expected earnings without degree age 45, brackets
Datafile
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:
yahedecisions_ip9.xpearn5dk
Question label:
Expected earnings without degree age 45, brackets
Question text:
Which of these do you think might fairly represent your yearly earnings at age 45 if you did not go to university at all?
Question universe:
if ff_yahechoiceip8 = 1 (Respondent asked YA HE Decisions module at IP8)
and if (DEMOGRAPHICS.PDVAGE = 16|(DEMOGRAPHICS.PDVAGE>16 & HEmakeappl = 2))| (DEMOGRAPHICS.PDVAGE>16 & (HEmakeappl = 1 & (HEapplstat = 1|2|3) | (HEapplstat = 4 & HEage > 0)) (Respondent aged 16 OR aged 17 or older and has not applied for university OR respondent is aged over 17, has applied for univeristy and is either enrolled, waiting to take up place or waiting to hear about place OR has not secured a place but expects some chance of having a degree by age 30)
and if XPEARN5 = DK (Expected earnings without a university degree age 45 not known)
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2150 | 95.01% |
| proxy | -7 | 63 | 2.78% |
| don't know | -1 | 12 | 0.53% |
| ⣠15,000 to ⣠19,999 per year | 3 | 1 | 0.04% |
| ⣠20,000 to ⣠24,999 per year | 4 | 2 | 0.09% |
| ⣠25,000 to ⣠29,999 per year | 5 | 4 | 0.18% |
| ⣠35,000 to ⣠39,999 per year | 7 | 1 | 0.04% |
| ⣠40,000 to ⣠44,999 per year | 8 | 2 | 0.09% |
| ⣠45,000 to ⣠49,999 per year | 9 | 1 | 0.04% |
| ⣠50,000 to ⣠54,999 per year | 10 | 1 | 0.04% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 12 | 0.53% |
| Total | 2263 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.08 | 2251 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 2.23 | 12 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2233 | 93.9% |
| proxy | -7 | 111 | 4.67% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 15 | 0.63% |
| less than ⣠10,000 per year | 1 | 2 | 0.08% |
| ⣠10,000 to ⣠14,999 per year | 2 | 2 | 0.08% |
| ⣠15,000 to ⣠19,999 per year | 3 | 4 | 0.17% |
| ⣠25,000 to ⣠29,999 per year | 5 | 5 | 0.21% |
| ⣠30,000 to ⣠34,999 per year | 6 | 2 | 0.08% |
| ⣠35,000 to ⣠39,999 per year | 7 | 3 | 0.13% |
| Total | 2378 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.22 | 2360 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 2.02 | 18 |



