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Mainstage Variable

resjobdeny

Reason turned down for job

Datafile

Index terms

Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
resjobdeny1 Reason turned down for job: Sex indresp
resjobdeny2 Reason turned down for job: Age indresp
resjobdeny3 Reason turned down for job: Ethnicity indresp
resjobdeny4 Reason turned down for job: Sexual orientation indresp
resjobdeny5 Reason turned down for job: Health or disability indresp
resjobdeny6 Reason turned down for job: Nationality indresp
resjobdeny7 Reason turned down for job: Religion indresp
resjobdeny8 Reason turned down for job: Language or accent indresp
resjobdeny9 Reason turned down for job: Dress or appearance indresp
resjobdeny96 Reason turned down for job: None of the above indresp
resjobdeny97 Reason turned down for job: Other reason indresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

discrimination_w9.resjobdeny

Question label:

Reason turned down for job

Question text:

Do you think you were turned down for any of these reasons? (If so, which ones?)

Question universe:

if (GRIDVARIABLES.EMBoost = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.GPCompare = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.LDA = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.IEMB = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.FBORN = 1 | INITIALCONDITIONS.UKborn = 5) (EM Boost sample, GP Comparison sample or LDA sample or Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost sample or foreign-born continuing sample and their co-resident sample members, or any foreign-born identified this wave)
and if JobLook = 1 | NONEMPLOYMENT.JULK4WK = 1 (Looked for a job in the last 4 weeks or the last 12 months)
and if JobDeny = 1 (Was turned down for a job following assessment or interview)

Question interviewer instructions:

CODE THE STATEMENT ‘BECAUSE OF THE WAY I LOOK’ AS CODE 9
CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

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