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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. indall
  2. hhresp
  1. 6
  2. 1
absflag absent flag
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 6
  2. 1
absreason reason member is absent
  1. indall
  1. 1
addpaych2 Other payment providers for care home costs
  1. indall
  1. 14
  2. 15
adresp15 Adult responsible for child aged 15 or under
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 3
adresp15_dv PNO of person responsible for child under 16
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 8
  2. 14
  3. 7
  4. 15
  5. 6
  6. 5
  7. 4
  8. 13
  9. 3
  10. 12
  11. 11
  12. 2
  13. 10
  14. 1
  15. 9
adresp17 adult responsible for child aged 17 or under
  1. indresp
  2. indall
  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 3
age Age at Date of Interview
  1. indall
  2. indresp
  1. BH12
  2. BH01
  3. BH11
  4. BH10
  5. BH09
  6. BH08
  7. BH18
  8. BH07
  9. BH17
  10. BH06
  11. BH16
  12. BH05
  13. BH15
  14. BH04
  15. BH14
  16. BH03
  17. BH13
  18. BH02
age12 Age at 1.12.99
  1. indall
  2. indresp
  1. BH02
  2. BH12
  3. BH01
  4. BH11
  5. BH10
  6. BH09
  7. BH08
  8. BH18
  9. BH07
  10. BH17
  11. BH06
  12. BH16
  13. BH05
  14. BH15
  15. BH04
  16. BH14
  17. BH03
  18. BH13
age_dv Age, derived from dob_dv and intdat_dv
  1. youth
  2. child
  3. indresp
  4. indall
  1. 9
  2. 8
  3. 14
  4. 7
  5. 15
  6. 6
  7. 5
  8. 4
  9. 13
  10. 3
  11. 12
  12. 11
  13. 2
  14. 10
  15. 1
age_if Imputation flag for age_dv
  1. youth
  2. child
  3. indresp
  4. indall
  1. 9
  2. 8
  3. 14
  4. 7
  5. 15
  6. 6
  7. 5
  8. 4
  9. 13
  10. 3
  11. 12
  12. 11
  13. 2
  14. 10
  15. 1
ageest estimate: age of member
  1. indresp
  2. indall
  1. 1
agegr10_dv Age group (age_dv): 10 year intervals
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 2
  7. 10
  8. 1
  9. 9
  10. 8
  11. 14
  12. 7
  13. 15
  14. 6
  15. 5
agegr13_dv Age group (age_dv): 13 categories
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 3
  5. 12
  6. 11
  7. 2
  8. 10
  9. 1
  10. 9
  11. 8
  12. 14
  13. 7
  14. 15
  15. 6
agegr5_dv Age group (age_dv): 5 year intervals
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 3
  5. 12
  6. 11
  7. 2
  8. 10
  9. 1
  10. 9
  11. 8
  12. 14
  13. 7
  14. 15
  15. 6
agei Imputation flag - RAGE and RAGE12
  1. indall
  1. BH09
  2. BH08
  3. BH18
  4. BH07
  5. BH17
  6. BH06
  7. BH16
  8. BH05
  9. BH15
  10. BH04
  11. BH14
  12. BH03
  13. BH13
  14. BH02
  15. BH12
  16. BH01
  17. BH11
  18. BH10
ageif Age last birthday
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 8
  2. 15
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 4
  7. 13
  8. 3
  9. 12
  10. 11
  11. 2
  12. 10
  13. 1
  14. 9
  15. 14
ageif14 Age other hh member last birthday
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 15
bedsits Bedsit in a building with fewer than 10 dwellings
  1. indall
  2. child
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 13
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 10
  7. 9
  8. 8
  9. 7
birthchk fed-forward dob confirmation
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 2
  2. 3
birthm
Special Licence 		dob month
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. xwaveid
  5. xwavedat
  6. xwaveid_bh
  1. BH11
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. BH10
  5. BH09
  6. 12
  7. 2
  8. BH08
  9. 11
  10. 1
  11. BH18
  12. BH07
  13. 10
  14. BH17
  15. BH06
  16. 9
  17. 14
  18. BH16
  19. BH05
  20. 8
  21. 15
  22. BH15
  23. BH04
  24. 7
  25. BH14
  26. BH03
  27. 6
  28. BH13
  29. BH02
  30. 5
  31. BH12
  32. BH01
  33. 4
birthy Year of birth - HH grid
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. xwaveid
  5. xwavedat
  6. xwaveid_bh
  1. BH02
  2. 5
  3. BH12
  4. BH01
  5. 4
  6. BH11
  7. 13
  8. 3
  9. BH10
  10. BH09
  11. 12
  12. 2
  13. BH08
  14. 11
  15. 1
  16. BH18
  17. BH07
  18. 10
  19. BH17
  20. BH06
  21. 9
  22. 14
  23. BH16
  24. BH05
  25. 8
  26. 15
  27. BH15
  28. BH04
  29. 7
  30. BH14
  31. BH03
  32. 6
  33. BH13
bornuk born in the uk
  1. indall
  1. 6
buid BU identifier
  1. indall
  1. BH18
  2. BH07
  3. BH17
  4. BH06
  5. BH16
  6. BH05
  7. BH15
  8. BH04
  9. BH14
  10. BH03
  11. BH13
  12. BH02
  13. BH12
  14. BH01
  15. BH11
  16. BH10
  17. BH09
  18. BH08
buno_dv benefit unit number
  1. indall
  2. child
  3. indresp
  4. youth
  1. BH03
  2. 8
  3. BH13
  4. BH02
  5. 7
  6. BH12
  7. BH01
  8. 6
  9. BH11
  10. 3
  11. 5
  12. BH10
  13. 4
  14. BH09
  15. 13
  16. 2
  17. BH08
  18. 1
  19. BH18
  20. BH07
  21. 12
  22. BH17
  23. BH06
  24. 11
  25. 14
  26. BH16
  27. BH05
  28. 10
  29. 15
  30. BH15
  31. BH04
  32. 9
  33. BH14
butype Benefit unit type
  1. indall
  2. indresp
  1. BH02
  2. BH12
  3. BH01
  4. BH11
  5. BH10
  6. BH09
  7. BH08
  8. BH18
  9. BH07
  10. BH17
  11. BH06
  12. BH16
  13. BH05
  14. BH15
  15. BH04
  16. BH14
  17. BH03
  18. BH13
butype_mod benefit unit type
  1. indall
  1. BH13
  2. BH02
  3. BH12
  4. BH01
  5. BH11
  6. BH10
  7. BH09
  8. BH08
  9. BH18
  10. BH07
  11. BH17
  12. BH06
  13. BH16
  14. BH05
  15. BH15
  16. BH04
  17. BH14
  18. BH03
cageif correct age last birthday
  1. indall
  1. 6
cdobm
Special Licence 		correct dob month
  1. indall
  1. 6
cdoby correct dob year
  1. indall
  1. 6

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