2nd mentioned important event of year
This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 7083) and Secure Access (SN 7332) datasets.
Datafile
Question asked in the latest wave:
importantevents_ip4.impevents
Question label:
Final verbatim
Question text:
We've asked you a lot of questions but we also want to know what has happened in your own life that has been especially important to you. Can you please tell me anything that has happened to you, or your family, over the past year that has stood out as important?
Question interviewer instructions:
PROBE: THIS MIGHT BE THINGS YOU’VE DONE, OR THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OF INTEREST OR CONCERN, JUST WHATEVER COMES TO MIND AS IMPORTANT TO YOU WRITE IN VERBATIM
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| don't know | -1 | 1605 | 67.3% |
| ill health/concern about health | 1 | 51 | 2.14% |
| hospitalisation/operation | 2 | 20 | 0.84% |
| accident (involving injury) | 3 | 3 | 0.13% |
| health tests (positive & negative) | 4 | 12 | 0.5% |
| loss of mobility/house-bound | 5 | 2 | 0.08% |
| recovery/continuing good health | 6 | 23 | 0.96% |
| health (not elsewhere classified) | 9 | 9 | 0.38% |
| caring responsibilities - not childcare (i.e. who is cared for?) | 10 | 8 | 0.34% |
| babysitting (ie who is the sitter?) | 11 | 1 | 0.04% |
| starting/in school | 12 | 10 | 0.42% |
| starting/in further education (incl. sixth form) | 14 | 11 | 0.46% |
| studying for/passing educational/vocational qualifications/acquiring skills training (not elsewhere classified) | 16 | 21 | 0.88% |
| travel related to study | 17 | 2 | 0.08% |
| education (not elsewhere classified) | 19 | 22 | 0.92% |
| change of job (incl. hours, status)/starting own business | 20 | 31 | 1.3% |
| planned/possible change of job | 21 | 1 | 0.04% |
| getting job (following economic inactivity) | 22 | 15 | 0.63% |
| work-related training (incl. apprenticeship/hgv licence/work experience) | 23 | 5 | 0.21% |
| redundancy/unemployment (threat of or actual) | 24 | 18 | 0.75% |
| retirement | 25 | 10 | 0.42% |
| travel related to work (who travels?) | 26 | 6 | 0.25% |
| work-related problems (recession and/or personal - whose job?) | 27 | 5 | 0.21% |
| jobs/careers (not elsewhere classified) | 29 | 19 | 0.8% |
| vacation/travel (not elsewhere classified) | 30 | 58 | 2.43% |
| leisure activities | 31 | 12 | 0.5% |
| learning to drive/passing test (not hgv) | 32 | 9 | 0.38% |
| political participation/voluntary work (inc committee work) | 33 | 2 | 0.08% |
| reference to national/world events (who is concerned by event?) | 34 | 4 | 0.17% |
| began friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 35 | 8 | 0.34% |
| end friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 36 | 2 | 0.08% |
| spending time with/visiting friends (coded as holiday as appropriate) | 37 | 2 | 0.08% |
| pregnancy/birth (identity of parent?) | 40 | 54 | 2.26% |
| cohabitation | 41 | 9 | 0.38% |
| engagements/weddings | 42 | 24 | 1.01% |
| separation/divorce/end of cohabitation | 43 | 12 | 0.5% |
| leaving parental home | 44 | 6 | 0.25% |
| death (who died?) | 45 | 50 | 2.1% |
| wedding anniversaries | 46 | 16 | 0.67% |
| birthday celebrations | 47 | 22 | 0.92% |
| spending time/visits with relatives (not within household) | 50 | 17 | 0.71% |
| day-to-day family life | 51 | 22 | 0.92% |
| family problems (person causing problems?) | 52 | 3 | 0.13% |
| domestic incident (eg fire/burst pipes, etc) | 53 | 1 | 0.04% |
| pets/animals (pet coded) | 54 | 8 | 0.34% |
| family event/family reference (not elsewhere classified) | 59 | 19 | 0.8% |
| money problems/drop in income/debt | 60 | 7 | 0.29% |
| improved financial situation | 62 | 3 | 0.13% |
| financial other (not elsewhere classified) | 69 | 8 | 0.34% |
| bought/buying vehicle (car, caravan, etc) | 70 | 4 | 0.17% |
| bought/buying / building house | 71 | 3 | 0.13% |
| household repairs/improvements/appliances | 72 | 8 | 0.34% |
| won prize (not cash)/award | 73 | 5 | 0.21% |
| received present (from whom ?) | 74 | 4 | 0.17% |
| moved in past year | 80 | 26 | 1.09% |
| future intention to move | 81 | 4 | 0.17% |
| move into residential home (nursing/retirement, etc) | 82 | 2 | 0.08% |
| move into respondent's household (who is moving in?) | 83 | 6 | 0.25% |
| victim of crime (burglary ,etc) | 90 | 1 | 0.04% |
| joined/changed religion | 92 | 4 | 0.17% |
| other religious reference (not confirmation/baptism of children) | 93 | 1 | 0.04% |
| plan not fulfilled/something that didn't happen (eg didn't have a holiday) | 94 | 2 | 0.08% |
| civil court action/battles with bureaucracy | 95 | 2 | 0.08% |
| other occurrence (not elsewhere classified) given low priority | 96 | 25 | 1.05% |
| Total | 2385 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36.57 | 1605 | 1.0 | 96.0 | 24.31 | 780 |
