The following questions refer to your work as [MAIN OCCUPATION]
Literal question
How long was the period you were [READ RESPONSE FROM QUESTION 4] before beginning this (present) work?
Categories
Value
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92
don t know/ don t answer
Sysmiss
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
If less than 24 months, write months.
If less than one month, write '0'.
If more than 24 months, write completed years.