Country of first job
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Question asked in the latest wave:
migrationbackground_w9.j1cojob
Question label:
Country of first job
Question text:
In which country was this job?
Question universe:
if (FF_UKBORN = 5 & ff_1STWAVE <=6 & (GRIDVARIABLES.FBORN = 1 & GRIDVARIABLES.IEMB 1)) | (FF_UKBORN = 5 & (ff_1STWAVE = 7|8)) | INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5 (Respondent is foreign born and entered the study at wave 6 or earlier and household is in the Foreign Born Sample but not in the IEMB sample OR Respondent is foreign born and entered the study at wave 7 or later)
and if OWNFIRSTJOB.J1NONE = 3 | J1NONE_MHIS = 3 | (DEMOGRAPHICS.JBSTAT = 1|2) (Had a first job after full-time education OR previously reported having a job OR current economic activity is employed or self-employed)
and if DV2UK16 = 2 (Was not born in the UK and came to the UK aged 16 or over)
and if J1UKJob = 2 (First job was not in the UK)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34047 | 94.42% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Your country of birth | 1 | 821 | 2.28% |
| Another country | 2 | 91 | 0.25% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only available for IEMB | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 3291 | 7.28% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| your country of birth | 1 | 981 | 2.17% |
| another country? | 2 | 144 | 0.32% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
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