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Innovation Panel Variable

xpearn4dk

expected earnings if have degree age 45, bracketed

Datafile

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:

yahedecisions_ip9.xpearn4dk

Question label:

Expected earnings if have degree age 45, bracketed

Question text:

Which of these do you think might fairly represent your yearly earnings at age 45 if you have a university degree?

Question universe:

if ff_yahechoiceip8 = 1 (Respondent asked YA HE Decisions module at IP8)
and if (DEMOGRAPHICS.PDVAGE = 16|(DEMOGRAPHICS.PDVAGE>16 & HEmakeappl = 2))| (DEMOGRAPHICS.PDVAGE>16 & (HEmakeappl = 1 & (HEapplstat = 1|2|3) | (HEapplstat = 4 & HEage > 0)) (Respondent aged 16 OR aged 17 or older and has not applied for university OR respondent is aged over 17, has applied for univeristy and is either enrolled, waiting to take up place or waiting to hear about place OR has not secured a place but expects some chance of having a degree by age 30)
and if XPEARN4 = DK (Expected earnings if have degree age 45 not known)

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8214894.92%
proxy-7632.78%
don't know-1130.57%
⣠20,000 to ⣠24,999 per year420.09%
⣠25,000 to ⣠29,999 per year510.04%
⣠30,000 to ⣠34,999 per year620.09%
⣠35,000 to ⣠39,999 per year710.04%
⣠45,000 to ⣠49,999 per year910.04%
⣠50,000 to ⣠54,999 per year1020.09%
⣠55,000 to ⣠59,999 per year1130.13%
⣠95,000 to ⣠99,999 per year1910.04%
[Value >= 0]1130.57%
Total2263100.0%
MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN
8.6922504.019.04.0913

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8223694.03%
proxy-71114.67%
refusal-210.04%
don't know-1140.59%
less than ⣠10,000 per year110.04%
⣠20,000 to ⣠24,999 per year430.13%
⣠25,000 to ⣠29,999 per year520.08%
⣠30,000 to ⣠34,999 per year610.04%
⣠35,000 to ⣠39,999 per year730.13%
⣠40,000 to ⣠44,999 per year810.04%
⣠45,000 to ⣠49,999 per year920.08%
⣠50,000 to ⣠54,999 per year1010.04%
⣠55,000 to ⣠59,999 per year1110.04%
⣠70,000 to ⣠74,999 per year1410.04%
Total2378100.0%
MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN
6.9423621.014.03.2116

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