Employment history up to the time of the initial survey

Question

Please indicate for each year from the time you were 18 years old until last year whether you were employed.

If there was more than one type of empoyment during the year, please answer with the type you did the longest.

Age

variable

18 years old

Q855A

19 years old

Q855B

20 years old

Q855C

21 years old

Q855D

22 years old

Q855E

23 years old

Q855F

24 years old

Q855G

25 years old

Q855H

26 years old

Q855I

27 years old

Q855J

28 years old

Q855K

29 years old

Q855L

30 years old

Q855M

31 years old

Q855N

32 years old

Q855O

33 years old

Q855P

34 years old

Q855Q

35 years old

Q855R

36 years old

Q855S

37 years old

Q855T

Select / Fill in

  1. Self-employed, family employee, or free-lance worker (on the job)

  2. Full-time staff/employee (on the job/working)

  3. Part-time (on the job/employed)

  4. Part-time, dispatch worker, other (worked/employed)

  5. Work from home (side job) (worked)

  6. student

  7. Unemployed

Remarks

  • Cohort A is questioned in Wave 5, along with Cohort B (up to age 37).

  • In Wave 11, the option “work for pay at home” was changed to “work at home”.

  • Dispatch workers” was added to the wording of the options in Wave 11.