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Innovation Panel Variable

kidstat

child's employment status

Datafiles

Variable note:

This variable is part of the "Subjective expectations about the returns to higher education and decisions to attend university" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.

Question asked in the latest wave:

paredexpectations_ip9.kidstat

Question label:

Child's employment status

Question text:

Which of these best describes CHILD NAME's current situation?

Question universe:

if ff_paredexpectip8 = 1 and ff_paredaboutip8 MIS (Adult responded to the Parental Educational Expectations module at IP8 AND identifier for subject of questions at IP8 is not missing)
and if (ff_paredaboutip8 = 1) & (HHGRID.CLSTAT for that child 0) (Child was asked about at IP8 and is not deceased)

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

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8197387.19%
proxy-7632.78%
self-employed120.09%
in paid employment (full or part-time)2130.57%
unemployed320.09%
looking after the family or home620.09%
full-time student71637.2%
unpaid worker in a family business1010.04%
working in an apprenticeship11140.62%
doing something else9740.18%
Total2263100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8193581.37%
proxy-71114.67%
full-time student733213.96%
Total2378100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
don't know-110.18%
Self-employed1111.93%
In paid employment (full or part-time)26210.86%
Unemployed3183.15%
Looking after the family or home610.18%
Full-time student745078.81%
Long-term sick or disabled810.18%
On a government training scheme940.7%
Working in an apprenticeship1181.4%
Doing something else97152.63%
Total571100.0%

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