: Data-Field 6142

Data-Field 6142

Description:	Current employment status
Category:	Assessment centre ⏵ Touchscreen ⏵ Sociodemographics ⏵ Employment
	Education and employment + Socio-demographics

Participants

501,107

Value Type

Categorical (multiple)

Both sexes

Jan 2012

702,691

Data

Defined (4)

Aug 2025

Complete

Primary

Yes (7)

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Data

702,691 items of data are available, covering 501,107 participants, encoded using Data-Coding 100295.
Defined-instances run from 0 to 3, labelled using Instancing 2.
Array indices run from 0 to 6.

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4 Instances

Instance 0 : Initial assessment visit (2006-2010) at which participants were recruited and consent given
501,067 participants, 547,271 items
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Instance 1 : First repeat assessment visit (2012-13)
20,314 participants, 22,437 items
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Instance 2 : Imaging visit (2014+)
100,917 participants, 110,248 items
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Instance 3 : First repeat imaging visit (2019+)
20,920 participants, 22,735 items
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Notes

ACE touchscreen question "Which of the following describes your current situation? (You can select more than one answer)"

The following checks were performed:

If code -7 was selected, then no additional choices were allowed.
If code -3 was selected, then no additional choices were allowed.

If the participant activated the Help button they were shown the message:

If more than one situation applies, select all that are appropriate.

10 Related Data-Fields

Field ID	Description	Relationship
20119	Current employment status - corrected	Field 20119 uses verbal information to correct the values for participants declared as employed in Current Field
796	Distance between home and job workplace	Current Field affects who was asked to answer Field 796
777	Frequency of travelling from home to ...	Field 777 was collected from the participants who indicated they were in paid employment or self-employed, as defined by their answers to Current Field
816	Job involves heavy manual or physica ...	Field 816 was collected from participants who indicated they were in paid employment or self-employed as defined by their answers to Current Field
806	Job involves mainly walking or standing	Field 806 was collected from the participants who indicated they were in paid employment or self-employed as defined by their answers to Current Field
3426	Job involves night shift work	Current Field affects who was asked to answer Field 3426
826	Job involves shift work	Field 826 was collected from participants who indicated they were in paid employment or self-employed as defined by their answers to Current Field
767	Length of working week for main job	Field 767 was collected from all the participants who indicated they were in paid employment or self-employed, as defined by their answers to Current Field
757	Time employed in main current job	Field 757 was collected from all the participants who indicated they were in paid employment or self-employed, as defined by their answers to Current Field
6143	Transport type for commuting to job ...	Current Field affects who was asked to answer Field 6143

2 Resources

Preview	Name	Res ID
	Screenshot from touchscreen questionnaire used to capture field 6142	100470
	Touchscreen questionnaire ordering, validation and dependencies	113241

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