child's employment status
Datafiles
Variable note:
This variable is part of the "Subjective expectations about the returns to higher education and decisions to attend university" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.
Question asked in the latest wave:
paredexpectations_ip9.kidstat
Question label:
Child's employment status
Question text:
Which of these best describes CHILD NAME's current situation?
Question universe:
if ff_paredexpectip8 = 1 and ff_paredaboutip8 MIS (Adult responded to the Parental Educational Expectations module at IP8 AND identifier for subject of questions at IP8 is not missing)
and if (ff_paredaboutip8 = 1) & (HHGRID.CLSTAT for that child 0) (Child was asked about at IP8 and is not deceased)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1973 | 87.19% |
| proxy | -7 | 63 | 2.78% |
| self-employed | 1 | 2 | 0.09% |
| in paid employment (full or part-time) | 2 | 13 | 0.57% |
| unemployed | 3 | 2 | 0.09% |
| looking after the family or home | 6 | 2 | 0.09% |
| full-time student | 7 | 163 | 7.2% |
| unpaid worker in a family business | 10 | 1 | 0.04% |
| working in an apprenticeship | 11 | 14 | 0.62% |
| doing something else | 97 | 4 | 0.18% |
| Total | 2263 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1935 | 81.37% |
| proxy | -7 | 111 | 4.67% |
| full-time student | 7 | 332 | 13.96% |
| Total | 2378 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.18% |
| Self-employed | 1 | 11 | 1.93% |
| In paid employment (full or part-time) | 2 | 62 | 10.86% |
| Unemployed | 3 | 18 | 3.15% |
| Looking after the family or home | 6 | 1 | 0.18% |
| Full-time student | 7 | 450 | 78.81% |
| Long-term sick or disabled | 8 | 1 | 0.18% |
| On a government training scheme | 9 | 4 | 0.7% |
| Working in an apprenticeship | 11 | 8 | 1.4% |
| Doing something else | 97 | 15 | 2.63% |
| Total | 571 | 100.0% |



