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Innovation Panel Variable

ff_emplw

in paid employment

Datafile

indresp_ip

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	318	12.75%
proxy	-7	30	1.2%
in paid employment	1	1142	45.79%
not in paid employment	2	1004	40.26%
	Total	2494	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	154	5.41%
proxy	-7	22	0.77%
in paid employment	1	1463	51.39%
not in paid employment	2	1208	42.43%
	Total	2847	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	173	6.36%
proxy	-7	34	1.25%
in paid employment	1	1379	50.7%
not in paid employment	2	1134	41.69%
	Total	2720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1029	33.62%
proxy	-7	3	0.1%
in paid employment	1	1064	34.76%
not in paid employment	2	965	31.53%
	Total	3061	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	104	4.59%
proxy	-7	15	0.66%
in paid employment	1	1208	53.29%
not in paid employment	2	940	41.46%
	Total	2267	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	106	4.79%
proxy	-7	51	2.3%
in paid employment	1	1133	51.2%
not in paid employment	2	923	41.71%
	Total	2213	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	832	27.83%
proxy	-7	94	3.14%
in paid employment	1	1181	39.5%
not in paid employment	2	883	29.53%
	Total	2990	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	596	23.19%
proxy	-7	89	3.46%
in paid employment	1	1100	42.8%
not in paid employment	2	785	30.54%
	Total	2570	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	110	4.86%
proxy	-7	63	2.78%
in paid employment	1	1186	52.41%
not in paid employment	2	878	38.8%
	Total	2263	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	168	7.06%
proxy	-7	111	4.67%
in paid employment	1	1186	49.87%
not in paid employment	2	913	38.39%
	Total	2378	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	738	30.58%
proxy	-7	76	3.15%
in paid employment	1	922	38.21%
not in paid employment	2	677	28.06%
	Total	2413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	142	6.61%
	-7	125	5.82%
in paid employment	1	1077	50.12%
not in paid employment	2	805	37.46%
	Total	2149	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	178	8.31%
proxy	-7	147	6.86%
in paid employment	1	1043	48.69%
not in paid employment	2	774	36.13%
	Total	2142	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	206	8.64%
don't know	-1	788	33.04%
in paid employment	1	815	34.17%
not in paid employment	2	576	24.15%
	Total	2385	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	98	5.58%
proxy	-7	135	7.69%
in paid employment	1	823	46.87%
not in paid employment	2	700	39.86%
	Total	1756	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	49	2.62%
proxy	-7	8	0.43%
in paid employment	1	969	51.82%
not in paid employment	2	844	45.13%
	Total	1870	100.0%

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