EXPECTED EARNINGS WITHOUT A UNIVERSITY DEGREE
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Question asked in the latest wave:
youngadults_ip5.xpearnnd
Question label:
Expected earnings without a university degree
Question text:
(Look ahead to when you will be 30 years old and suppose that you are working then. Think about the kinds of jobs that will be available to you. Assuming that one pound today is worth the same as one pound when you are 30 years old...) how much do you think you could earn per year on average at the age of 30 if you had not gone to university?
Question universe:
if HHGRID.DVAge > 15 & HHGRID.DVAge < 22 (aged 16 - 21)
and if EDUCATIONALASPIRATIONS.EDTYPE = 5 (Studying at university)
Question interviewer instructions:
ENTER AMOUNT
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1968 | 91.88% |
| proxy | -7 | 147 | 6.86% |
| don't know | -1 | 6 | 0.28% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 21 | 0.98% |
| Total | 2142 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22833.33 | 2121 | 12000.0 | 50000.0 | 8487.25 | 21 |



