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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
absadd absent at school in private/halls
  1. indall
  1. 6
abseduc child living away at school/uni
  1. indall
  1. 6
absent whether there is anyone else who normally lives here but is away at the momen
  1. hhresp
  2. indall
  1. 1
  2. 6
absparnam Absent parent identifier
  1. chmain
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 9
  4. 11
  5. 13
absparno absparno
  1. chmain
  1. 3
abspris Still in prison
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13
  8. 14
absreason reason member is absent
  1. indall
  1. 1
absun Confirm absent at university
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13
  9. 14
adcts Lived continuously at this address since last interview
  1. indresp
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13
  12. 14
addalloc interviewer: is this address allocated to you for any interviewing after scre
  1. hhsamp
  1. 1
addfound whether respondents found at trace addresses.
  1. hhsamp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
addrchck Address check - asked
  1. hhresp
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. 14
address address number
  1. hhsamp
  1. 1
addresscheck2 address confirmation
  1. hhsamp
  1. 6
  2. 14
addrmov_dv Participant changes address postcode since last wave
  1. indresp
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13
  12. 14
addstatus addstatus
  1. hhsamp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
area Moved for area related 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
clstat Leaver's abode
  1. indsamp
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. 14
clstato_code Other leaver's abode
  1. indsamp
  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. 14
coreswho96 No longer live with any of these people
  1. hhresp
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. 14
dieprismth Month to prison or died
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13
  9. 14
dieprisyr Year to prison or died
  1. indsamp
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. 14
exp2mov likelihood of move
  1. indsamp
  1. BH12
family Moved for family 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_hhsize fed forward household size from w1
  1. hhresp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
hgcia Household member absent
  1. indall
  1. BH01
hgenddatd Household grid end date (day)
  1. hhresp
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
hgenddathh Household grid end titme (hours)
  1. hhresp
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
hgenddatm Household grid end date (month)
  1. hhresp
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
hgenddatmm Household grid end titme (minutes)
  1. hhresp
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
hgenddatss Household grid end titme (seconds)
  1. hhresp
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
hgenddaty Household grid end date (year)
  1. hhresp
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9

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