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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
country Country of residence
  1. child
  2. hhresp
  3. hhsamp
  4. indall
  5. indresp
  6. youth
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
education Moved for education reasons
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. 6
  6. 7
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13
  13. 14
ff_country Previous wave region of residence
  1. hhsamp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
generation (migrant) generation
  1. xwavedat
gor_dv government office region
  1. child
  2. hhresp
  3. hhsamp
  4. indall
  5. indresp
  6. youth
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. BH01
  16. BH02
  17. BH03
  18. BH04
  19. BH05
  20. BH06
  21. BH07
  22. BH08
  23. BH09
  24. BH10
  25. BH11
  26. BH12
  27. BH13
  28. BH14
  29. BH15
  30. BH16
  31. BH17
  32. BH18
housing Moved for housing reasons
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. 6
  6. 7
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13
  13. 14
indeflv Indefinite leave to remain in UK
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 9
lchcliv Where currently live -children under 16
  1. indresp
  1. 9
  2. 11
  3. 13
lon10 london borough 15 jan 2010
  1. indall
  1. 6
lwstat alter's residence at last wave
  1. egoalt
  1. BH02
  2. BH03
  3. BH04
  4. BH05
  5. BH06
  6. BH07
  7. BH08
  8. BH09
  9. BH10
  10. BH11
  11. BH12
  12. BH13
  13. BH14
  14. BH15
  15. BH16
  16. BH17
  17. BH18
mabroad Has lived abroad
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 7
mabroadc1 Migration 1: Where lived abroad
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
mabroadc2 Migration 2: Where lived abroad
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
mabroadc3 Migration 3: Where lived abroad
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
mabroadc4 Migration 4: Where lived abroad
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
mabroadc5 Migration 5: Where lived abroad
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
macob country mother born
  1. indresp
  2. xwavedat
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. BH18
macob_all
Special Licence 		Mother's country of birth
  1. indresp
  2. xwavedat
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
macob_all_bh Country mother born (BHPS)
  1. xwavedat
memploy Moved for employment reasons
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. 6
  6. 7
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13
  13. 14
migcntry country planned to move to
  1. indresp
  1. 3
migcntry_all
Special Licence 		country plan to move to
  1. indresp
  1. 3
migplns plans to migrate
  1. indresp
  1. 3
mindirect Moves directly from country of birth
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 7
mindirectc1 Migration 1: Country lived in before coming to UK
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
mindirectc2 Migration 2: Country lived in before coming to UK
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
mindirectc3 Migration 3: Country lived in before coming to UK
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
mindirectc4 Migration 4: Country lived in before coming to UK
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
mindirectc5 Migration 5: Country lived in before coming to UK
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
mintent Current migration intentions
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 9
mintwhen When expects to migrate
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 9
mlived Lived in countries other than UK since arrival
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 7

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