current economic activity a
Datafile
Variable note:
This variable is part of the "quality of measures of change" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.
Question asked in the latest wave:
demographics_ip4.jbstat_a
Question label:
Current economic activity A
Question text:
VERSION A Which of these best describes your current employment situation?
Question universe:
if ff_changew2 = 1 (Measures of change experiment Version A)
Question interviewer instructions:
CODE ONE ONLY
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1027 | 43.06% |
| proxy | -7 | 206 | 8.64% |
| self employed | 1 | 97 | 4.07% |
| paid employment(ft/pt) | 2 | 555 | 23.27% |
| unemployed | 3 | 45 | 1.89% |
| retired | 4 | 283 | 11.87% |
| on maternity leave | 5 | 6 | 0.25% |
| family care or home | 6 | 57 | 2.39% |
| full-time student | 7 | 63 | 2.64% |
| lt sick or disabled | 8 | 34 | 1.43% |
| govt training scheme | 9 | 3 | 0.13% |
| unpaid, family business | 10 | 2 | 0.08% |
| doing something else | 97 | 7 | 0.29% |
| Total | 2385 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1223 | 69.65% |
| proxy | -7 | 135 | 7.69% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.06% |
| self employed | 1 | 32 | 1.82% |
| paid employment(ft/pt) | 2 | 181 | 10.31% |
| unemployed | 3 | 15 | 0.85% |
| retired | 4 | 119 | 6.78% |
| on maternity leave | 5 | 4 | 0.23% |
| family care or home | 6 | 17 | 0.97% |
| full-time student | 7 | 15 | 0.85% |
| lt sick or disabled | 8 | 12 | 0.68% |
| doing something else | 97 | 2 | 0.11% |
| Total | 1756 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 11 | 0.59% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1564 | 83.64% |
| proxy | -7 | 82 | 4.39% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.11% |
| self employed | 1 | 16 | 0.86% |
| in paid employment (full or part-time) | 2 | 106 | 5.67% |
| unemployed | 3 | 7 | 0.37% |
| retired | 4 | 50 | 2.67% |
| on maternity leave | 5 | 3 | 0.16% |
| looking after family or home | 6 | 11 | 0.59% |
| full-time student | 7 | 10 | 0.53% |
| long term sick or disabled | 8 | 8 | 0.43% |
| Total | 1870 | 100.0% |
