2nd mentioned important event of year
Datafile
Index term
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| don't know | -1 | 21944 | 48.94% |
| ill health/concern about health | 1 | 1559 | 3.48% |
| hospitalisation/operation | 2 | 554 | 1.24% |
| accident (involving injury) | 3 | 146 | 0.33% |
| health tests (positive & negative) | 4 | 301 | 0.67% |
| loss of mobility/house-bound | 5 | 132 | 0.29% |
| recovery/continuing good health | 6 | 637 | 1.42% |
| health (not elsewhere classified) | 9 | 923 | 2.06% |
| caring responsibilities - not childcare (i.e. who is cared for?) | 10 | 122 | 0.27% |
| babysitting (ie who is the sitter?) | 11 | 28 | 0.06% |
| starting/in school | 12 | 185 | 0.41% |
| leaving school | 13 | 21 | 0.05% |
| starting/in further education (incl. sixth form) | 14 | 411 | 0.92% |
| leaving further education | 15 | 86 | 0.19% |
| studying for/passing educational/vocational qualifications/acquiring skills training (not elsewhere classified) | 16 | 393 | 0.88% |
| travel related to study | 17 | 13 | 0.03% |
| education (not elsewhere classified) | 19 | 323 | 0.72% |
| change of job (incl. hours, status)/starting own business | 20 | 805 | 1.8% |
| planned/possible change of job | 21 | 45 | 0.1% |
| getting job (following economic inactivity) | 22 | 114 | 0.25% |
| work-related training (incl. apprenticeship/hgv licence/work experience) | 23 | 82 | 0.18% |
| redundancy/unemployment (threat of or actual) | 24 | 217 | 0.48% |
| retirement | 25 | 89 | 0.2% |
| travel related to work (who travels?) | 26 | 62 | 0.14% |
| work-related problems (recession and/or personal - whose job?) | 27 | 347 | 0.77% |
| jobs/careers (not elsewhere classified) | 29 | 865 | 1.93% |
| vacation/travel (not elsewhere classified) | 30 | 876 | 1.95% |
| leisure activities | 31 | 952 | 2.12% |
| learning to drive/passing test (not hgv) | 32 | 84 | 0.19% |
| political participation/voluntary work (inc committee work) | 33 | 112 | 0.25% |
| reference to national/world events (who is concerned by event?) | 34 | 261 | 0.58% |
| began friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 35 | 160 | 0.36% |
| end friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 36 | 49 | 0.11% |
| spending time with/visiting friends (coded as holiday as appropriate) | 37 | 97 | 0.22% |
| problems with neighbours (who has the problem?) | 38 | 13 | 0.03% |
| non-family relationship (not elsewhere classified) | 39 | 466 | 1.04% |
| pregnancy/birth (identity of parent?) | 40 | 562 | 1.25% |
| cohabitation | 41 | 171 | 0.38% |
| engagements/weddings | 42 | 418 | 0.93% |
| separation/divorce/end of cohabitation | 43 | 117 | 0.26% |
| leaving parental home | 44 | 99 | 0.22% |
| death (who died?) | 45 | 695 | 1.55% |
| wedding anniversaries | 46 | 91 | 0.2% |
| birthday celebrations | 47 | 221 | 0.49% |
| becoming godparent | 48 | 14 | 0.03% |
| spending time/visits with relatives (not within household) | 50 | 420 | 0.94% |
| day-to-day family life | 51 | 69 | 0.15% |
| family problems (person causing problems?) | 52 | 129 | 0.29% |
| domestic incident (eg fire/burst pipes, etc) | 53 | 20 | 0.04% |
| pets/animals (pet coded) | 54 | 107 | 0.24% |
| family event/family reference (not elsewhere classified) | 59 | 1610 | 3.59% |
| money problems/drop in income/debt | 60 | 209 | 0.47% |
| forced move (repossession/eviction (residential move not included) | 61 | 17 | 0.04% |
| improved financial situation | 62 | 159 | 0.35% |
| received money (inheritance/compensation/pools) | 63 | 53 | 0.12% |
| financial other (not elsewhere classified) | 69 | 265 | 0.59% |
| bought/buying vehicle (car, caravan, etc) | 70 | 127 | 0.28% |
| bought/buying / building house | 71 | 153 | 0.34% |
| household repairs/improvements/appliances | 72 | 158 | 0.35% |
| won prize (not cash)/award | 73 | 87 | 0.19% |
| received present (from whom ?) | 74 | 25 | 0.06% |
| other purchases (not elsewhere classified) | 79 | 37 | 0.08% |
| moved in past year | 80 | 556 | 1.24% |
| future intention to move | 81 | 100 | 0.22% |
| move into residential home (nursing/retirement, etc) | 82 | 51 | 0.11% |
| move into respondent's household (who is moving in?) | 83 | 86 | 0.19% |
| victim of crime (burglary ,etc) | 90 | 41 | 0.09% |
| committed crime/in trouble with police | 91 | 21 | 0.05% |
| joined/changed religion | 92 | 4 | 0.01% |
| other religious reference (not confirmation/baptism of children) | 93 | 94 | 0.21% |
| plan not fulfilled/something that didn't happen (eg didn't have a holiday) | 94 | 237 | 0.53% |
| civil court action/battles with bureaucracy | 95 | 141 | 0.31% |
| other occurrence (not elsewhere classified) given low priority | 96 | 135 | 0.3% |
| nothing happened | 97 | 6 | 0.01% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.55 | 25802 | 1.0 | 97.0 | 24.96 | 19035 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 2 | 0.0% |
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| don't know | -1 | 31350 | 57.45% |
| ill health/concern about health | 1 | 1188 | 2.18% |
| hospitalisation/operation | 2 | 620 | 1.14% |
| accident (involving injury) | 3 | 269 | 0.49% |
| health tests (positive & negative) | 4 | 268 | 0.49% |
| loss of mobility/house-bound | 5 | 156 | 0.29% |
| recovery/continuing good health | 6 | 483 | 0.89% |
| health (not elsewhere classified) | 9 | 352 | 0.65% |
| caring responsibilities - not childcare (i.e. who is cared for?) | 10 | 139 | 0.25% |
| babysitting (ie who is the sitter?) | 11 | 46 | 0.08% |
| starting/in school | 12 | 238 | 0.44% |
| leaving school | 13 | 41 | 0.08% |
| starting/in further education (incl. sixth form) | 14 | 265 | 0.49% |
| leaving further education | 15 | 67 | 0.12% |
| studying for/passing educational/vocational qualifications/acquiring skills training (not elsewhere classified) | 16 | 701 | 1.28% |
| travel related to study | 17 | 10 | 0.02% |
| education (not elsewhere classified) | 19 | 344 | 0.63% |
| change of job (incl. hours, status)/starting own business | 20 | 700 | 1.28% |
| planned/possible change of job | 21 | 50 | 0.09% |
| getting job (following economic inactivity) | 22 | 509 | 0.93% |
| work-related training (incl. apprenticeship/hgv licence/work experience) | 23 | 119 | 0.22% |
| redundancy/unemployment (threat of or actual) | 24 | 438 | 0.8% |
| retirement | 25 | 107 | 0.2% |
| travel related to work (who travels?) | 26 | 78 | 0.14% |
| work-related problems (recession and/or personal - whose job?) | 27 | 248 | 0.45% |
| jobs/careers (not elsewhere classified) | 29 | 484 | 0.89% |
| vacation/travel (not elsewhere classified) | 30 | 1321 | 2.42% |
| leisure activities | 31 | 694 | 1.27% |
| learning to drive/passing test (not hgv) | 32 | 163 | 0.3% |
| political participation/voluntary work (inc committee work) | 33 | 129 | 0.24% |
| reference to national/world events (who is concerned by event?) | 34 | 218 | 0.4% |
| began friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 35 | 228 | 0.42% |
| end friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 36 | 61 | 0.11% |
| spending time with/visiting friends (coded as holiday as appropriate) | 37 | 90 | 0.16% |
| problems with neighbours (who has the problem?) | 38 | 17 | 0.03% |
| non-family relationship (not elsewhere classified) | 39 | 100 | 0.18% |
| pregnancy/birth (identity of parent?) | 40 | 1064 | 1.95% |
| cohabitation | 41 | 132 | 0.24% |
| engagements/weddings | 42 | 634 | 1.16% |
| separation/divorce/end of cohabitation | 43 | 173 | 0.32% |
| leaving parental home | 44 | 126 | 0.23% |
| death (who died?) | 45 | 1047 | 1.92% |
| wedding anniversaries | 46 | 115 | 0.21% |
| birthday celebrations | 47 | 326 | 0.6% |
| becoming godparent | 48 | 15 | 0.03% |
| spending time/visits with relatives (not within household) | 50 | 460 | 0.84% |
| day-to-day family life | 51 | 246 | 0.45% |
| family problems (person causing problems?) | 52 | 155 | 0.28% |
| domestic incident (eg fire/burst pipes, etc) | 53 | 30 | 0.05% |
| pets/animals (pet coded) | 54 | 139 | 0.25% |
| family event/family reference (not elsewhere classified) | 59 | 586 | 1.07% |
| money problems/drop in income/debt | 60 | 323 | 0.59% |
| forced move (repossession/eviction (residential move not included) | 61 | 4 | 0.01% |
| improved financial situation | 62 | 121 | 0.22% |
| received money (inheritance/compensation/pools) | 63 | 52 | 0.1% |
| financial other (not elsewhere classified) | 69 | 254 | 0.47% |
| bought/buying vehicle (car, caravan, etc) | 70 | 186 | 0.34% |
| bought/buying / building house | 71 | 180 | 0.33% |
| household repairs/improvements/appliances | 72 | 271 | 0.5% |
| won prize (not cash)/award | 73 | 98 | 0.18% |
| received present (from whom ?) | 74 | 16 | 0.03% |
| other purchases (not elsewhere classified) | 79 | 51 | 0.09% |
| moved in past year | 80 | 654 | 1.2% |
| future intention to move | 81 | 112 | 0.21% |
| move into residential home (nursing/retirement, etc) | 82 | 63 | 0.12% |
| move into respondent's household (who is moving in?) | 83 | 81 | 0.15% |
| victim of crime (burglary ,etc) | 90 | 95 | 0.17% |
| committed crime/in trouble with police | 91 | 19 | 0.03% |
| joined/changed religion | 92 | 26 | 0.05% |
| other religious reference (not confirmation/baptism of children) | 93 | 85 | 0.16% |
| plan not fulfilled/something that didn't happen (eg didn't have a holiday) | 94 | 155 | 0.28% |
| civil court action/battles with bureaucracy | 95 | 77 | 0.14% |
| other occurrence (not elsewhere classified) given low priority | 96 | 224 | 0.41% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.49 | 35232 | 1.0 | 96.0 | 24.25 | 19336 |
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