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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
absflag absent flag
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 1
  2. 6
alwstat alter's residence at last wave
  1. egoalt
  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
anwstat alter's residence at next wave
  1. egoalt
  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
cancertyp1 Bowel/colorectal
  1. indresp
  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. 14
elwstat ego's residence at last wave
  1. egoalt
  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
emboost EMBoost sample member
  1. hhresp
  2. hhsamp
  3. indall
  4. indresp
  5. indsamp
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. 14
enwstat ego's residence at next wave
  1. egoalt
  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
hhdengp_xd GPS household design weight
  1. hhsamp
  1. 1
hhdenub_xw cross-sectional household weight
  1. hhresp
  2. hhsamp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. 6
  6. 7
hhdenui_xw cross-sectional household weight
  1. hhresp
  2. hhsamp
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13
hhdenus_xd GPS+EMB household design weight
  1. hhsamp
  1. 1
hhorig Sample origin, household
  1. adopt
  2. callrec
  3. chcare
  4. child
  5. chmain
  6. cohab
  7. egoalt
  8. empstat
  9. hhresp
  10. hhsamp
  11. income
  12. indall
  13. indresp
  14. indsamp
  15. issue
  16. marriage
  17. natchild
  18. natchild2
  19. newborn
  20. parstyle
  21. stepchild
  22. xhhrel
  23. xwavedat
  24. xwaveid
  25. xwaveid_bh
  26. 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
hhorig_bh Sample origin, household (BHPS)
  1. hhresp
  2. hhsamp
  3. xwavedat
  4. xwaveid_bh
  1. BH07
  2. BH08
  3. BH09
  4. BH10
  5. BH11
  6. BH12
  7. BH13
  8. BH14
  9. BH15
  10. BH16
  11. BH17
  12. BH18
hhwght Household Weight
  1. hhsamp
  1. BH01
i_month Month of sample issue
  1. xwaveid
ind5mus_lw longitudinal adult extra 5 minutes interview weight
  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
ind5mus_xw cross-sectional extra 5 minute interview person weight
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. 6
  6. 7
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13
  13. 14
indbd91_lw combined longitudinal blood interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13
indbdub_lw combined longitudinal blood interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13
indeflv Indefinite leave to remain in UK
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 9
indin01_lw BHPS longitudinal full response weight inc Scot-Welsh-NI boosts (1991, 1999 & 20
  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
  14. BH12
  15. BH13
  16. BH14
  17. BH15
  18. BH16
  19. BH17
  20. BH18
indin91_lw BHPS longitudinal full response weight (1991 sample)
  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
  14. BH02
  15. BH03
  16. BH04
  17. BH05
  18. BH06
  19. BH07
  20. BH08
  21. BH09
  22. BH10
  23. BH11
  24. BH12
  25. BH13
  26. BH14
  27. BH15
  28. BH16
  29. BH17
  30. BH18
indinub_lw longitudinal adult main interview weight
  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
indinub_xw cross-sectional adult main interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. 6
indinui_lw combined UKHLS+BHPS+IEMB longitudinal adult main interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13
  8. 14
indinui_xw cross-sectional adult main interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13
indinus_lw longitudinal adult main interview weight
  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
indinus_xw GPS+EMB cross-sectional full interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 1
indlearn Consent to link to individual learner records
  1. indresp
  1. 7
indlearnew Attended further education in England or Wales
  1. indresp
  1. 7
indmode mode this individual was given final ind outcome in
  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
indns91_lw BHPS 1991 longitudinal nurse visit weight
  1. indresp
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13

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