Support #384
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NS-SEC variable
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Dear all,
I need to use the NS-SEC variables from waves 1 and 3. Two questions:
1. Why are so many cases listed as 'inapplicable'? - Are these all unemployed people?
2. If so, why are there so many unemployed people in the sample?
Updated by Redmine Admin over 9 years ago
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Info about method and underlying variables can be found, e.g. here:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/1/datafile/a_indresp/variable/a_jbnssec_dv
See especially this question:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/1/datafile/a_indresp/variable/a_jbsoc00
I hope this will help you with the employment stats you are after. Let us know if not.
Jakob
Updated by M Bourne over 9 years ago
Dear Jakob,
Thank you for this. It answers my first question - that those listed as inapplicable are unemployed (at least predominantly). But my second question has not been answered and I cannot find any information relating to this in the documentation - i.e. why is such a large proportion of the sample unemployed?
Thank you,
M Bourne
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Before asking about current job, we ask about current economic activity category, see:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/1/datafile/a_indresp/variable/a_jbstat
for info on non-employment categories.
On behalf of the team, Jakob
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