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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
edqual3 Any qualifications since reference date
  1. indresp
  1. BH14
edspec Days spent in specific training
  1. indresp
  1. BH01
edtype type of educational institution attending
  1. indresp
  1. 9
  2. BH02
  3. 8
  4. 3
  5. 7
  6. 2
  7. 6
  8. 1
  9. 5
  10. 14
  11. 4
  12. 15
  13. 13
  14. BH07
  15. BH06
  16. 12
  17. BH05
  18. 11
  19. BH04
  20. 10
  21. BH03
edtype1 Type of educ. instit. attended
  1. indresp
  1. BH11
  2. BH10
  3. BH09
  4. BH08
  5. BH18
  6. BH17
  7. BH16
  8. BH15
  9. BH14
  10. BH13
  11. BH12
edtype2 Type of educ. instit. attended
  1. indresp
  1. BH09
  2. BH08
  3. BH18
  4. BH17
  5. BH16
  6. BH15
  7. BH14
  8. BH13
  9. BH12
  10. BH11
  11. BH10
edtype3 Type of educ. instit. attended
  1. indresp
  1. BH18
  2. BH17
  3. BH16
  4. BH15
  5. BH14
edtype_bh Type of education attended/attending
  1. indresp
  1. BH04
  2. BH03
  3. BH02
  4. BH07
  5. BH06
  6. BH05
education Moved for education reasons
  1. indresp
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. 12
  7. 14
  8. 11
  9. 15
  10. 10
  11. 9
  12. 8
  13. 7
  14. 6
educisgn whether interviewer signed & dated form
  1. indresp
  2. child
  1. 5
  2. 4
educisgn_tns whether interviewer signed and dated form for education consent
  1. indresp
  1. 6
educkidsn transfer serial number
  1. indresp
  1. 5
educkidsn2 child education form
  1. child
  1. 4
educlinkb1 Signing consent form: respondent initialled at b
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
educlinkb2 Signing consent form: respondent signed, dated and printed name at c
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
educlinkb3 Signing consent form: interviewer signed, dated and printed name at d
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
educrecd whether form received
  1. indresp
  2. child
  1. 5
  2. 4
educrecd_tns whether form received for education consent
  1. indresp
  1. 6
educrsgn whether respondent signed & dated form
  1. indresp
  2. child
  1. 5
  2. 4
educrsgn_tns whether respondent signed and dated form for education consent
  1. indresp
  1. 6
educsn transfer serial number
  1. indresp
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 5
eed12 whether employee in last 12 months
  1. indresp
  1. 3
  2. 1
eint ever fully interviewed flag
  1. xwlsten
elecpay Method of payment for electricity
  1. hhresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. 13
  8. 12
  9. 14
  10. 11
  11. 15
  12. 10
  13. 9
elwstat ego's residence at last wave
  1. egoalt
  1. 3
  2. 13
  3. 2
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 14
  7. 10
  8. 15
  9. 9
  10. 8
  11. 7
  12. 6
  13. 5
  14. 4
email Frequency of using the internet: Email
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 14
emailent Email entry pre-amble
  1. indresp
  1. 5
emaillinksent Email with link sent
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 14
emboost EMBoost sample member
  1. indsamp
  2. indall
  3. indresp
  4. hhresp
  5. hhsamp
  1. 13
  2. 2
  3. 12
  4. 1
  5. 11
  6. 10
  7. 14
  8. 9
  9. 15
  10. 8
  11. 7
  12. 6
empchk Prev wave employed status check
  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
empintro the next questions are about all periods in or out of employment since you le
  1. indresp
  1. 5
employ In paid employment
  1. indresp
  2. indall
  1. 9
  2. 15
  3. 8
  4. 7
  5. 6
  6. 5
  7. 4
  8. 13
  9. 3
  10. 12
  11. 2
  12. 11
  13. 1
  14. 10
  15. 14
employment_tm start time for employment module (seconds)
  1. indresp
  1. 1

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