EMPLOYMENT STATUS AT FIRST INTERVIEW
Datafile
Variable note:
This variable is part of the "Item-recall" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.
Question asked in the latest wave:
itemrecall_ip6.empv2
Question label:
Employment status recall: preamble v2
Question text:
Now some questions about what you were doing and how you were feeling around the first time we interviewed you. Your answers to these questions will help us improve the survey in the future. It is very important to us that you take your time to answer these questions, think carefully about your answer and consult any records that you may have of what you were doing at the time. First of all, can you please tell memeus which of these best describes your employment situation on ff_OIntDate?
Question universe:
if ff_ointdate MIS (Fed-forward date of first interview is not missing)
and if ((GRIDVARIABLES.MODETYPE = 1 | 2) & ff_itemw6 = 1) | ff_itemw6 = 2 (Mode is face to face or telephone and item recall experiment group one OR item recall experiment group two)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 98 | 4.56% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 397 | 18.47% |
| proxy | -7 | 125 | 5.82% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.14% |
| don't know | -1 | 6 | 0.28% |
| Self employed | 1 | 104 | 4.84% |
| In paid employment (full or part-time) | 2 | 753 | 35.04% |
| Unemployed | 3 | 87 | 4.05% |
| Retired from paid work altogether | 4 | 343 | 15.96% |
| On maternity leave | 5 | 5 | 0.23% |
| Looking after family or home | 6 | 78 | 3.63% |
| Full-time student | 7 | 91 | 4.23% |
| Long term sick or disabled | 8 | 52 | 2.42% |
| On a government training scheme | 9 | 1 | 0.05% |
| Unpaid worker in family business | 10 | 1 | 0.05% |
| Doing something else | 97 | 5 | 0.23% |
| Total | 2149 | 100.0% |
