This page lists the questions asked within
the Background module in 2006.
Clicking on the question name printed to the left of every question
will bring you to the tables of results for that question.
TENSHORT:
Household tenure
HOUSEHLD:
Number in household
RAGECAT:
Age of respondent (in age categories)
RSEX: Sex of respondent
RMARSTAT: Marital status of respondent
CHILDREN:
Has respondent children 16 or under (living or not living with them)?
HIGHSTED:
Highest educational qualification of respondent
TEA:
Age when completed continuous full-time education.
TEAMUM:
Age mother completed her continuous full-time education.
TEADAD:
Age father completed his continuous full-time education.
RECACT2
- RECACT14:
Economic activity of respondent
RHOURSWK:
How many hours do you normally work per week?
TUNION: Are you currently a member of a trade union?
RJOBCHK:
Have you ever had a job?
REMPSEMP: Is/was respondent an employee or self-employed?
RMANFORE: Is/was respondent a manager, foreman/supervisor or neither?
RMANY:
How many people do/did you manage or supervise?
RSECT: Work in public, private or voluntary sector?
RNUMEMP:
If employee, number of employees where respondent works
RNUMSEMP: If respondent is self-employed, number of employees
ECACTS2 - ECACTS12: Economic activity of spouse/partner
SHOURSWK:
How many hours a week does spouse/partner work?
SJOBCHK: Has spouse/partner ever had a job?
WJOBCHK:
Did late spouse/partner ever have a job?
SEMPSEMP: Is spouse/partner an employee or self-employed?
SMANFORE: Is spouse/partner a manager, foreman/supervisor or neither?
SSECT: Spouse/partner work in public, private or voluntary sector?
SNUMEMP: If employee, number of employees where spouse/partner
works
SNUMSEMP: If spouse/partner is self-employed, number of employees
RELIGION:
Religion of respondent
FAMRELIG: What religion were you brought up in?
CHATTEND: How often do you attend church services/meetings?
PRTNRRLG:
What is your spouse's/partner's religion?
MUMRELIG:
What was your mother's religion when you were a child
DADRELIG:
What was your father's religion when you were a child?
SLFMXSCH: Did you attend a mixed or integrated school in Northern
Ireland?
FORMINT: Was this a formally integrated school?
CONTB4IE:
Did you have much contact with the other religious community before
attending your first mixed or integrated school?
CHDMXSCH:
Has any child in your care attended a mixed/integrated school in Northern
Ireland?
CAREHOME:
Is there anyone living with you whom you look after?
(asked in the Informal
Carers module)
CARESEP:
Do you provide regular service/help
for someone not living with you?
(asked in the Informal
Carers module)
DISAB1: Do
you have a long-standing illness, disability or infirmity? (asked
in the Healthcare module)
LIMDISAB:
Does this illness or disability limit your activities? (asked in the
Healthcare module)
LIMILL: Have
you ever had a long-term illness that affected your activities? (asked
in the Healthcare module)
PERSINCM:
Personal income before tax and National Insurance.
HHLDINCM:
Household income
ORIENT: Sexual orientation
LIVEAREA:
How long have you lived in the town where you live now?
OUTOFNI: Have you lived
outside Northern Ireland for more than six months?
ELSEUK: Did you live elsewhere in the United Kingdom?
ROIRELND: Did you live in the Republic of Ireland?
OUTBISLE: Did you live outside the British Isles?
PLACELIV: How would you describe the place where you live?
INTWWW:
Does anyone have access to the internet from this address?
INTLEIS: Do you use the internet for any reason other than work?
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