Hours set
Datafile
Index term
Variable note:
This variable measures how hours are determined at your main job. The output values are displayed as continuous but are categorical. The value options are (1) Fixed weekly hours, (2) I choose my hours, (3) My employer chooses my hours, with a minimum guaranteed number of hours and (4) My employer chooses my hours, with no minimum guaranteed number of hours.
See zerohour_1, zerohour_2, zerohour_3, zerohour_4, zerohour_5, zerohour_6, zerohour_7, zerohour_8, zerohour_9, zerohour_10
Question asked in the latest wave:
currentemployment_w14.zerohour
Question label:
Hours set
Question text:
How are your hours set at this job?
Question universe:
if JBHAS = 1 OR JBOFF = 1 (Has a job)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 16339 | 46.06% |
| refusal | -2 | 36 | 0.1% |
| don't know | -1 | 30 | 0.08% |
| Fixed weekly hours | 1 | 13841 | 39.02% |
| I choose my hours | 2 | 3316 | 9.35% |
| My employer chooses my hours, with a minimum guaranteed number of hours | 3 | 1309 | 3.69% |
| My employer chooses my hours, with no minimum guaranteed number of hours | 4 | 600 | 1.69% |
| Total | 35471 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.41 | 16405 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 19066 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 13066 | 46.67% |
| refusal | -2 | 35 | 0.13% |
| don't know | -1 | 38 | 0.14% |
| Fixed weekly hours | 1 | 10734 | 38.34% |
| I choose my hours | 2 | 2673 | 9.55% |
| My employer chooses my hours, with a minimum guaranteed number of hours | 3 | 988 | 3.53% |
| My employer chooses my hours, with no minimum guaranteed number of hours | 4 | 464 | 1.66% |
| Total | 27998 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.41 | 13139 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 14859 |
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