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Mainstage Variable

j1cojob

Country of first job

Datafile

Index term

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 labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-83404794.42%
proxy-710963.04%
refusal-220.01%
don't know-110.0%
Your country of birth18212.28%
another country2910.25%
Total36058100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
Only available for IEMB-114057789.79%
inapplicable-832917.28%
proxy-71950.43%
refusal-220.0%
don't know-120.0%
your country of birth19812.17%
another country21440.32%
Total45192100.0%

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