Turned down for job
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Question asked in the latest wave:
discrimination_w9.jobdeny
Question label:
Turned down for job
Question text:
Have you been turned down for a job in the UK following any kind of interview or assessment in the last 12 months?
Question universe:
if (GRIDVARIABLES.EMBoost = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.GPCompare = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.LDA = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.IEMB = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.FBORN = 1 | INITIALCONDITIONS.UKborn = 5) (EM Boost sample, GP Comparison sample or LDA sample or Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost sample or foreign-born continuing sample and their co-resident sample members, or any foreign-born identified this wave)
and if JobLook = 1 | NONEMPLOYMENT.JULK4WK = 1 (Looked for a job in the last 4 weeks or the last 12 months)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 32908 | 91.26% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 6 | 0.02% |
| don't know | -1 | 9 | 0.02% |
| Yes | 1 | 704 | 1.95% |
| No | 2 | 1335 | 3.7% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 36842 | 87.37% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 19 | 0.05% |
| Yes | 1 | 838 | 1.99% |
| No | 2 | 1637 | 3.88% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 39649 | 88.43% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| yes | 1 | 453 | 1.01% |
| no | 2 | 875 | 1.95% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 44207 | 88.96% |
| proxy | -7 | 3830 | 7.71% |
| yes | 1 | 513 | 1.03% |
| no | 2 | 1142 | 2.3% |
| Total | 49692 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 2 | 0.0% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 45443 | 89.11% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| yes | 1 | 741 | 1.45% |
| no | 2 | 1543 | 3.03% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
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