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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
hid Household identifier (BHPS)
  1. youth
  2. income
  3. childnt
  4. childad
  5. marriag
  6. jobhist
  7. hhsamp
  8. jobhstd
  9. indsamp
  10. indresp
  11. lifejob
  12. indall
  13. child
  14. cohabit
  15. hhresp
  16. lifemst
  17. egoalt
  1. BH17
  2. BH06
  3. BH16
  4. BH05
  5. BH15
  6. BH04
  7. BH14
  8. BH03
  9. BH13
  10. BH02
  11. BH12
  12. BH01
  13. BH11
  14. BH10
  15. BH09
  16. BH08
  17. BH18
  18. BH07
hidp Household identifier (public release)
  1. chmain
  2. childad
  3. adopt2
  4. income
  5. marriag
  6. hhsamp
  7. nonresch2
  8. cohab
  9. jobhist
  10. indsamp
  11. employment
  12. child
  13. marriage
  14. jobhstd
  15. indresp
  16. indall
  17. stepchild2
  18. adopt
  19. lifejob
  20. twinsfh
  21. parstyle
  22. cohabit
  23. nonresch
  24. issue
  25. lifemst
  26. hhresp
  27. empstat
  28. egoalt
  29. newborn
  30. natchild2
  31. callrec
  32. natchild
  33. stepchild
  34. youth
  35. childnt
  1. 6
  2. BH11
  3. 3
  4. 5
  5. BH10
  6. 4
  7. BH09
  8. 13
  9. BH08
  10. BH18
  11. BH07
  12. 12
  13. 2
  14. BH17
  15. BH06
  16. 11
  17. 1
  18. BH16
  19. BH05
  20. 10
  21. BH15
  22. BH04
  23. 14
  24. 9
  25. BH14
  26. BH03
  27. 8
  28. BH13
  29. BH02
  30. 7
  31. BH12
  32. BH01
  33. 15
jblky attraction of present job
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH15
  2. BH04
  3. BH14
  4. BH03
  5. BH13
  6. BH02
  7. BH12
  8. BH01
  9. BH11
  10. BH10
  11. BH09
  12. BH08
  13. BH18
  14. BH07
  15. BH17
  16. BH06
  17. BH16
  18. BH05
jhboss had employees: previous job
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH05
  2. BH15
  3. BH04
  4. BH14
  5. BH03
  6. BH13
  7. BH02
  8. BH12
  9. BH01
  10. BH11
  11. BH10
  12. BH09
  13. BH08
  14. BH18
  15. BH07
  16. BH17
  17. BH06
  18. BH16
jhcjs status is current job
  1. jobhstd
  1. BH18
  2. BH17
  3. BH16
jhck1 check employment history status
  1. jobhstd
  1. BH16
  2. BH18
  3. BH17
jhck2 check j28 required?
  1. jobhstd
  1. BH18
  2. BH17
  3. BH16
jhendd day labour force spell ended
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH01
  2. BH11
  3. BH10
  4. BH09
  5. BH08
  6. BH18
  7. BH07
  8. BH17
  9. BH06
  10. BH16
  11. BH05
  12. BH15
  13. BH04
  14. BH14
  15. BH03
  16. BH13
  17. BH02
  18. BH12
jhendm month labour force spell ended
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  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
jhendy4 year labour force spell ended: 4 digit
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  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
jhmngr managerial duties: previous job
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  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
jhpayl pay at 1.9.98: previous job
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  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
jhpylg pay gross or net at 1.9.98: previous job
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  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
jhpylw pay period (weeks) 1.9.98: previous job
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH01
  2. BH11
  3. BH10
  4. BH09
  5. BH08
  6. BH18
  7. BH07
  8. BH17
  9. BH06
  10. BH16
  11. BH05
  12. BH15
  13. BH04
  14. BH14
  15. BH03
  16. BH13
  17. BH02
  18. BH12
jhsect employing organisation: previous job
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH11
  2. BH10
  3. BH09
  4. BH08
  5. BH18
  6. BH07
  7. BH17
  8. BH06
  9. BH16
  10. BH05
  11. BH15
  12. BH04
  13. BH14
  14. BH03
  15. BH13
  16. BH02
  17. BH12
  18. BH01
jhsemp employee or self-employed: previous job
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH11
  2. BH10
  3. BH09
  4. BH08
  5. BH18
  6. BH07
  7. BH17
  8. BH06
  9. BH16
  10. BH05
  11. BH15
  12. BH04
  13. BH14
  14. BH03
  15. BH13
  16. BH02
  17. BH12
  18. BH01
jhsic92
Special Licence 		industry (sic92): previous job
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH11
  2. BH18
  3. BH17
  4. BH16
  5. BH15
  6. BH14
  7. BH13
  8. BH12
jhsize no. employed at workplace: previous job
  1. jobhstd
  2. jobhist
  1. BH10
  2. BH09
  3. BH08
  4. BH18
  5. BH07
  6. BH17
  7. BH06
  8. BH16
  9. BH05
  10. BH15
  11. BH04
  12. BH14
  13. BH03
  14. BH13
  15. BH02
  16. BH12
  17. BH01
  18. BH11
jhsoc
Special Licence 		occupation (soc): previous job
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH10
  2. BH09
  3. BH08
  4. BH18
  5. BH07
  6. BH17
  7. BH06
  8. BH16
  9. BH05
  10. BH15
  11. BH04
  12. BH14
  13. BH03
  14. BH13
  15. BH02
  16. BH12
  17. BH01
  18. BH11
jhsoc00
Special Licence 		occupation (soc2000): previous job
  1. jobhstd
  2. jobhist
  1. BH18
  2. BH17
  3. BH16
  4. BH15
  5. BH14
  6. BH13
  7. BH12
  8. BH11
jhsoc00_cc occupation (soc2000): previous job - condensed classification
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH18
  2. BH17
  3. BH16
  4. BH15
  5. BH14
  6. BH13
  7. BH12
  8. BH11
jhsoc_cc occupation (soc): previous job - condensed classification
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH08
  2. BH18
  3. BH07
  4. BH17
  5. BH06
  6. BH16
  7. BH05
  8. BH15
  9. BH04
  10. BH14
  11. BH03
  12. BH13
  13. BH02
  14. BH12
  15. BH01
  16. BH11
  17. BH10
  18. BH09
jhstat labour force status code
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH08
  2. BH18
  3. BH07
  4. BH17
  5. BH06
  6. BH16
  7. BH05
  8. BH15
  9. BH04
  10. BH14
  11. BH03
  12. BH13
  13. BH02
  14. BH12
  15. BH01
  16. BH11
  17. BH10
  18. BH09
jhstpy reason for stopping previous job
  1. indresp
  2. jobhist
  3. jobhstd
  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
jspno spell number of labour force status
  1. jobhist
  2. jobhstd
  1. BH08
  2. BH18
  3. BH07
  4. BH17
  5. BH06
  6. BH16
  7. BH05
  8. BH15
  9. BH04
  10. BH14
  11. BH03
  12. BH13
  13. BH02
  14. BH12
  15. BH01
  16. BH11
  17. BH10
  18. BH09
pid pid
  1. youth
  2. jobhstd
  3. chmain
  4. lifejob
  5. income
  6. cohabit
  7. xwaveid_bh
  8. lifemst
  9. parstyle
  10. indsamp
  11. child
  12. empstat
  13. indresp
  14. indall
  15. xwavedat
  16. newborn
  17. childnt
  18. childad
  19. xwlsten
  20. marriag
  21. egoalt
  22. jobhist
  1. BH04
  2. 8
  3. BH14
  4. BH03
  5. 7
  6. BH13
  7. BH02
  8. 6
  9. BH12
  10. BH01
  11. 5
  12. BH11
  13. 3
  14. 4
  15. BH10
  16. 14
  17. 13
  18. BH09
  19. 15
  20. BH08
  21. 12
  22. 2
  23. BH18
  24. BH07
  25. 11
  26. 1
  27. BH17
  28. BH06
  29. 10
  30. BH16
  31. BH05
  32. 9
  33. BH15
pidp cross-wave person identifier (public release)
  1. indresp
  2. indsamp
  3. employment
  4. xwaveid
  5. cohab
  6. jobhstd
  7. indall
  8. stepchild2
  9. xwavedat
  10. marriage
  11. lifejob
  12. twinsfh
  13. adopt
  14. cohabit
  15. nonresch
  16. parstyle
  17. lifemst
  18. xwlsten
  19. empstat
  20. egoalt
  21. newborn
  22. natchild2
  23. youth
  24. natchild
  25. stepchild
  26. chmain
  27. childnt
  28. xhhrel
  29. childad
  30. adopt2
  31. income
  32. marriag
  33. nonresch2
  34. child
  35. xwaveid_bh
  36. jobhist
  1. BH09
  2. 12
  3. BH08
  4. 11
  5. 2
  6. BH18
  7. BH07
  8. 10
  9. 1
  10. BH17
  11. BH06
  12. 9
  13. BH16
  14. BH05
  15. 14
  16. 8
  17. BH15
  18. BH04
  19. 7
  20. BH14
  21. BH03
  22. 6
  23. BH13
  24. BH02
  25. 15
  26. 5
  27. BH12
  28. BH01
  29. 4
  30. BH11
  31. 13
  32. 3
  33. BH10
pno person number
  1. natchild
  2. stepchild
  3. egoalt
  4. childnt
  5. youth
  6. childad
  7. adopt2
  8. chmain
  9. marriag
  10. nonresch2
  11. income
  12. jobhist
  13. employment
  14. cohab
  15. jobhstd
  16. stepchild2
  17. marriage
  18. lifejob
  19. twinsfh
  20. adopt
  21. cohabit
  22. indsamp
  23. nonresch
  24. parstyle
  25. lifemst
  26. indall
  27. child
  28. empstat
  29. indresp
  30. newborn
  31. natchild2
  1. 12
  2. 1
  3. BH17
  4. BH06
  5. 11
  6. BH16
  7. BH05
  8. 15
  9. 10
  10. BH15
  11. BH04
  12. 9
  13. BH14
  14. BH03
  15. 8
  16. BH13
  17. BH02
  18. 7
  19. BH12
  20. BH01
  21. 6
  22. BH11
  23. 3
  24. 5
  25. BH10
  26. 4
  27. BH09
  28. 13
  29. BH08
  30. 14
  31. 2
  32. BH18
  33. BH07

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