Understanding Society User Support

Hi Stephanie,

Thanks for the information. I'd rather not exclude these participants as, though they are small in number, people who state being unemployed or being economically inactive are interesting to study in themselves.

I don't think cjob reflects the same job as jbsoc00 because someone could answer "2: No" to cjob and mention other, new jobs later in nextjob.

I'm still unclear about the wording of the four questions: empstendd, nxtst, cjob and nextstat. The questionnaires state the wordings to be:

empstendd: On what date did you stop being [ff_JBSTAT] {if NotEmpChk = 2} / working in the job you were doing on [ff_IntDate] {if EmpChk = 2} ?

nxtst: Immediately following that period of [ff_JBSTAT] {if NotEmpChk = 2} / job {if EmpChk = 2}, did you have a period of paid work or did you do something else?

cjob: Was that {if NxtSt = 1} / your {if JbSamR = 2 | SameJob = 2} next job your current job?

nextstat: Immediately following that period of [NxtStElse]] {if NxtSt = 2} / period of [NextStat(i-1)] {if NxtSt = 2 and 2nd or subsequent loop} / job {if NxtSt = 1} , did you have a period of paid employment or did you do something else?

(These wordings are all from Wave 6, but all wordings appear to be the same in each wave except for empstendd in Wave 7.)

Given the if conditions in each question are not mutually exclusive, which phrasing condition will take precedence? Is it the leftmost condition - e.g. for nxtst "Immediately following that period of [ff_JBSTAT], did you have a period of paid work or did you do something else?" where NotEmpChk = 2 - or is it some other rule?

There is a second problem with nextstat. It is possible to be asked that question without being asked nxtst - which the wording depends on - as one can be routed to it if (jbsamr = 2 | samejob =2) & cjob = 2. What question would be asked in this case?

Thanks,

Liam

Following on from Liam's query:

For respondents who go through both empchk==2 and notempck==2 loops, which one of these is captured in empstenddd, empstendm and empstendy4?

Many thanks for your help.

Katy

Note: this issue was continued into #968.

Hi Stephanie,

Did you have the wording for the other questions too please?

Thanks,

Liam

Dear Liam,

Apologies for the confusion between question routing and the question wording which depends on previous responses.

I have forwarded the question about nxtst and cjob to the people who can run the questionnaire script and will get back to you with their response.

Regarding nextstat, we think that if nxtst has not been asked, the wording will be "Immediately following that, did you have a period of paid employment or did you do something else?”, but I have also asked for that to be checked in the questionnaire script.

Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Understanding Society User Support Officer

Dear Stephanie,

Great. Thanks for this.

Best wishes,

Liam

Dear Liam,

We have the following answers to your questions:

nxtst: if both conditions are true, the wording is, "Immediately following that period of [ff_JBSTAT], did you have a period of paid work or did you do something else?"

cjob: if both conditions are true, the wording is, "Was your next job your current job?"

nextstat: if nxtst is Don't know or missing, the wording is, "Immediately following that activity, did you have a period of paid employment or did you do something else?"

Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Understanding Society User Support Officer