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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
absflag absent flag
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 6
  2. 1
alwstat alter's residence at last wave
  1. egoalt
  1. 12
  2. 11
  3. 14
  4. 10
  5. 15
  6. 9
  7. 8
  8. 7
  9. 6
  10. 5
  11. 4
  12. 3
  13. 13
  14. 2
anwstat alter's residence at next wave
  1. egoalt
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 3
  5. 13
  6. 2
  7. 12
  8. 1
  9. 11
  10. 10
  11. 14
  12. 9
  13. 8
  14. 7
cancertyp1 Bowel/colorectal
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 14
  6. 15
elwstat ego's residence at last wave
  1. egoalt
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. 13
  5. 2
  6. 12
  7. 11
  8. 14
  9. 10
  10. 15
  11. 9
  12. 8
  13. 7
  14. 6
emboost EMBoost sample member
  1. hhsamp
  2. indsamp
  3. indall
  4. indresp
  5. hhresp
  1. 9
  2. 15
  3. 8
  4. 7
  5. 6
  6. 13
  7. 2
  8. 12
  9. 1
  10. 11
  11. 10
  12. 14
enwstat ego's residence at next wave
  1. egoalt
  1. 12
  2. 1
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 14
  6. 9
  7. 8
  8. 7
  9. 6
  10. 5
  11. 4
  12. 3
  13. 13
  14. 2
hhdengp_xd GPS household design weight
  1. hhsamp
  1. 1
hhdenub_xw cross-sectional household weight
  1. hhsamp
  2. hhresp
  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 4
hhdenui_xw cross-sectional household weight
  1. hhsamp
  2. hhresp
  1. 6
  2. 14
  3. 13
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 10
  7. 9
  8. 8
  9. 7
hhdenus_xd GPS+EMB household design weight
  1. hhsamp
  1. 1
hhorig Sample origin, household
  1. cohab
  2. marriage
  3. adopt2
  4. adopt
  5. nonresch2
  6. hhresp
  7. parstyle
  8. employment
  9. egoalt
  10. issue
  11. stepchild2
  12. callrec
  13. empstat
  14. twinsfh
  15. youth
  16. newborn
  17. nonresch
  18. chmain
  19. natchild
  20. child
  21. xhhrel
  22. indresp
  23. hhsamp
  24. xwaveid
  25. income
  26. natchild2
  27. indsamp
  28. xwavedat
  29. xwaveid_bh
  30. stepchild
  31. indall
  1. BH18
  2. BH07
  3. 15
  4. 10
  5. 2
  6. BH17
  7. BH06
  8. 9
  9. 1
  10. BH16
  11. BH05
  12. 8
  13. BH15
  14. BH04
  15. 7
  16. BH14
  17. BH03
  18. 6
  19. BH13
  20. BH02
  21. 5
  22. BH12
  23. BH01
  24. 4
  25. BH11
  26. 13
  27. 3
  28. BH10
  29. 14
  30. BH09
  31. 12
  32. BH08
  33. 11
hhorig_bh Sample origin, household (BHPS)
  1. xwavedat
  2. hhsamp
  3. hhresp
  4. xwaveid_bh
  1. BH09
  2. BH08
  3. BH18
  4. BH07
  5. BH17
  6. BH16
  7. BH15
  8. BH14
  9. BH13
  10. BH12
  11. BH11
  12. BH10
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. 9
  2. 8
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 4
  7. 13
  8. 3
  9. 2
  10. 12
  11. 14
  12. 11
  13. 15
  14. 10
ind5mus_xw cross-sectional extra 5 minute interview person weight
  1. indresp
  1. 12
  2. 14
  3. 11
  4. 15
  5. 10
  6. 9
  7. 8
  8. 7
  9. 6
  10. 5
  11. 4
  12. 13
  13. 3
  14. 1
indbd91_lw combined longitudinal blood interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 13
  7. 3
  8. 12
  9. 11
  10. 10
  11. 9
indbdub_lw combined longitudinal blood interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 3
  3. 12
  4. 11
  5. 10
  6. 9
  7. 8
  8. 7
  9. 6
  10. 5
  11. 4
indeflv Indefinite leave to remain in UK
  1. indresp
  1. 9
  2. 6
indin01_lw BHPS longitudinal full response weight inc Scot-Welsh-NI boosts (1991, 1999 & 20
  1. indresp
  1. 14
  2. 4
  3. 15
  4. 13
  5. BH18
  6. BH17
  7. 12
  8. BH16
  9. 11
  10. BH15
  11. 10
  12. BH14
  13. 9
  14. BH13
  15. 8
  16. BH12
  17. 7
  18. 3
  19. 6
  20. 2
  21. 5
indin91_lw BHPS longitudinal full response weight (1991 sample)
  1. indresp
  1. BH06
  2. 12
  3. BH16
  4. BH05
  5. 11
  6. BH15
  7. BH04
  8. 10
  9. BH14
  10. BH03
  11. 9
  12. BH13
  13. BH02
  14. 8
  15. BH12
  16. 3
  17. 7
  18. BH11
  19. 2
  20. 6
  21. BH10
  22. 14
  23. 5
  24. BH09
  25. 15
  26. 4
  27. BH08
  28. 13
  29. BH18
  30. BH07
  31. BH17
indinub_lw longitudinal adult main interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 13
  5. 3
  6. 14
  7. 12
  8. 15
  9. 11
  10. 10
  11. 9
  12. 8
  13. 7
indinub_xw cross-sectional adult main interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 3
  5. 2
indinui_lw combined UKHLS+BHPS+IEMB longitudinal adult main interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 15
  2. 13
  3. 12
  4. 11
  5. 10
  6. 9
  7. 8
  8. 7
  9. 14
indinui_xw cross-sectional adult main interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 8
  7. 7
  8. 6
indinus_lw longitudinal adult main interview weight
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 13
  7. 3
  8. 2
  9. 12
  10. 14
  11. 11
  12. 15
  13. 10
  14. 9
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. 7
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 13
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. 12
  9. 14
  10. 11
  11. 15
  12. 10
  13. 9
  14. 8
indns91_lw BHPS 1991 longitudinal nurse visit weight
  1. indresp
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 10
  7. 9
  8. 8
  9. 7
  10. 6
  11. 5

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