Questionnaire Module Main Survey

hhgrid_w1

Household Grid module

Questions 50

hhgrid_w1.hhsttime

Time at start of household interview

Type: time

a_hhsttime_tm (a_indresp) household start time (seconds)

hhgrid_w1.hhgrid

Time at start of household grid

Type: time

a_hhgrid_tm (a_indresp) start time for hhgrid module (seconds)

hhgrid_w1.region

Region

Type: number

hhgrid_w1.pno

Person Number

Type: number

a_pno (a_adopt) person number
a_pno (a_child) person number
a_pno (a_cohab) person number
a_pno (a_egoalt) person number
a_pno (a_empstat) person number
a_pno (a_income) person number
a_pno (a_indall) person number
a_pno (a_indresp) person number
a_pno (a_marriage) person number
a_pno (a_natchild) person number
a_pno (a_youth) person number

hhgrid_w1.pid

Personal identification number

Type: string

hhgrid_w1.name

Name/identifier for household member

Type: text

hhgrid_w1.abseduc

Child living away at school/uni

Type: choice

Text: May I check, is there anyone else who is living away from this address because they are at school, college or university and who comes home during holidays?

Option	Label
1	Yes
2	No

Universe:
if no more resident household members)
and if member_type = 2 (asking about non-resident students)

hhgrid_w1.absadd

Absent at school in private/halls

Type: choice

Interviewer Instruction: STUDENT NURSES LIVING IN NHS ACCOMMODATION SHOULD BE CODED AS LIVING AT A 'PRIVATE ADDRESS'

Text: While they are away, are they living at a private address or are they living in a hall of residence or boarding school?

Option	Label
1	Private address
2	Halls of residence/Boarding school

Universe:
if no more resident household members)
and if member_type = 2 (asking about non-resident students)
and if Abseduc = 1 (Someone is living away at school, college or university)

hhgrid_w1.absent

Absent member

Type: choice

Interviewer Instruction: F9 FOR HELP

Text: And is there anyone else who normally lives here but is away at the moment or anyone who you would normally consider to be part of your household and who is presently living in institutional accommodation?

Option	Label
1	Yes
2	No

Universe:
if no more resident household members)
and if Abseduc = 2 or (Abseduc = 1 and Absadd = 1) (no more non-resident students or students living away from home at a private address)

hhgrid_w1.absflag

Absent flag

Type: choice

Option	Label
0	Not absent
1	Absent

a_absflag (a_child) absent flag
a_absflag (a_indall) absent flag

hhgrid_w1.nametype

Whether Resident, Student or Absent

Type: choice

Option	Label
1	Resident
2	Student
3	Other absent

hhgrid_w1.hhsize

Number of people in household

Type: number

a_hhsize (a_hhresp) Household size, incl. absent members

hhgrid_w1.sex

Sex

Type: choice

Option	Label
1	Male
2	Female

hhgrid_w1.birth

Date of birth

Type: date

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER FULL YEAR e.g. 9/11/1952 NOT 52 IF NOT KNOWN CODE DK AND ENTER SEPARATE DAY/MONTH/YEAR OF BIRTH WHERE KNOWN AT SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS

Text: What is [NAME]'s date of birth?

hhgrid_w1.birthy

Year of birth

Type: number

Text: Can you tell me the year [NAME] was born?

Universe:
if Birth = DK | REF (Date of birth not known or refused)

a_birthy (a_child) year of birth
a_birthy (a_indall) year of birth
a_birthy (a_indresp) year of birth

hhgrid_w1.birthm

Month of birth

Type: choice

Text: Can you tell me the month [NAME] was born?

Option	Label
1	January
2	February
3	March
4	April
5	May
6	June
7	July
8	August
9	September
10	October
11	November
12	December

Universe:
if Birth = DK | REF (Date of birth not known or refused)

a_scdobm (a_indresp) date of birth: month

hhgrid_w1.birthd

Day of birth

Type: number

Text: Can you tell me the day of the month that [NAME] was born?

Universe:
if Birth = DK | REF (Date of birth not known or refused)

hhgrid_w1.ageif

Age last birthday

Type: number

Interviewer Instruction: IF YEAR OF BIRTH NOT GIVEN: What was your/their age last birthday? IF RESPONDENTS REFUSE TO GIVE THEIR AGE, OR CANNOT, THEN GIVE YOUR BEST ESTIMATE

Text: What was [NAME]'s age last birthday?

Universe:
if Birth = DK | REF (Date of birth not known or refused)

a_ageif (a_indall) age last birthday

hhgrid_w1.dvage

Age for whole sample, from Birth or AgeIf

Type: number

a_dvage (a_child) age for whole sample, from birth or ageif
a_dvage (a_indall) age for whole sample, from birth or ageif
a_dvage (a_indresp) age for whole sample, from birth or ageif

hhgrid_w1.absreason

Reason member is absent

Type: choice

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT

Text: Earlier you mentioned that [NAME] is currently absent from this household, where is [NAME] currently?

Option	Label
1	On holiday
2	Working away
3	Boarding school
4	College/University
5	Hospital
6	Care/Nursing home
7	Retirement home
8	LA Child care home
9	Prison/Y offenders inst
97	Other

Universe:
if AbsFlag = 1 (There is someone currently absent from household)

a_absreason (a_indall) reason member is absent

hhgrid_w1.absreasoth

Reason for absence (other)

Type: text

Universe:
if AbsFlag = 1 (There is someone currently absent from household)
and if AbsReason = 97 ('Other' reason for absence)

hhgrid_w1.marstat

Legal marital status

Type: choice

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT F9 FOR HELP

Text: What is [NAME]'s legal marital status...

Option	Label
1	Single & never married or in legally recog'd civil p'ship
2	Married
3	In a registered same-sex civil partnership
4	Separated but legally married
5	Divorced
6	Widowed
7	Sep from civil partner
8	Ex-civil partner
9	Surviving civil partner

Universe:
if DVAge >= 16 (Age 16 or over)

a_marstat (a_indall) legal marital status
a_marstat (a_indresp) legal marital status

hhgrid_w1.livesp

Living with spouse

Type: choice

Text: May I just check, does [NAME]'s/your [spouse / civil partner] live with [NAME]/you in this household?

Option	Label
1	Yes
2	No

Universe:
if DVAge >= 16 & HHSIZE > 1 & MarStat = 2,3 & AbsFlag = 0 (Age 16 or over and household size greater than 1 and married or in a civil partnership and resp not absent from household)

a_livesp (a_indall) living with spouse
a_livesp (a_indresp) living with spouse

hhgrid_w1.livewith

Living as part of a couple in household

Type: choice

Interviewer Instruction: F9 FOR HELP

Text: May I just check, are you/is [NAME] living with someone in this household as a couple?

Option	Label
1	Yes
2	No
3	Same sex couple

Universe:
if DVAge >= 16 & HHSIZE > 1 & ((MarStat <> 2,3) | LiveSp <> 2) & AbsFlag = 0 (Age 16 or over and HH size greater than 1 and NOT married/in a civil partnership OR married/in a civil parnership but spouse/partner NOT in HH and resp not absent from HH)

a_livewith (a_indall) living as part of a couple in household
a_livewith (a_indresp) living as part of a couple in household

hhgrid_w1.employ

Employment status

Type: choice

Text: Is [NAME] in paid employment?

Option	Label
1	Yes
2	No

Universe:
if DVAge >= 16 (Age 16 or over)

a_leshst (a_empstat) employment status
a_employ (a_indall) in paid employment
a_employ (a_indresp) in paid employment

hhgrid_w1.ttl

Title

Type: choice

Option	Label
1	Mr
2	Master
3	Mrs
4	Ms
5	Miss
6	Other title

hhgrid_w1.ttlx

Title (other)

Type: text

Universe:
if Ttl = 6 ('Other' title)

hhgrid_w1.fornam

First name

Type: text

Interviewer Instruction: IF SAME AS NAME ALREADY GIVEN PRESS ENTER TO ACCEPT IF THE FIRST NAME IS NOT KNOWN PRESS CTRL K

Text: And the first name?

hhgrid_w1.surnam

Surname

Type: text

Interviewer Instruction: IF THE SURNAME IS NOT KNOWN PRESS CTRL K

Text: And the surname?

hhgrid_w1.hhlang

Translated interview required

Type: choice

Option	Label
1	Yes
2	No

a_hhlang (a_hhresp) translated interview required

hhgrid_w1.lingua

Language of translated interview required

Type: choice

Text: In which language would you/[NAME] like to be interviewed?

Option	Label
0	English
1	Arabic
2	Bengali
3	Cantonese
4	Gujarati
5	Punjabi: Gurmukhi
6	Punjabi: Urdu
7	Somali
8	Urdu
9	Welsh

Universe:
if (DVAge > 9) & (HHLang = 1) (Aged 10 or over and translated interview required)

a_lingua (a_indall) Language translation needed in
a_lingua (a_indresp) Language translation needed in

hhgrid_w1.ethnic

Ethnic screening

Type: multichoice

Text: Do you/Does [NAME] come from, or have parents or grandparents from any of the following ethnic groups?

Option	Label	Associated variables
1	Indian	a_ethnic1 (a_indall) indian
2	Mixed Indian	a_ethnic2 (a_indall) mixed indian
3	Pakistani	a_ethnic3 (a_indall) pakistani
4	Bangladeshi	a_ethnic4 (a_indall) bangladeshi
5	Sri Lanken	a_ethnic5 (a_indall) sri lanken
6	Caribbean/West Indian	a_ethnic6 (a_indall) caribbean/west indian
7	Mixed Carib/West Indian	a_ethnic7 (a_indall) mixed caribbean/west indian
8	North African	a_ethnic8 (a_indall) north african
9	Black African	a_ethnic9 (a_indall) black african
10	African Asian	a_ethnic10 (a_indall) african asian
11	Chinese	a_ethnic11 (a_indall) chinese
12	Far Eastern	a_ethnic12 (a_indall) far eastern
13	Turkish	a_ethnic13 (a_indall) turkish
14	Middle Eastern/Iranian	a_ethnic14 (a_indall) middle eastern/iranian
96	None of these	a_ethnic96 (a_indall) none of these

Universe:
if (DVAge > 9) & (region = 1|2|3) (Aged 10 or over and lives in England, Wales or Scotland)

a_ethnic96 (a_indresp) none of these

hhgrid_w1.relationships

Time at start of collection of relationships

Type: time

Universe:
if hhsize > 1 (Multi-person household)

a_relationships_tm (a_indresp) start time for relationships module (seconds)

hhgrid_w1.epno

Ego person number

Type: number

Universe:
if hhsize > 1 (Multi-person household)

a_pno (a_egoalt) person number

hhgrid_w1.apno

Alter person number

Type: number

Universe:
if hhsize > 1 (Multi-person household)

a_apno (a_egoalt) alter person number

hhgrid_w1.relationship

Relationships

Type: choice

Option	Label
1	Husband/Wife
2	Partner/Cohabitee
3	Civil Partner
4	Natural son/daughter
5	Adopted son/daughter
6	Foster child
7	Stepson/stepdaughter
8	Son/Daughter-in-law
9	Natural parent
10	Adoptive parent
11	Foster parent
12	Step-parent
13	Parent-in-law
14	Natural brother/sister
15	Half-brother/sister
16	Step-brother/sister
17	Adopted brother/sister
18	Foster brother/sister
19	Brother/Sister-in-law
20	Grand-child
21	Grand-parent
22	Cousin
23	Aunt/Uncle
24	Niece/Nephew
25	Other relative
26	Employee
27	Employer
28	Lodger/Boarder/Tenant
29	Landlord/Landlady
30	Other non-relative

Universe:
if hhsize > 1 (Multi-person household)

a_relationship (a_egoalt) relationships

hhgrid_w1.hgbiom

PNO of biological mother - derived

Type: number

a_hgbiom (a_child) pno of biological mother - derived
a_hgbiom (a_indall) pno of biological mother - derived
a_hgbiom (a_indresp) pno of biological mother - derived

hhgrid_w1.hgbiof

PNO of biological father - derived

Type: number

a_hgbiof (a_child) pno of biological father - derived
a_hgbiof (a_indall) pno of biological father - derived
a_hgbiof (a_indresp) pno of biological father - derived

hhgrid_w1.hgpart

PNO of spouse/civil partner - derived

Type: number

a_hgpart (a_indall) pno of spouse/civil partner - derived
a_hhresp_dv (a_indall) Household response status
a_hgpart (a_indresp) pno of spouse/civil partner - derived

hhgrid_w1.respf16

Whether father of child under age 16 in HH

Type: choice

Option	Label
1	Yes
2	No

Universe:
if sex = 1 (Male)

a_respf16 (a_indresp) whether father of child under age 16 in hh

hhgrid_w1.respm16

Whether mother of child under age 16 in HH

Type: choice

Option	Label
1	Yes
2	No

Universe:
if sex = 2 (Female)

a_respm16 (a_indresp) whether mother of child under age 16 in hh

hhgrid_w1.numadult

Number of adults (aged 16 or over) in household

Type: number

a_numadult (a_hhresp) number of adults (aged 16 or over) in household

hhgrid_w1.numchild

Number of children (aged 15 or under) in household

Type: number

a_numchild (a_hhresp) number of children (aged 15 or under) in household

hhgrid_w1.numssex

Number of same sex partners

Type: number

hhgrid_w1.numcpart

Number of cohabiting partners - not married/in civil p'ship

Type: number

hhgrid_w1.nummpart

Number married with spouses in household

Type: number

hhgrid_w1.numcivil

Number of civil partners with partners in household

Type: number

hhgrid_w1.emboost

Ethnic minority boost

Type: choice

Option	Label
0	No
1	Yes

a_emboost (a_hhresp) ethnic minority boost flag
a_emboost (a_indresp) ethnic minority boost flag

hhgrid_w1.gpcomp

General population comparison

Type: choice

Option	Label
0	No
1	Yes

a_gpcomp (a_hhresp) general population sample comparison with em boost
a_gpcomp (a_indresp) general population sample comparison with em boost

hhgrid_w1.lda

Low-density ethnic minority area

Type: choice

Option	Label
0	No
1	Yes

a_lda (a_indresp) low density area for ethnic minorities

hhgrid_w1.hhsttime

hhgrid_w1.hhgrid

hhgrid_w1.region

hhgrid_w1.pno

hhgrid_w1.pid

hhgrid_w1.name

hhgrid_w1.abseduc

hhgrid_w1.absadd

hhgrid_w1.absent

hhgrid_w1.absflag

hhgrid_w1.nametype

hhgrid_w1.hhsize

hhgrid_w1.sex

hhgrid_w1.birth

hhgrid_w1.birthy

hhgrid_w1.birthm

hhgrid_w1.birthd

hhgrid_w1.ageif

hhgrid_w1.dvage

hhgrid_w1.absreason

hhgrid_w1.absreasoth

hhgrid_w1.marstat

hhgrid_w1.livesp

hhgrid_w1.livewith

hhgrid_w1.employ

hhgrid_w1.ttl

hhgrid_w1.ttlx

hhgrid_w1.fornam

hhgrid_w1.surnam

hhgrid_w1.hhlang

hhgrid_w1.lingua

hhgrid_w1.ethnic

hhgrid_w1.relationships

hhgrid_w1.epno

hhgrid_w1.apno

hhgrid_w1.relationship

hhgrid_w1.hgbiom

hhgrid_w1.hgbiof

hhgrid_w1.hgpart

hhgrid_w1.respf16

hhgrid_w1.respm16

hhgrid_w1.numadult

hhgrid_w1.numchild

hhgrid_w1.numssex

hhgrid_w1.numcpart

hhgrid_w1.nummpart

hhgrid_w1.numcivil

hhgrid_w1.emboost

hhgrid_w1.gpcomp

hhgrid_w1.lda

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