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Mainstage Variable

j1ukjob

First job in the UK

Datafile

Question asked in the latest wave:

migrationbackground_w9.j1ukjob

Question label:

First job in the UK

Question text:

Thinking about your own first job after leaving full-time education, was that job in the UK?

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)

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

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-83327592.28%
proxy-710963.04%
refusal-210.0%
don't know-140.01%
Yes17672.13%
No29152.54%
Total36058100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
Only available for IEMB-114057789.79%
inapplicable-825685.68%
proxy-71950.43%
refusal-2190.04%
don't know-1110.02%
yes16931.53%
no211292.5%
Total45192100.0%

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