Mother ever worked in UK
Datafile
Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
migrationbackground_w9.majukevr
Question label:
Mother ever worked in UK
Question text:
Has your mother ever worked 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 (FAMILYBACKGROUND.MACOB > 4 | FF_MACOB > 4) & (FAMILYBACKGROUND.MAYRUK = 1 | FF_MAYRUK = 1) & DV2UK16 = 1 & (FAMILYBACKGROUND.MAJU = 1 | FF_MAJU = 1) (Respondent's Mother not born in UK AND Mother came to live in UK AND R came to the UK aged less than 16 AND Mother working when R aged 14)
and if MAJUK = 2 | 3 (Mother's job when R was 14 was not in the UK OR Mother wasn't working at all)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34950 | 96.93% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Yes | 1 | 7 | 0.02% |
| No | 2 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only available for IEMB | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 4394 | 9.72% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| yes | 1 | 21 | 0.05% |
| no | 2 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
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