TROMSO_SE_EMPLOY

Variable PAID_WORK_T4 : What is your current work situation - paid work?

Variable HOUSEKEEPING_T4 : What is your current work situation - full-time housework?

Variable OLD_AGE_PENSION_T4 : Do you receive old-age pension?

Variable DISABILITY_PENSION_T4 : Do you receive disability pension?

Variable EDUCATION_MILITARY_T4 : What is your current work situation - education, military service?

Variable UNEMPLOYED_T4 : What is your current work situation - unemployed, on leave without payment?

SAS code:

if PAID_WORK_T4 = 1 then SE_EMPLOY=1;

else if HOUSEKEEPING_T4=1 then SE_EMPLOY=2;

else if OLD_AGE_PENSION_T4 =1 or DISABILITY_PENSION_T4 =1 then SE_EMPLOY=4;

else if EDUCATION_MILITARY_T4 =1 then SE_EMPLOY=5;

else if UNEMPLOYED_T4 =1 and AGE<=67 then SE_EMPLOY=3;

else SE_EMPLOY=9;    

SHARE_SE_EMPLOY

The variable SE_EMPLOY is based on the SHARE variable ep005_ mainly, but also on ep009_ and ep002_.

EP005_ CURRENT JOB SITUATION
In general, how would you describe your
current situation?
1. Retired
2. Employed or self-employed (including working for family business)
3. Unemployed
4. Permanently sick or disabled
5. Homemaker
97. Other (specify)

EP002_ DID NEVERTHELESS ANY PAID WORK LAST FOUR WEEKS
Did you do nevertheless any paid work during the last four weeks,
either as an employee or self-employed, even if this was only for a
few hours?
1. Yes
5. No

EP009_ EMPLOYEE OR A SELF-EMPLOYED
In your [main/secondary] job are you an employee, a civil
servant, or a self-employed?
1. Employee
2. Civil servant
3. Self-employed

MORGAM_SE_EMPLOY

The SE_EMPLOY variable is defined using the MORGAM variables EMPLOY and WKTYPE.

EMPLOY Are you currently in employment?
1 = yes, in a full-time or part-time job
2 = housewife, homemaker
3 = no, unemployed, seeking work
4 = no, retired or long-term disabled
5 = no, a full-time student
9 = insufficient data

WKTYPE Your type of work?
1 = manual
2 = non-manual
3 = self-employed - owner of shop, small enterprise or business, or farmer
8 = irrelevant (optional, if WKTYPE refers to current work and EMPLOY = 2, 3, 4 or 5)
9 = insufficient data

The following rule is used:

NOTE: EMPLOY=4: SE_EMPLOY=5 cannot be separated from SE_EMPLOY=6.

For details, see the Description and quality assessment of MORGAM data/Baseline data: marital status, education and occupation .

HAPIEE_SE_EMPLOY

STATA code

s70:
1 Employed
2 Entrepreneur (owner of a company)
3 Self employed/freelance
4 Housewife
5 Farmer
6 Pensioner, still employed
7 Pensioner,not employed
8 Unemployed
s73:
1 Yes
2 No, no hope
3 No, I choose not to work
4 No, I am too ill to work
5 No, I am retired
6 No, other reason: please specify

gen se_employ=1 if s70==1 | paidwork==1 & country==4
replace se_employ=2 if s70==2 | s70==3 | (paidwork==1 & posmain>5 & country==4 )
replace se_employ=3 if s70==4 | (hwife==1 & retired!=1 & country==4)
replace se_employ=4 if s70==6 | (retired==1 & paidwork==1 & country==4)
replace se_employ=5 if s70==7 | (retired==1 & paidwork!=1 & country==4)
replace se_employ=6 if s70==8 & s73==4 | (unemploy==1 & d_stwre21==1 & country==4)
replace se_employ=7 if s70==8 & s73!=4 | (unemploy==1 & retired!=1 & country==4)
replace se_employ=8 if s70==3 | (sickdis==1 & se_employ==. & country==4)
label var se_employ "Current employment status"
label def se_employ 1 "Full-time/part-time employment and not of pensionable age" ///
2 "Self-employed" ///
3 "Housewife and not of pensionable age" ///
4 "Pensionable age and still working" ///
5 "Pensionable age and not working" ///
6 "Stopped work before retirement age due to poor health" ///
7 "Unemployed and not of pensionable age" ///
8 "Other" , modify
label values se_employ se_employ

ESTHER_SE_EMPLOY

if A58BERF = 1 and P01Alter < 65 then SE_Employ= 1;
else if A58BERF = 1 and P01Alter >= 65 then SE_Employ= 4;
if A58BERF = 2 and P01Alter < 65 then SE_Employ= 1;
else if A58BERF = 2 and P01Alter >= 65 then SE_Employ= 4;
if A58BERF = 3 and P01Alter < 65 then SE_Employ= 2;
else if A58BERF = 3 and P01Alter >= 65 then SE_Employ= 4;
if A58BERF = 4 and P01Alter < 65 then SE_Employ= 3;
else if A58BERF = 4 and P01Alter >= 65 then SE_Employ= 5;
if A58BERF = 5 and P01Alter < 65 then SE_Employ= 6;
else if A58BERF = 5 and P01Alter >= 65 then SE_Employ= 5;
if A58BERF = 6 and P01Alter < 65 then SE_Employ= 7;
else if A58BERF = 6 and P01Alter >= 65 then SE_Employ= .;

if se_employ = . then se_employ = 9;

Source of A58BERF and P01Alter is participant's questionnaire at baseline.

Retirement age of ESTHER participants was set to 65 years. In category 6 all subjects that stopped work before retirement age are listed, but the reason is unknown. It is assumed that subjects whose job situation is "other" and are below 65 years old, are unemployed.

EPIC_SE_EMPLOY

The EPIC variables SELF_EMP, JOB_EMPL, OCC_STAT were used for the production of SE_EMPLOY according to the following definition and rule.

EPIC var definition(s):
SELF_EMP: EPIC elderly Greece variable showing self-employment (1=yes, 0=no)

JOB_EMPL: EPIC elderly Greece variable showing paid job/ employment (1=yes, 0=no)

OCC_STAT: EPIC elderly Greece variable showing current occupation status (1=employed, 2=housewife, 3=retired, 4=unemployed, 5=student, 6=other)

Coding rule:
SE_EMPLOY is equal to 2 if the person is self employed.

Is equal to 1 if the person currently has a paid job/employment.

Is equal to 3 if the person is a housewife and does not have paid job/employment..

Is equal to 4 if the person is retired but has currently a paid job/employment

Is equal to 5 if the person is retired and not working.

Is equal to 8 if the person is either a student that does not have a paid job/employment or the job status is other than employed/housewife/retired/unemployed/student.

Is equal to 7 if the person is unemployed or does not have a paid job/employment

Is equal to 9 for all other cases.

Coding rule in STATA:
-gen SE_EMPLOY =2 if SELF_EMP==1

-replace SE_EMPLOY = 1 if JOB_EMPL==1 & SE_EMPLOY==.

-replace SE_EMPLOY = 3 if OCC_STAT==2 & SE_EMPLOY==.

-replace SE_EMPLOY = 4 if OCC_STAT==3 & SE_EMPLOY==1 & SE_EMPLOY==.

-replace SE_EMPLOY = 5 if OCC_STAT==3 & SE_EMPLOY==0 & SE_EMPLOY==.

-replace SE_EMPLOY = 8 if ((OCC_STAT==5 & JOB_EMPL==0) | OCC_STAT==6) & SE_EMPLOY==.

-replace SE_EMPLOY = 7 if (OCC_STAT==4 | JOB_EMPL==0) & SE_EMPLOY==.

-replace SE_EMPLOY = 9 if SE_EMPLOY==.