day started current job (exact date known)
Datafile
Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
currentemployment_w6.jbbgdat
Question label:
Date started current job
Question text:
And on what date did you start working in your present job?
If you have been promoted or changed grades, please give me the date of that change. Otherwise please give me the date when you started doing the job you are doing now for your present employer or working self-employed.
Question universe:
if (JBHAS = 1 OR JBOFF = 1) (Has a job)
and if (ff_ivlolw 1 & ff_everint 1) | ((ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1) & (ff_jbstat = MIS | ff_emplw = MIS)) (New entrant never interviewed or has been interviewed previously and employment status and whether in paid employment at previous wave are missing)
Question interviewer instructions:
PLEASE ENTER THE DAY/MONTH/YEAR
IF FULL DATE NOT KNOWN, RECORD AS DK AND ENTER SEPARATE DAY, MONTH AND YEAR WHERE KNOWN AT SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS.
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 8 | 0.02% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 2001 | 4.43% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 142 | 0.31% |
| don't know | -1 | 434 | 0.96% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 42412 | 93.85% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -9.21 | 2780 | -10.0 | 31.0 | 4.13 | 42412 |
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