	6.4%
In paid employment (ft/pt)	2	1317	48.42%
Unemployed	3	94	3.46%
Retired	4	828	30.44%
On maternity leave	5	25	0.92%
Family care or home	6	70	2.57%
Full-time student	7	97	3.57%
LT sick or disabled	8	90	3.31%
Unpaid, family business	10	1	0.04%
On apprenticeship	11	4	0.15%
Temporarily laid off/short time working	13	1	0.04%
Doing something else	97	16	0.59%
	Total	2720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	4	0.13%
don't know	-1	3	0.1%
Self employed	1	188	6.14%
In paid employment (ft/pt)	2	1498	48.94%
Unemployed	3	120	3.92%
Retired	4	861	28.13%
On maternity leave	5	26	0.85%
Family care or home	6	80	2.61%
Full-time student	7	134	4.38%
LT sick or disabled	8	109	3.56%
Govt training scheme	9	1	0.03%
Unpaid, family business	10	2	0.07%
On apprenticeship	11	4	0.13%
Furloughed/Job Support Scheme	12	10	0.33%
Temporarily laid off/short time working	13	1	0.03%
On adoption leave	15	1	0.03%
Doing something else	97	19	0.62%
	Total	3061	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	3	0.13%
don't know	-1	1	0.04%
Self employed	1	174	7.68%
In paid employment (full or part-time)	2	1039	45.83%
Unemployed	3	109	4.81%
Retired	4	686	30.26%
On maternity leave	5	7	0.31%
Looking after family or home	6	50	2.21%
Full-time student	7	94	4.15%
Long-term sick or disabled	8	81	3.57%
Unpaid worker in family business	10	1	0.04%
Working in an apprenticeship	11	3	0.13%
Doing something else	97	19	0.84%
	Total	2267	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	6	0.27%
don't know	-1	2	0.09%
Self employed	1	167	7.55%
In paid employment (full or part-time)	2	995	44.96%
Unemployed	3	81	3.66%
Retired	4	707	31.95%
On maternity leave	5	9	0.41%
Looking after family or home	6	62	2.8%
Full-time student	7	76	3.43%
Long-term sick or disabled	8	88	3.98%
Unpaid worker in family business	10	2	0.09%
Working in an apprenticeship	11	5	0.23%
Doing something else	97	13	0.59%
	Total	2213	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Self employed	1	228	7.63%
In paid employment (full or part-time)	2	1356	45.35%
Unemployed	3	105	3.51%
Retired	4	874	29.23%
On maternity leave	5	18	0.6%
Looking after family or home	6	99	3.31%
Full-time student	7	138	4.62%
Long-term sick or disabled	8	136	4.55%
On a government training scheme	9	1	0.03%
Unpaid worker in family business	10	2	0.07%
Working in an apprenticeship	11	7	0.23%
Doing something else	97	26	0.87%
	Total	2990	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.04%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
don't know	-1	1	0.04%
Self employed	1	189	7.35%
In paid employment (full or part-time)	2	1231	47.9%
Unemployed	3	88	3.42%
Retired	4	698	27.16%
On maternity leave	5	11	0.43%
Looking after family or home	6	96	3.74%
Full-time student	7	135	5.25%
Long-term sick or disabled	8	98	3.81%
On a government training scheme	9	1	0.04%
Unpaid worker in family business	10	1	0.04%
Working in an apprenticeship	11	7	0.27%
Doing something else	97	12	0.47%
	Total	2570	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	8	0.35%
don't know	-1	2	0.09%
self employed	1	174	7.69%
paid employment(ft/pt)	2	1066	47.11%
unemployed	3	66	2.92%
retired	4	613	27.09%
on maternity leave	5	10	0.44%
family care or home	6	76	3.36%
full-time student	7	119	5.26%
lt sick or disabled	8	76	3.36%
unpaid, family business	10	3	0.13%
on apprenticeship	11	10	0.44%
doing something else	97	14	0.62%
	Total	2263	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.04%
refusal	-2	2	0.08%
self employed	1	167	7.02%
paid employment(ft/pt)	2	1129	47.48%
unemployed	3	79	3.32%
retired	4	641	26.96%
on maternity leave	5	12	0.5%
family care or home	6	101	4.25%
full-time student	7	148	6.22%
lt sick or disabled	8	70	2.94%
unpaid, family business	10	2	0.08%
on apprenticeship	11	9	0.38%
doing something else	97	17	0.71%
	Total	2378	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
self employed	1	163	6.76%
paid employment(ft/pt)	2	1138	47.16%
unemployed	3	105	4.35%
retired	4	663	27.48%
on maternity leave	5	15	0.62%
family care or home	6	103	4.27%
full-time student	7	124	5.14%
lt sick or disabled	8	75	3.11%
govt training scheme	9	1	0.04%
unpaid, family business	10	1	0.04%
on apprenticeship	11	5	0.21%
doing something else	97	19	0.79%
	Total	2413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.05%
Self employed	1	172	8.0%
In paid employment (full or part-time)	2	1008	46.91%
Unemployed	3	89	4.14%
Retired	4	533	24.8%
On maternity leave	5	11	0.51%
Looking after family or home	6	95	4.42%
Full-time student	7	130	6.05%
Long term sick or disabled	8	80	3.72%
On a government training scheme	9	1	0.05%
Unpaid worker in family business	10	3	0.14%
Working in an apprenticeship	11	4	0.19%
Doing something else	97	22	1.02%
	Total	2149	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.05%
don't know	-1	3	0.14%
Self employed	1	173	8.08%
In paid employment (full or part-time)	2	990	46.22%
Unemployed	3	109	5.09%
Retired	4	542	25.3%
On maternity leave	5	13	0.61%
Looking after family or home	6	98	4.58%
Full-time student	7	122	5.7%
Long term sick or disabled	8	62	2.89%
On a government training scheme	9	4	0.19%
Unpaid worker in family business	10	1	0.05%
Working in an apprenticeship	11	7	0.33%
Doing something else	97	17	0.79%
	Total	2142	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
self employed	1	179	7.51%
paid employment(ft/pt)	2	1154	48.39%
unemployed	3	111	4.65%
retired	4	571	23.94%
on maternity leave	5	17	0.71%
family care or home	6	122	5.12%
full-time student	7	133	5.58%
lt sick or disabled	8	75	3.14%
govt training scheme	9	5	0.21%
unpaid, family business	10	3	0.13%
doing something else	97	14	0.59%
	Total	2385	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
self employed	1	114	6.49%
paid employment(ft/pt)	2	818	46.58%
unemployed	3	78	4.44%
retired	4	473	26.94%
on maternity leave	5	13	0.74%
family care or home	6	105	5.98%
full-time student	7	85	4.84%
lt sick or disabled	8	57	3.25%
unpaid, family business	10	1	0.06%
doing something else	97	12	0.68%
	Total	1756	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2	0.11%
don't know	-1	10	0.53%
self employed	1	137	7.33%
in paid employment (full or part-time)	2	870	46.52%
unemployed	3	99	5.29%
retired	4	493	26.36%
on maternity leave	5	13	0.7%
looking after family or home	6	103	5.51%
full-time student	7	71	3.8%
long term sick or disabled	8	57	3.05%
on a government training scheme	9	3	0.16%
unpaid worker in family business	10	1	0.05%
doing something else	97	11	0.59%
	Total	1870	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.04%
self-employed	1	196	7.63%
in paid employment (full or part-time)	2	1251	48.71%
unemployed	3	90	3.5%
retired from paid work altogether	4	641	24.96%
on maternity leave	5	5	0.19%
looking after family or home	6	182	7.09%
full-time student	7	103	4.01%
long term sick or disabled	8	84	3.27%
on a government training scheme	9	3	0.12%
unpaid work in family business	10	1	0.04%
something else	97	11	0.43%
	Total	2568	100.0%

jbstat

Datafile

Variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

demographics_ip17.jbstat

Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

Question interviewer instructions:

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Datafile

Variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

demographics_ip17.jbstat

Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

Question interviewer instructions:

Wave 17 (q_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 16 (p_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 15 (o_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 14 (n_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 13 (m_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 12 (l_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 11 (k_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 10 (j_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 9 (i_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 8 (h_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 7 (g_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 6 (f_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 5 (e_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 4 (d_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 3 (c_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 2 (b_jbstat indresp_ip)

Wave 1 (a_jbstat indresp_ip)

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Children’s worries include good grades and rising prices

Calendar Year 2023 data now available

Professor Annette Jäckle debates survey methods on BBC Radio 4

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