Main survey variable: paju father not working when resp. aged 14

father not working when resp. aged 14

Datafiles

Index term

Employment Parents employment status Employment history

Variable note:

Fathers 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 PASEMP, PABOSS, PAMNGR, PASOC*, PARGSC, PASEG, PAGOLD, PAISCON, PA1JUKSOC*, PAJLCBSOC* (The same information about mothers are in variable names starting with M instead of P)Uses W_PAJU on datafile W_INDRESP
Uses BW_PAJU, BW_PASOC90_BH, PASOC00_NI_BH on datafile BW_INDRESP/

Derived variable note:

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

See PASEMP, PABOSS, PAMNGR, PASOC*, PARGSC, PASEG, PAGOLD, PAISCON, PA1JUKSOC*, PAJLCBSOC* (The same information about mothers are in variable names starting with M instead of P)

Derived variable note:

Uses W_MAJU on datafile W_INDRESP
Uses BW_MAJU, BW_MASOC90_BH, MASOC00_NI_BH on datafile BW_INDRESP/

Question asked in the latest wave:

familybackground_w15.paju

Question label:

Father not working when resp. aged 14

Question text:

Thinking back to when you were 14 years old, was your father working at that time?

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	12	0.04%
don't know	-1	19	0.06%
Father working	1	951	2.9%
Father not working	2	79	0.24%
Father deceased	3	33	0.1%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	105	0.32%
	Total	32849	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	26897	75.83%
proxy	-7	134	0.38%
refusal	-2	57	0.16%
don't know	-1	75	0.21%
Father working	1	6991	19.71%
Father not working	2	433	1.22%
Father deceased	3	303	0.85%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	581	1.64%
	Total	35471	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	27384	97.81%
proxy	-7	104	0.37%
refusal	-2	6	0.02%
don't know	-1	4	0.01%
Father working	1	407	1.45%
Father not working	2	35	0.13%
Father deceased	3	10	0.04%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	48	0.17%
	Total	27998	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	28591	97.68%
proxy	-7	198	0.68%
refusal	-2	6	0.02%
don't know	-1	8	0.03%
Father working	1	358	1.22%
Father not working	2	36	0.12%
Father deceased	3	14	0.05%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	60	0.2%
	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	7	0.02%
Father working	1	456	1.42%
Father not working	2	27	0.08%
Father deceased	3	16	0.05%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	46	0.14%
	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	9	0.03%
Father working	1	488	1.42%
Father not working	2	40	0.12%
Father deceased	3	21	0.06%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	64	0.19%
	Total	34319	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	34206	94.86%
proxy	-7	1096	3.04%
refusal	-2	4	0.01%
don't know	-1	20	0.06%
Father working	1	584	1.62%
Father not working	2	65	0.18%
Father deceased	3	30	0.08%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	53	0.15%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	36591	93.12%
proxy	-7	1683	4.28%
refusal	-2	9	0.02%
don't know	-1	19	0.05%
Father working	1	820	2.09%
Father not working	2	65	0.17%
Father deceased	3	32	0.08%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	75	0.19%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	38011	90.14%
proxy	-7	2832	6.72%
refusal	-2	16	0.04%
don't know	-1	37	0.09%
Father working	1	1060	2.51%
Father not working	2	113	0.27%
Father deceased	3	40	0.09%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	61	0.14%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	36358	80.45%
proxy	-7	3324	7.36%
refusal	-2	58	0.13%
don't know	-1	304	0.67%
father working	1	4426	9.79%
father not working	2	355	0.79%
father deceased	3	198	0.44%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	169	0.37%
	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%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	13	0.03%
father working	1	871	1.94%
father not working	2	88	0.2%
father deceased	3	28	0.06%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	78	0.17%
	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	15	0.03%
father working	1	1196	2.54%
father not working	2	148	0.31%
father deceased	3	39	0.08%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	78	0.17%
	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%
don't know	-1	23	0.05%
father working	1	1558	3.14%
father not working	2	138	0.28%
father deceased	3	54	0.11%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	101	0.2%
	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	6	0.01%
don't know	-1	33	0.06%
father working	1	2721	4.99%
father not working	2	274	0.5%
father deceased	3	115	0.21%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	177	0.32%
	Total	54568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.04%
proxy	-7	3262	6.4%
refusal	-2	12	0.02%
don't know	-1	247	0.48%
father working	1	39851	78.15%
father not working	2	3286	6.44%
father deceased	3	2203	4.32%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	2114	4.15%
	Total	50994	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13419	93.06%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
don't know	-1	4	0.03%
father not working	2	13	0.09%
father deceased	3	4	0.03%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	14	0.1%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13887	93.37%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
don't know	-1	6	0.04%
father not working	2	12	0.08%
father deceased	3	5	0.03%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	15	0.1%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14356	93.27%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
don't know	-1	13	0.08%
father not working	2	20	0.13%
father deceased	3	7	0.05%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	17	0.11%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	14558	93.22%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
don't know	-1	8	0.05%
father not working	2	25	0.16%
father deceased	3	6	0.04%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	26	0.17%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	14710	93.15%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	7	0.04%
father not working	2	20	0.13%
father deceased	3	18	0.11%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	14	0.09%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	15269	94.03%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
don't know	-1	8	0.05%
father not working	2	23	0.14%
father deceased	3	18	0.11%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	19	0.12%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	15619	94.11%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	14	0.08%
father not working	2	30	0.18%
father deceased	3	19	0.11%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	13	0.08%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	17517	92.84%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
don't know	-1	32	0.17%
father not working	2	225	1.19%
father deceased	3	173	0.92%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	105	0.56%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	14920	95.62%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	26	0.17%
father not working	2	42	0.27%
father deceased	3	32	0.21%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	39	0.25%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	14484	92.71%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	120	0.77%
father not working	2	189	1.21%
father deceased	3	251	1.61%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	134	0.86%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10147	93.04%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	79	0.72%
father not working	2	114	1.05%
father deceased	3	119	1.09%
father not living with respondent so don t know	4	88	0.81%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	42	0.41%
inapplicable	-8	8636	84.14%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	6	0.06%
don't know	-1	345	3.36%
father not working	2	356	3.47%
father deceased	3	527	5.13%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	67257	39.94%
Father working	1	86026	51.09%
Father not working	2	6515	3.87%
Father deceased	3	4302	2.55%
father not living with respondent so don't know	4	4277	2.54%
	Total	168377	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.28	67257	1.0	4.0	0.73	101120

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paju

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Index term

Variable note:

Derived variable note:

Derived variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

familybackground_w15.paju

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.paju

Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

Wave 15 (o_paju indresp)

Wave 14 (n_paju indresp)

Wave 13 (m_paju indresp)

Wave 12 (l_paju indresp)

Wave 11 (k_paju indresp)

Wave 10 (j_paju indresp)

Wave 9 (i_paju indresp)

Wave 8 (h_paju indresp)

Wave 7 (g_paju indresp)

Wave 6 (f_paju indresp)

Wave 5 (e_paju indresp)

Wave 4 (d_paju indresp)

Wave 3 (c_paju indresp)

Wave 2 (b_paju indresp)

Wave 1 (a_paju indresp)

Wave B18 (br_paju indresp)

Wave B17 (bq_paju indresp)

Wave B16 (bp_paju indresp)

Wave B15 (bo_paju indresp)

Wave B14 (bn_paju indresp)

Wave B13 (bm_paju indresp)

Wave B12 (bl_paju indresp)

Wave B11 (bk_paju indresp)

Wave B10 (bj_paju indresp)

Wave B9 (bi_paju indresp)

Wave B8 (bh_paju indresp)

Wave B1 (ba_paju indresp)

Wave xwave (paju xwavedat)

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