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Predicting successful and unsuccessful transitions from school to work by using sequence methods by D. McVicar and M. Anyadike-Danes, Journal of the Royal Statistics Society, Series A, Statistics in Society, Volume 165 (2002), Part 2, pages 317 - 334.

The data cover 712 individuals. For each individual there are 14 characteristics variables, including a unique identifier (id) and 72 monthly activity variables from July 1993 through to June 1999.

• ID - unique individual identifier.
• Weight - sample weights.
• Male - binary dummy for gender, 1=male.
• Catholic - binary dummy for community, 1=Catholic.
• Belfast, Neastern, Southern, Seastern, Western - Binary dummies for location of school, one of five Education and Library Board areas in Northern Ireland.
• Grammar - binary dummy indicating type of secondary education, 1=grammar school.
• Funemp - binary dummy indicating father's employment status at time of survey, 1=father unemployed.
• Gcse5eq - binary dummy indicating qualifications gained by the end of compulsory education, 1=5+ GCSEs at grades A-C, or equivalent.
• Fmpr - binary dummy indicating SOC code of father's current or most recent job, 1=SOC1 (professional, managerial or related).
• Livboth - binary dummy indicating living arrangements at time of first sweep of survey (June 1995), 1=living with both parents.
• Monthly Activity Variables are coded 1-6, 1=school, 2=FE, 3=employment, 4=training, 5=joblessness, 6=HE.

Contact details:

D. McVicar
Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre
46 - 48 University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NJ
UK

E-mail: D.McVicar@qub.ac.uk

Dataset (McVicar.zip 28kb)

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