4th mentioned important event of year
Datafile
Index terms
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| don't know | -1 | 36158 | 80.64% |
| ill health/concern about health | 1 | 249 | 0.56% |
| hospitalisation/operation | 2 | 113 | 0.25% |
| accident (involving injury) | 3 | 38 | 0.08% |
| health tests (positive & negative) | 4 | 45 | 0.1% |
| loss of mobility/house-bound | 5 | 21 | 0.05% |
| recovery/continuing good health | 6 | 182 | 0.41% |
| health (not elsewhere classified) | 9 | 224 | 0.5% |
| caring responsibilities - not childcare (i.e. who is cared for?) | 10 | 45 | 0.1% |
| babysitting (ie who is the sitter?) | 11 | 6 | 0.01% |
| starting/in school | 12 | 60 | 0.13% |
| leaving school | 13 | 5 | 0.01% |
| starting/in further education (incl. sixth form) | 14 | 69 | 0.15% |
| leaving further education | 15 | 16 | 0.04% |
| studying for/passing educational/vocational qualifications/acquiring skills training (not elsewhere classified) | 16 | 111 | 0.25% |
| travel related to study | 17 | 3 | 0.01% |
| education (not elsewhere classified) | 19 | 55 | 0.12% |
| change of job (incl. hours, status)/starting own business | 20 | 151 | 0.34% |
| planned/possible change of job | 21 | 24 | 0.05% |
| getting job (following economic inactivity) | 22 | 23 | 0.05% |
| work-related training (incl. apprenticeship/hgv licence/work experience) | 23 | 15 | 0.03% |
| redundancy/unemployment (threat of or actual) | 24 | 37 | 0.08% |
| retirement | 25 | 20 | 0.04% |
| travel related to work (who travels?) | 26 | 19 | 0.04% |
| work-related problems (recession and/or personal - whose job?) | 27 | 104 | 0.23% |
| jobs/careers (not elsewhere classified) | 29 | 201 | 0.45% |
| vacation/travel (not elsewhere classified) | 30 | 271 | 0.6% |
| leisure activities | 31 | 261 | 0.58% |
| learning to drive/passing test (not hgv) | 32 | 28 | 0.06% |
| political participation/voluntary work (inc committee work) | 33 | 34 | 0.08% |
| reference to national/world events (who is concerned by event?) | 34 | 60 | 0.13% |
| began friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 35 | 53 | 0.12% |
| end friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 36 | 22 | 0.05% |
| spending time with/visiting friends (coded as holiday as appropriate) | 37 | 53 | 0.12% |
| problems with neighbours (who has the problem?) | 38 | 2 | 0.0% |
| non-family relationship (not elsewhere classified) | 39 | 172 | 0.38% |
| pregnancy/birth (identity of parent?) | 40 | 123 | 0.27% |
| cohabitation | 41 | 23 | 0.05% |
| engagements/weddings | 42 | 102 | 0.23% |
| separation/divorce/end of cohabitation | 43 | 22 | 0.05% |
| leaving parental home | 44 | 19 | 0.04% |
| death (who died?) | 45 | 173 | 0.39% |
| wedding anniversaries | 46 | 28 | 0.06% |
| birthday celebrations | 47 | 76 | 0.17% |
| becoming godparent | 48 | 3 | 0.01% |
| spending time/visits with relatives (not within household) | 50 | 149 | 0.33% |
| day-to-day family life | 51 | 26 | 0.06% |
| family problems (person causing problems?) | 52 | 38 | 0.08% |
| domestic incident (eg fire/burst pipes, etc) | 53 | 5 | 0.01% |
| pets/animals (pet coded) | 54 | 38 | 0.08% |
| family event/family reference (not elsewhere classified) | 59 | 437 | 0.97% |
| money problems/drop in income/debt | 60 | 78 | 0.17% |
| forced move (repossession/eviction (residential move not included) | 61 | 4 | 0.01% |
| improved financial situation | 62 | 44 | 0.1% |
| received money (inheritance/compensation/pools) | 63 | 9 | 0.02% |
| financial other (not elsewhere classified) | 69 | 74 | 0.17% |
| bought/buying vehicle (car, caravan, etc) | 70 | 50 | 0.11% |
| bought/buying / building house | 71 | 22 | 0.05% |
| household repairs/improvements/appliances | 72 | 60 | 0.13% |
| won prize (not cash)/award | 73 | 32 | 0.07% |
| received present (from whom ?) | 74 | 6 | 0.01% |
| other purchases (not elsewhere classified) | 79 | 13 | 0.03% |
| moved in past year | 80 | 98 | 0.22% |
| future intention to move | 81 | 30 | 0.07% |
| move into residential home (nursing/retirement, etc) | 82 | 14 | 0.03% |
| move into respondent's household (who is moving in?) | 83 | 15 | 0.03% |
| victim of crime (burglary ,etc) | 90 | 17 | 0.04% |
| committed crime/in trouble with police | 91 | 8 | 0.02% |
| joined/changed religion | 92 | 3 | 0.01% |
| other religious reference (not confirmation/baptism of children) | 93 | 24 | 0.05% |
| plan not fulfilled/something that didn't happen (eg didn't have a holiday) | 94 | 92 | 0.21% |
| civil court action/battles with bureaucracy | 95 | 50 | 0.11% |
| other occurrence (not elsewhere classified) given low priority | 96 | 24 | 0.05% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.16 | 40016 | 1.0 | 96.0 | 24.56 | 4821 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| don't know | -1 | 48387 | 88.67% |
| ill health/concern about health | 1 | 147 | 0.27% |
| hospitalisation/operation | 2 | 59 | 0.11% |
| accident (involving injury) | 3 | 27 | 0.05% |
| health tests (positive & negative) | 4 | 43 | 0.08% |
| loss of mobility/house-bound | 5 | 7 | 0.01% |
| recovery/continuing good health | 6 | 62 | 0.11% |
| health (not elsewhere classified) | 9 | 52 | 0.1% |
| caring responsibilities - not childcare (i.e. who is cared for?) | 10 | 15 | 0.03% |
| babysitting (ie who is the sitter?) | 11 | 4 | 0.01% |
| starting/in school | 12 | 35 | 0.06% |
| leaving school | 13 | 2 | 0.0% |
| starting/in further education (incl. sixth form) | 14 | 29 | 0.05% |
| leaving further education | 15 | 5 | 0.01% |
| studying for/passing educational/vocational qualifications/acquiring skills training (not elsewhere classified) | 16 | 70 | 0.13% |
| travel related to study | 17 | 2 | 0.0% |
| education (not elsewhere classified) | 19 | 43 | 0.08% |
| change of job (incl. hours, status)/starting own business | 20 | 81 | 0.15% |
| planned/possible change of job | 21 | 6 | 0.01% |
| getting job (following economic inactivity) | 22 | 54 | 0.1% |
| work-related training (incl. apprenticeship/hgv licence/work experience) | 23 | 7 | 0.01% |
| redundancy/unemployment (threat of or actual) | 24 | 54 | 0.1% |
| retirement | 25 | 10 | 0.02% |
| travel related to work (who travels?) | 26 | 11 | 0.02% |
| work-related problems (recession and/or personal - whose job?) | 27 | 42 | 0.08% |
| jobs/careers (not elsewhere classified) | 29 | 63 | 0.12% |
| vacation/travel (not elsewhere classified) | 30 | 157 | 0.29% |
| leisure activities | 31 | 95 | 0.17% |
| learning to drive/passing test (not hgv) | 32 | 28 | 0.05% |
| political participation/voluntary work (inc committee work) | 33 | 25 | 0.05% |
| reference to national/world events (who is concerned by event?) | 34 | 35 | 0.06% |
| began friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 35 | 31 | 0.06% |
| end friendship (incl. girl/boy friend) | 36 | 6 | 0.01% |
| spending time with/visiting friends (coded as holiday as appropriate) | 37 | 11 | 0.02% |
| problems with neighbours (who has the problem?) | 38 | 3 | 0.01% |
| non-family relationship (not elsewhere classified) | 39 | 21 | 0.04% |
| pregnancy/birth (identity of parent?) | 40 | 96 | 0.18% |
| cohabitation | 41 | 13 | 0.02% |
| engagements/weddings | 42 | 68 | 0.12% |
| separation/divorce/end of cohabitation | 43 | 17 | 0.03% |
| leaving parental home | 44 | 10 | 0.02% |
| death (who died?) | 45 | 124 | 0.23% |
| wedding anniversaries | 46 | 15 | 0.03% |
| birthday celebrations | 47 | 48 | 0.09% |
| becoming godparent | 48 | 1 | 0.0% |
| spending time/visits with relatives (not within household) | 50 | 64 | 0.12% |
| day-to-day family life | 51 | 30 | 0.05% |
| family problems (person causing problems?) | 52 | 15 | 0.03% |
| domestic incident (eg fire/burst pipes, etc) | 53 | 3 | 0.01% |
| pets/animals (pet coded) | 54 | 22 | 0.04% |
| family event/family reference (not elsewhere classified) | 59 | 83 | 0.15% |
| money problems/drop in income/debt | 60 | 40 | 0.07% |
| improved financial situation | 62 | 9 | 0.02% |
| received money (inheritance/compensation/pools) | 63 | 1 | 0.0% |
| financial other (not elsewhere classified) | 69 | 31 | 0.06% |
| bought/buying vehicle (car, caravan, etc) | 70 | 27 | 0.05% |
| bought/buying / building house | 71 | 14 | 0.03% |
| household repairs/improvements/appliances | 72 | 36 | 0.07% |
| won prize (not cash)/award | 73 | 6 | 0.01% |
| received present (from whom ?) | 74 | 5 | 0.01% |
| other purchases (not elsewhere classified) | 79 | 9 | 0.02% |
| moved in past year | 80 | 49 | 0.09% |
| future intention to move | 81 | 13 | 0.02% |
| move into residential home (nursing/retirement, etc) | 82 | 6 | 0.01% |
| move into respondent's household (who is moving in?) | 83 | 12 | 0.02% |
| victim of crime (burglary ,etc) | 90 | 11 | 0.02% |
| committed crime/in trouble with police | 91 | 4 | 0.01% |
| joined/changed religion | 92 | 7 | 0.01% |
| other religious reference (not confirmation/baptism of children) | 93 | 13 | 0.02% |
| plan not fulfilled/something that didn't happen (eg didn't have a holiday) | 94 | 20 | 0.04% |
| civil court action/battles with bureaucracy | 95 | 11 | 0.02% |
| other occurrence (not elsewhere classified) given low priority | 96 | 26 | 0.05% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.44 | 52267 | 1.0 | 96.0 | 24.04 | 2301 |
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