Main survey variable: maju mother not working when resp. aged 14

mother not working when resp. aged 14

Datafiles

Index term

Employment Parents employment status Employment history

Variable note:

Mothers activity status when resp. aged 14. Coding frame aligned to UKHLS. Note that this variables coding frame differs from that of its BHPS counterpart.See MASEMP, MABOSS, MAMNGR, MASOC*, MARGSC, MASEC, MAGOLD, MAISCON, MA1JUKSOC*, MAJLCBSOC* (The same information about fathers are in variable names starting with P instead of M).Uses W_MAJU on datafile W_INDRESP
Uses BW_MAJU, BW_MASOC90, BW_MASOC00 on datafile BW_INDRESP/

Derived variable note:

Mother's activity status when resp. aged 14. Coding frame aligned to UKHLS.

See MASEMP, MABOSS, MAMNGR, MASOC*, MARGSC, MASEC, MAGOLD, MAISCON, MA1JUKSOC*, MAJLCBSOC* (The same information about fathers are in variable names starting with P instead of M)

Derived variable note:

Uses W_MAJU on datafile W_INDRESP
Uses BW_MAJU, BW_MASOC90, BW_MASOC00 on datafile BW_INDRESP/

Question asked in the latest wave:

familybackground_w15.maju

Question label:

Mother not working when resp. aged 14

Question text:

And was your mother working when you were 14?

Question universe:

if [(ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS) & ff_everint 1] // New entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds

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

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	31576	96.12%
proxy	-7	74	0.23%
refusal	-2	10	0.03%
don't know	-1	13	0.04%
Mother working	1	791	2.41%
Mother not working	2	348	1.06%
Mother deceased	3	22	0.07%
Mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	15	0.05%
	Total	32849	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	26897	75.83%
proxy	-7	134	0.38%
refusal	-2	55	0.16%
don't know	-1	92	0.26%
Mother working	1	5395	15.21%
Mother not working	2	2681	7.56%
Mother deceased	3	119	0.34%
Mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	98	0.28%
	Total	35471	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	27384	97.81%
proxy	-7	104	0.37%
refusal	-2	5	0.02%
don't know	-1	6	0.02%
Mother working	1	333	1.19%
Mother not working	2	152	0.54%
Mother deceased	3	6	0.02%
Mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	8	0.03%
	Total	27998	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	28591	97.68%
proxy	-7	198	0.68%
refusal	-2	4	0.01%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Mother working	1	299	1.02%
Mother not working	2	152	0.52%
Mother deceased	3	11	0.04%
Mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	14	0.05%
	Total	29271	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	30989	96.82%
proxy	-7	464	1.45%
refusal	-2	3	0.01%
don't know	-1	9	0.03%
Mother working	1	359	1.12%
Mother not working	2	172	0.54%
Mother deceased	3	7	0.02%
Mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	5	0.02%
	Total	32008	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	32889	95.83%
proxy	-7	804	2.34%
refusal	-2	4	0.01%
don't know	-1	7	0.02%
Mother working	1	394	1.15%
Mother not working	2	202	0.59%
Mother deceased	3	7	0.02%
Mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	12	0.03%
	Total	34319	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	34206	94.86%
proxy	-7	1096	3.04%
refusal	-2	3	0.01%
don't know	-1	9	0.02%
Mother working	1	432	1.2%
Mother not working	2	288	0.8%
Mother deceased	3	9	0.02%
Mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	15	0.04%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	36591	93.12%
proxy	-7	1683	4.28%
refusal	-2	10	0.03%
don't know	-1	15	0.04%
Mother working	1	549	1.4%
Mother not working	2	416	1.06%
Mother deceased	3	14	0.04%
Mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	16	0.04%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	38011	90.14%
proxy	-7	2832	6.72%
refusal	-2	13	0.03%
don't know	-1	27	0.06%
Mother working	1	709	1.68%
Mother not working	2	549	1.3%
Mother deceased	3	20	0.05%
Mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	9	0.02%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	36358	80.45%
proxy	-7	3324	7.36%
refusal	-2	65	0.14%
don't know	-1	190	0.42%
mother working	1	2579	5.71%
mother not working	2	2582	5.71%
mother deceased	3	61	0.13%
mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	33	0.07%
	Total	45192	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	39898	88.98%
proxy	-7	3858	8.6%
don't know	-1	16	0.04%
mother working	1	674	1.5%
mother not working	2	366	0.82%
mother deceased	3	11	0.02%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	12	0.03%
	Total	44837	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	41657	88.49%
proxy	-7	3935	8.36%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	6	0.01%
mother working	1	902	1.92%
mother not working	2	532	1.13%
mother deceased	3	21	0.04%
mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	15	0.03%
	Total	47074	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	43981	88.51%
proxy	-7	3830	7.71%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	15	0.03%
mother working	1	1137	2.29%
mother not working	2	674	1.36%
mother deceased	3	24	0.05%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	23	0.05%
	Total	49692	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	47359	86.79%
proxy	-7	3880	7.11%
refusal	-2	5	0.01%
don't know	-1	21	0.04%
mother working	1	1915	3.51%
mother not working	2	1314	2.41%
mother deceased	3	40	0.07%
mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	31	0.06%
	Total	54568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.04%
proxy	-7	3262	6.4%
refusal	-2	13	0.03%
don't know	-1	168	0.33%
mother working	1	25722	50.44%
mother not working	2	20584	40.37%
mother deceased	3	750	1.47%
mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	474	0.93%
	Total	50994	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13377	92.77%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
mother not working	2	75	0.52%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13811	92.86%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
mother not working	2	105	0.71%
mother deceased	3	3	0.02%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	4	0.03%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14294	92.87%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
don't know	-1	10	0.06%
mother not working	2	99	0.64%
mother deceased	3	2	0.01%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	8	0.05%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	14477	92.7%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
don't know	-1	10	0.06%
mother not working	2	123	0.79%
mother deceased	3	4	0.03%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	9	0.06%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	14628	92.64%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	8	0.05%
mother not working	2	125	0.79%
mother deceased	3	5	0.03%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	3	0.02%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	15137	93.22%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
don't know	-1	4	0.02%
mother not working	2	188	1.16%
mother deceased	3	4	0.02%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	4	0.02%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	15473	93.23%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
don't know	-1	7	0.04%
mother not working	2	200	1.21%
mother deceased	3	7	0.04%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	5	0.03%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	15707	83.25%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	16	0.08%
mother not working	2	2214	11.73%
mother deceased	3	93	0.49%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	21	0.11%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	14644	93.85%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	9	0.06%
mother not working	2	382	2.45%
mother deceased	3	18	0.12%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	6	0.04%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	12476	79.86%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	88	0.56%
mother not working	2	2454	15.71%
mother deceased	3	115	0.74%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	42	0.27%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	9214	84.49%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	61	0.56%
mother not working	2	1181	10.83%
mother deceased	3	62	0.57%
mother not living with respondent so don t know	4	28	0.26%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	4159	40.52%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	189	1.84%
mother not working	2	5269	51.33%
mother deceased	3	262	2.55%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	65807	39.08%
Mother working	1	55855	33.17%
Mother not working	2	44117	26.2%
Mother deceased	3	1696	1.01%
Mother not living with respondent so don't know	4	902	0.54%
	Total	168377	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.49	65807	1.0	4.0	0.58	102570

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Index term

Variable note:

Derived variable note:

Derived variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

familybackground_w15.maju

Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

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Index term

Variable note:

Derived variable note:

Derived variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

familybackground_w15.maju

Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

Wave 15 (o_maju indresp)

Wave 14 (n_maju indresp)

Wave 13 (m_maju indresp)

Wave 12 (l_maju indresp)

Wave 11 (k_maju indresp)

Wave 10 (j_maju indresp)

Wave 9 (i_maju indresp)

Wave 8 (h_maju indresp)

Wave 7 (g_maju indresp)

Wave 6 (f_maju indresp)

Wave 5 (e_maju indresp)

Wave 4 (d_maju indresp)

Wave 3 (c_maju indresp)

Wave 2 (b_maju indresp)

Wave 1 (a_maju indresp)

Wave B18 (br_maju indresp)

Wave B17 (bq_maju indresp)

Wave B16 (bp_maju indresp)

Wave B15 (bo_maju indresp)

Wave B14 (bn_maju indresp)

Wave B13 (bm_maju indresp)

Wave B12 (bl_maju indresp)

Wave B11 (bk_maju indresp)

Wave B10 (bj_maju indresp)

Wave B9 (bi_maju indresp)

Wave B8 (bh_maju indresp)

Wave B1 (ba_maju indresp)

Wave xwave (maju xwavedat)

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