Northern Ireland Young Life and Times Survey

Young Life and Times: Background

Listed below are the questions asked in the Background module and the years in which they were asked.
If you want to see how young people actually answered the questions in a particular year, you can click on the year beside every question.

  • RENTBUY: Should a young couple, both with steady jobs, buy or rent their home? 1998
  • BUYFUTRE: How likely is it that you will buy a house or flat in the future? 1998
  • YOUBYRNT: If you had a free choice, would you rent a house or flat, or buy? 1998
  • RELIGION: Which religion do you regard yourself as belonging to? 1998 1999 2000
  • RACE1: To which of these groups do you consider you belong to? 1998 1999 2000
  • YAGE: How old were you last birthday? 1998 1999 2000
  • YSEX: Sex of respondent 1998 1999 2000
  • ECONACT: What were you doing last week? 1998 1999 2000
  • PAIDJOB: Do you do a paid job? 1998 1999 2000
  • MUCHWORK: How often do you do this work? 1998 1999 2000
  • WORKPAY: How much do you get paid per hour? 1998 1999 2000
  • WORKKIND: What kind of work do you do? 1998 1999 2000
  • PLACEDUC: What is the main place you go for your full-time education? 1998 1999 2000
  • LASTSCHL: What kind of school do you/did you last attend? 1998 1999 2000
  • CAREHOME: Do you look after anyone living with? 1998 1999 2000
  • CARESEP: Do you provide regular help for anyone not living with you? 1998 1999 2000
  • DISAB: Do you have any long-standing health problems or disabilities? 1998 1999 2000
  • RELRESP: Relationship of adult respondent 1999 2000
  • OTHPPLE: Was anyone else present during the interview? 1998 1999 2000
  • WHOELSE: Who else was present? 1998 1999 2000


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