1st mentioned important event of year
Datafile
Index term
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| refusal | -2 | 389 | 0.87% |
| don't know | -1 | 1323 | 2.95% |
| ill health/concern about health | 1 | 2090 | 4.66% |
| hospitalisation/operation | 2 | 885 | 1.97% |
| accident (involving injury) | 3 | 505 | 1.13% |
| health tests (positive & negative) | 4 | 827 | 1.84% |
| loss of mobility/house-bound | 5 | 51 | 0.11% |
| recovery/continuing good health | 6 | 274 | 0.61% |
| health (not elsewhere classified) | 9 | 773 | 1.72% |
| caring responsibilities - not childcare (i.e. who is cared for?) | 10 | 104 | 0.23% |
| babysitting (ie who is the sitter?) | 11 | 28 | 0.06% |
| starting/in school | 12 | 261 | 0.58% |
| leaving school | 13 | 83 | 0.19% |
| starting/in further education (incl. sixth form) | 14 | 694 | 1.55% |
| leaving further education | 15 | 238 | 0.53% |
| studying for/passing educational/vocational qualifications/acquiring skills training (not elsewhere classified) | 16 | 1162 | 2.59% |
| travel related to study | 17 | 14 | 0.03% |
| education (not elsewhere classified) | 19 | 273 | 0.61% |
| change of job (incl. hours, status)/starting own business | 20 | 2035 | 4.54% |
| planned/possible change of job | 21 | 61 | 0.14% |
| getting job (following economic inactivity) | 22 | 249 | 0.56% |
| work-related training (incl. apprenticeship/hgv licence/work experience) | 23 | 131 | 0.29% |
| redundancy/unemployment (threat of or actual) | 24 | 529 | 1.18% |
| retirement | 25 | 334 | 0.74% |
| travel related to work (who travels?) | 26 | 70 | 0.16% |
| work-related problems (recession and/or personal - whose job?) | 27 | 330 | 0.74% |
| jobs/careers (not elsewhere classified) | 29 | 600 | 1.34% |
| vacation/travel (not elsewhere classified) | 30 | 1648 | 3.68% |
| leisure activities | 31 | 444 | 0.99% |
| learning to drive/passing test (not hgv) | 32 | 185 | 0.41% |
| political participation/voluntary work (inc committee work) | 33 | 183 | 0.41% |
| reference to national/world events (who is concerned by event?) | 34 | 315 | 0.7% |
| began friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 35 | 375 | 0.84% |
| end friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 36 | 101 | 0.23% |
| spending time with/visiting friends (coded as holiday as appropriate) | 37 | 41 | 0.09% |
| problems with neighbours (who has the problem?) | 38 | 29 | 0.06% |
| non-family relationship (not elsewhere classified) | 39 | 204 | 0.45% |
| pregnancy/birth (identity of parent?) | 40 | 3003 | 6.7% |
| cohabitation | 41 | 94 | 0.21% |
| engagements/weddings | 42 | 1534 | 3.42% |
| separation/divorce/end of cohabitation | 43 | 419 | 0.93% |
| leaving parental home | 44 | 217 | 0.48% |
| death (who died?) | 45 | 2507 | 5.59% |
| wedding anniversaries | 46 | 240 | 0.54% |
| birthday celebrations | 47 | 549 | 1.22% |
| becoming godparent | 48 | 28 | 0.06% |
| spending time/visits with relatives (not within household) | 50 | 308 | 0.69% |
| day-to-day family life | 51 | 62 | 0.14% |
| family problems (person causing problems?) | 52 | 176 | 0.39% |
| domestic incident (eg fire/burst pipes, etc) | 53 | 52 | 0.12% |
| pets/animals (pet coded) | 54 | 171 | 0.38% |
| family event/family reference (not elsewhere classified) | 59 | 641 | 1.43% |
| money problems/drop in income/debt | 60 | 191 | 0.43% |
| forced move (repossession/eviction (residential move not included) | 61 | 27 | 0.06% |
| improved financial situation | 62 | 55 | 0.12% |
| received money (inheritance/compensation/pools) | 63 | 106 | 0.24% |
| financial other (not elsewhere classified) | 69 | 274 | 0.61% |
| bought/buying vehicle (car, caravan, etc) | 70 | 173 | 0.39% |
| bought/buying / building house | 71 | 302 | 0.67% |
| household repairs/improvements/appliances | 72 | 276 | 0.62% |
| won prize (not cash)/award | 73 | 97 | 0.22% |
| received present (from whom ?) | 74 | 16 | 0.04% |
| other purchases (not elsewhere classified) | 79 | 55 | 0.12% |
| moved in past year | 80 | 1286 | 2.87% |
| future intention to move | 81 | 97 | 0.22% |
| move into residential home (nursing/retirement, etc) | 82 | 80 | 0.18% |
| move into respondent's household (who is moving in?) | 83 | 138 | 0.31% |
| victim of crime (burglary ,etc) | 90 | 105 | 0.23% |
| committed crime/in trouble with police | 91 | 35 | 0.08% |
| joined/changed religion | 92 | 17 | 0.04% |
| other religious reference (not confirmation/baptism of children) | 93 | 94 | 0.21% |
| plan not fulfilled/something that didn't happen (eg didn't have a holiday) | 94 | 207 | 0.46% |
| civil court action/battles with bureaucracy | 95 | 166 | 0.37% |
| other occurrence (not elsewhere classified) given low priority | 96 | 370 | 0.83% |
| nothing happened | 97 | 8973 | 20.01% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.86 | 5570 | 1.0 | 97.0 | 33.51 | 39267 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 9 | 0.02% |
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| don't know | -1 | 1304 | 2.39% |
| ill health/concern about health | 1 | 2880 | 5.28% |
| hospitalisation/operation | 2 | 1271 | 2.33% |
| accident (involving injury) | 3 | 625 | 1.15% |
| health tests (positive & negative) | 4 | 675 | 1.24% |
| loss of mobility/house-bound | 5 | 63 | 0.12% |
| recovery/continuing good health | 6 | 560 | 1.03% |
| health (not elsewhere classified) | 9 | 574 | 1.05% |
| caring responsibilities - not childcare (i.e. who is cared for?) | 10 | 144 | 0.26% |
| babysitting (ie who is the sitter?) | 11 | 41 | 0.08% |
| starting/in school | 12 | 349 | 0.64% |
| leaving school | 13 | 123 | 0.23% |
| starting/in further education (incl. sixth form) | 14 | 527 | 0.97% |
| leaving further education | 15 | 171 | 0.31% |
| studying for/passing educational/vocational qualifications/acquiring skills training (not elsewhere classified) | 16 | 1799 | 3.3% |
| travel related to study | 17 | 18 | 0.03% |
| education (not elsewhere classified) | 19 | 625 | 1.15% |
| change of job (incl. hours, status)/starting own business | 20 | 1612 | 2.95% |
| planned/possible change of job | 21 | 56 | 0.1% |
| getting job (following economic inactivity) | 22 | 886 | 1.62% |
| work-related training (incl. apprenticeship/hgv licence/work experience) | 23 | 217 | 0.4% |
| redundancy/unemployment (threat of or actual) | 24 | 997 | 1.83% |
| retirement | 25 | 419 | 0.77% |
| travel related to work (who travels?) | 26 | 87 | 0.16% |
| work-related problems (recession and/or personal - whose job?) | 27 | 399 | 0.73% |
| jobs/careers (not elsewhere classified) | 29 | 763 | 1.4% |
| vacation/travel (not elsewhere classified) | 30 | 2238 | 4.1% |
| leisure activities | 31 | 1102 | 2.02% |
| learning to drive/passing test (not hgv) | 32 | 282 | 0.52% |
| political participation/voluntary work (inc committee work) | 33 | 251 | 0.46% |
| reference to national/world events (who is concerned by event?) | 34 | 501 | 0.92% |
| began friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 35 | 438 | 0.8% |
| end friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 36 | 119 | 0.22% |
| spending time with/visiting friends (coded as holiday as appropriate) | 37 | 67 | 0.12% |
| problems with neighbours (who has the problem?) | 38 | 46 | 0.08% |
| non-family relationship (not elsewhere classified) | 39 | 102 | 0.19% |
| pregnancy/birth (identity of parent?) | 40 | 4385 | 8.04% |
| cohabitation | 41 | 193 | 0.35% |
| engagements/weddings | 42 | 2055 | 3.77% |
| separation/divorce/end of cohabitation | 43 | 541 | 0.99% |
| leaving parental home | 44 | 254 | 0.47% |
| death (who died?) | 45 | 3041 | 5.57% |
| wedding anniversaries | 46 | 312 | 0.57% |
| birthday celebrations | 47 | 627 | 1.15% |
| becoming godparent | 48 | 23 | 0.04% |
| spending time/visits with relatives (not within household) | 50 | 456 | 0.84% |
| day-to-day family life | 51 | 294 | 0.54% |
| family problems (person causing problems?) | 52 | 165 | 0.3% |
| domestic incident (eg fire/burst pipes, etc) | 53 | 76 | 0.14% |
| pets/animals (pet coded) | 54 | 177 | 0.32% |
| family event/family reference (not elsewhere classified) | 59 | 675 | 1.24% |
| money problems/drop in income/debt | 60 | 297 | 0.54% |
| forced move (repossession/eviction (residential move not included) | 61 | 14 | 0.03% |
| improved financial situation | 62 | 108 | 0.2% |
| received money (inheritance/compensation/pools) | 63 | 80 | 0.15% |
| financial other (not elsewhere classified) | 69 | 266 | 0.49% |
| bought/buying vehicle (car, caravan, etc) | 70 | 218 | 0.4% |
| bought/buying / building house | 71 | 317 | 0.58% |
| household repairs/improvements/appliances | 72 | 432 | 0.79% |
| won prize (not cash)/award | 73 | 152 | 0.28% |
| received present (from whom ?) | 74 | 14 | 0.03% |
| other purchases (not elsewhere classified) | 79 | 61 | 0.11% |
| moved in past year | 80 | 1472 | 2.7% |
| future intention to move | 81 | 125 | 0.23% |
| move into residential home (nursing/retirement, etc) | 82 | 111 | 0.2% |
| move into respondent's household (who is moving in?) | 83 | 126 | 0.23% |
| victim of crime (burglary ,etc) | 90 | 173 | 0.32% |
| committed crime/in trouble with police | 91 | 50 | 0.09% |
| joined/changed religion | 92 | 69 | 0.13% |
| other religious reference (not confirmation/baptism of children) | 93 | 122 | 0.22% |
| plan not fulfilled/something that didn't happen (eg didn't have a holiday) | 94 | 143 | 0.26% |
| civil court action/battles with bureaucracy | 95 | 123 | 0.23% |
| other occurrence (not elsewhere classified) given low priority | 96 | 527 | 0.97% |
| nothing happened | 97 | 10074 | 18.46% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.12 | 5193 | 1.0 | 97.0 | 32.58 | 49375 |
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