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currentemployment_ip4

Current Employment module

Questions 20

currentemployment_ip4.jbhas

Did paid work last week

Type: choice

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

currentemployment_ip4.jbbgd

Day started current job

Type: number

Source: BHPS (adapted)

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) & (ff_ivlolw <> 1 & ff_everint <> 1) (Did paid work last week or did no paid work last week but does have a job and is a new entrant never interviewed)
and if ANY JBBGDat = DK (Full date started current job not known)

currentemployment_ip4.jbbgm

Month started current job

Type: choice

Source: BHPS (adapted)

OptionLabel
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) & (ff_ivlolw <> 1 & ff_everint <> 1) (Did paid work last week or did no paid work last week but does have a job and is a new entrant never interviewed)
and if ANY JBBGDat = DK (Full date started current job not known)

currentemployment_ip4.jbbgy

Year started current job

Type: number

Source: BHPS (adapted)

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) & (ff_ivlolw <> 1 & ff_everint <> 1) (Did paid work last week or did no paid work last week but does have a job and is a new entrant never interviewed)
and if ANY JBBGDat = DK (Full date started current job not known)

currentemployment_ip4.jbsempchk

Employed or self-employed check

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: And are you still ff_JBSEMP?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) (Has a job)
and if ff_JBSEMP <> DK|REF|MIS (Fed-forward employment status is not missing)

currentemployment_ip4.jbsic07chk

Industry (SIC07) of employer check

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Is ff_JBSIC07 still an accurate description of what the firm or organisation where you work makes or does?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) (Has a job)
and if ff_jbsic07 <> DK|REF|MIS (Fed-forward industry description is not don't know, refused or missing)

currentemployment_ip4.jbsoc00chk

Occupation (SOC2000) check

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Is ff_JBSOC00 still an accurate description of your occupation in your main job?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) (Has a job)
and if ff_jbsoc00 <> DK|REF|MIS (Fed-forward occupation description is not don't know, refused or missing)

currentemployment_ip4.jbsoc00

Occupation (SOC2000): current job

Type: text

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: IF MORE THAN ONE JOB, MAIN JOB IS THE JOB WITH MOST HOURS. IF EQUAL HOURS THEN MAIN JOB IS JOB THAT IS HIGHEST PAID. F9 FOR HELP

Text: What was your main job last week? Please tell me the exact job title and describe fully the sort of work you do.

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) (Has a job)
and if ((JBSOC00Chk = 2|DK) | (ff_ivlolw <> 1 & ff_everint <> 1) | (ff_jbsoc00 = DK|REF|MIS)) (Fed-forward occupation code is no longer accurate or is a new entrant never interviewed or fed-forward occupation is don't know, refused or missing)

currentemployment_ip4.jbbgdat

Date started current job

Type: date

Source: BHPS (adapted)

Interviewer Instruction: PLEASE ENTER THE DAY/MONTH/YEAR IF FULL DATE NOT KNOWN, RECORD AS DK AND ENTER SEPARATE DAY, MONTH AND YEAR WHERE KNOWN AT SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS.

Text: And on what date did you start working in your present job? If you have been promoted or changed grades, please give me the date of that change. Otherwise please give me the date when you started doing the job you are doing now for your present employer or working self-employed.

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) & (ff_ivlolw <> 1 & ff_everint <> 1) (Did paid work last week or did no paid work last week but does have a job and is a new entrant never interviewed)

currentemployment_ip4.jbhas_a2

Unpaid work: family business

Type: choice

Source: BHPS adapted

Interviewer Instruction: IF QUERIED, THIS IS OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS ENDING LAST SUNDAY F9 FOR HELP

Text: VERSION A Did you spend 15 hours or more doing unpaid work in a family business?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if ff_changew2 = 1 (Measures of change experimental version A)

currentemployment_ip4.jboff

No work last week but has paid job

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: F9 FOR HELP

Text: Even though you weren't working did you have a job that you were away from last week?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No
3Waiting to take up job

Universe:
if JBHAS = 2 (Did not do any paid work last week)

currentemployment_ip4.jboffy

Reason off work last week

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: F9 FOR HELP

Text: What was the main reason you were away from work last week?

OptionLabel
1Maternity/Paternity leave
2Other leave/holiday
3Sick/injured
4Attending training course
5Laid off/on short time
6On strike
7Other personal/family reasons
97Other reasons

Universe:
if JBHAS = 2 (Did not do any paid work last week)
and if JBHAS = 2 AND JBOFF = 1 (Did not do paid work last week but does have a job)

currentemployment_ip4.jbsemp

Employed or self-employed: current job

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: F9 FOR HELP

Text: Are you an employee or self-employed?

OptionLabel
1Employee
2Self-employed

Universe:
if (ff_ivlolw <> 1 & ff_everint <> 1) | JBSEMPChk = 2 | ff_JBSEMP = DK|REF|MIS (New entrant never interviewed or not same employment status as last wave or fed-forward employment status is don't know, refused or missing)

currentemployment_ip4.jbsic07

Industry (SIC07) of employer: current job

Type: text

Source: BHPS, revised as per ONS & LFS

Interviewer Instruction: PROBE MANUFACTURING OR PROCESSING OR DISTRIBUTION ETC. AND MAIN GOODS PRODUCED, MATERIALS USED, WHOLESALE OR RETAIL ETC. INFORMATION ON INDUSTRY IS NECESSARY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SOME OCCUPATIONS AT THE DETAILED LEVEL. DESCRIBE FULLY. F9 FOR HELP

Text: What does the firm/organisation you work for mainly make or do at the place where you work?

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) (Has a job)
and if ((JBSIC07Chk = 2|DK) | (ff_ivlolw <> 1 & ff_everint <> 1) | (ff_jbsic07 = DK|REF|MIS)) (Fed-forward industry description is no longer accurate or a new entrant never interviewed or fed-forward industry description is don't know, refused or missing)

currentemployment_ip4.jbterm1_a

Current job: permanent or temporary, A

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: VERSION A Last time we interviewed you on ff_INTDATE, you said that leaving aside your own personal intentions and circumstances, your job was [a permanent job] {if ff_jbterm1 = 1} / [ was not a permanent job in some way] {if ff_jbterm1 = 2}. Is this still the case?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 OR JBOFF = 1) & (ff_jbterm1 <> DK/REF/MIS) (Has a job and fed-forward job permanency is not don't know, refused or missing)
and if ff_changew2 = 1 (Measures of change experimental version A)

currentemployment_ip4.jbterm1_b

Current job: permanent or temporary, B

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: VERSION B Last time we interviewed you on ff_INTDATE, you said that leaving aside your own personal intentions and circumstances, your job was [a permanent job] {if ff_jbterm1 = 1} / [ was not a permanent job in some way] {if ff_jbterm1 = 2}. Has this changed?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 OR JBOFF = 1) & (ff_jbterm1 <> DK/REF/MIS) (Has a job and fed-forward job permanency is not don't know, refused or missing)
and if ff_changew2 = 2 (Measures of change experimental version B)

currentemployment_ip4.jbterm1

Current job: permanent or temporary

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT F9 FOR HELP

Text: Leaving aside your own personal intentions and circumstances, is your job...

OptionLabel
1A permanent job
2Or is there some way that it is not permanent?

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) (Has a job)

currentemployment_ip4.jbhas_b

Did paid work last week

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: F9 FOR HELP

Text: VERSION B Can I just check, did you do any paid work last week - that is in the seven days ending last Sunday - either as an employee or self-employed?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if ff_changew2 = 2 (Measures of change experimental version B)

currentemployment_ip4.jbhas_a1

Work: received money or share of profits

Type: choice

Source: BHPS adapted

Interviewer Instruction: INCLUDE OCCASIONAL JOBS F9 FOR HELP

Text: VERSION A Thinking back to the seven days ending last Sunday. During this period, did you do any work for which you receive money or a share of profits?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if ff_changew2 = 1 (Measures of change experimental version A)

currentemployment_ip4.jbterm2

Type of non-permanent job

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT

Text: In what way is the job not permanent, is it...

OptionLabel
1Seasonal work
2Done under contract for a fixed period or a fixed task
3Agency temping
4Casual type of work
97Or is there some other way that it is not permanent?

Universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 | JBOFF = 1) (Has a job)
and if JBTERM1 = 2 (Job is not permanent)

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