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Innovation Panel Variable

xpearn5dk

expected earnings without degree age 45, brackets

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.xpearn5dk

Question label:

Expected earnings without degree age 45, brackets

Question text:

Which of these do you think might fairly represent your yearly earnings at age 45 if you did not go to university at all?

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 XPEARN5 = DK (Expected earnings without a university degree age 45 not known)

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

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8215095.01%
proxy-7632.78%
don't know-1120.53%
⣠15,000 to ⣠19,999 per year310.04%
⣠20,000 to ⣠24,999 per year420.09%
⣠25,000 to ⣠29,999 per year540.18%
⣠35,000 to ⣠39,999 per year710.04%
⣠40,000 to ⣠44,999 per year820.09%
⣠45,000 to ⣠49,999 per year910.04%
⣠50,000 to ⣠54,999 per year1010.04%
[Value >= 0]1120.53%
Total2263100.0%
MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN
6.0822513.010.02.2312

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8223393.9%
proxy-71114.67%
refusal-210.04%
don't know-1150.63%
less than ⣠10,000 per year120.08%
⣠10,000 to ⣠14,999 per year220.08%
⣠15,000 to ⣠19,999 per year340.17%
⣠25,000 to ⣠29,999 per year550.21%
⣠30,000 to ⣠34,999 per year620.08%
⣠35,000 to ⣠39,999 per year730.13%
Total2378100.0%
MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN
4.2223601.07.02.0218

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