nunmpsp_dv

No. unemployment spells since last interview

Number of unemployment spells since last interview. Counts the number of times respondent’s employment status was “unemployed”. Last wave status included in the count if the respondent was unemployed in the last wave. Some respondents do not report a change in employment status but a comparison of their previous and current employment status suggests that there was a change, either in the status itself or in the report of whether the respondent is currently in paid employment. In this case, when either last year’s employment status or current year’s employment status was unequal to unemployed, it is assumed that a spell in “unemployment’ was completed. Inapplicable [-7] to proxy respondents and [-8] for those who were not responding adults in the last wave.

Datafile

• indresp

Index term

• Derived Variables

Derived variable note:

Number of unemployment spells since last interview. Counts the number of times respondent's employment status was "unemployed". Last wave status included in the count if the respondent was unemployed in the last wave. Some respondents do not report a change in employment status but a comparison of their previous and current employment status suggests that there was a change, either in the status itself or in the report of whether the respondent is currently in paid employment. In this case, when either last year's employment status or current year's employment status was unequal to unemployed, it is assumed that a spell in "unemployment' was completed. Inapplicable [-7] to proxy respondents and [-8] for those who were not responding adults in the last wave.

Derived variable note:

Uses NEXTELSE1 NEXTELSE2 NEXTELSE3 NEXTELSE4 NEXTELSE5 NEXTELSE6 NEXTELSE7 NEXTELSE8 ff_JBSTAT FF_IVLOLW IVFIO/