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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
jlsemp Employee or self employed, last job
  1. indresp
  1. 4
  2. BH08
  3. 13
  4. 14
  5. BH18
  6. BH07
  7. 15
  8. BH17
  9. BH06
  10. 12
  11. BH16
  12. BH05
  13. 11
  14. BH15
  15. BH04
  16. 10
  17. BH14
  18. BH03
  19. 9
  20. BH13
  21. BH02
  22. 8
  23. BH12
  24. BH01
  25. 7
  26. BH11
  27. 3
  28. 6
  29. BH10
  30. 2
  31. 5
  32. BH09
  33. 1
jlsic Industry (SIC) of last job
  1. indresp
  1. BH09
  2. BH08
  3. BH07
  4. BH06
  5. BH05
  6. BH04
  7. BH03
  8. BH02
  9. BH12
  10. BH01
  11. BH11
  12. BH10
jlsic07
Special Licence 		Last job: SIC 2007
  1. indresp
  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 12
  4. 1
  5. 11
  6. 14
  7. 10
  8. 15
  9. 9
  10. 8
  11. 7
  12. 6
  13. 5
  14. 4
  15. 13
jlsic07_cc Last job: SIC 2007, condensed
  1. indresp
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. 12
  7. 1
  8. 11
  9. 14
  10. 10
  11. 15
  12. 9
  13. 8
  14. 7
  15. 6
jlsic92 Industry (SIC92) of last job
  1. indresp
  1. BH18
  2. BH17
  3. BH16
  4. BH15
  5. BH14
  6. BH13
  7. BH12
  8. BH11
jlsize Number of people employed at workplace, last job employee
  1. indresp
  1. BH17
  2. BH06
  3. 12
  4. BH16
  5. BH05
  6. 11
  7. BH15
  8. BH04
  9. 10
  10. BH14
  11. BH03
  12. 9
  13. BH13
  14. BH02
  15. 8
  16. BH12
  17. BH01
  18. 7
  19. BH11
  20. 3
  21. 6
  22. BH10
  23. 2
  24. 5
  25. BH09
  26. 1
  27. 4
  28. BH08
  29. 13
  30. 14
  31. BH18
  32. BH07
  33. 15
jlsoc00
Special Licence 		Last job: SOC 2000
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. BH12
  3. 7
  4. BH11
  5. 6
  6. 3
  7. 5
  8. 2
  9. 4
  10. 1
  11. 13
  12. BH18
  13. 14
  14. BH17
  15. 15
  16. 12
  17. BH16
  18. 11
  19. BH15
  20. 10
  21. BH14
  22. 9
  23. BH13
jlsoc00_cc Last job: SOC 2000, condensed
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. BH18
  3. 14
  4. BH17
  5. 15
  6. 12
  7. BH16
  8. 11
  9. BH15
  10. 10
  11. BH14
  12. 9
  13. BH13
  14. 8
  15. BH12
  16. 7
  17. BH11
  18. 6
  19. 3
  20. 5
  21. 2
  22. 4
  23. 1
jlsoc10
Special Licence 		Last job: SOC 2010
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 13
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. 12
  9. 1
  10. 11
  11. 14
  12. 10
  13. 15
  14. 9
  15. 8
jlsoc10_cc Last job: SOC 2010, condensed
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 14
  3. 10
  4. 15
  5. 9
  6. 8
  7. 7
  8. 6
  9. 5
  10. 4
  11. 13
  12. 3
  13. 2
  14. 12
  15. 1
jlsoc20 Last job: SOC 2020
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 15
jlsoc20_cc Last job: SOC 2020, condensed
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 15
jlsoc90
Special Licence 		Last job: SOC 1990
  1. indresp
  1. BH14
  2. BH03
  3. BH13
  4. BH02
  5. BH12
  6. BH01
  7. BH11
  8. BH10
  9. BH09
  10. BH08
  11. BH18
  12. BH07
  13. BH17
  14. BH06
  15. BH16
  16. BH05
  17. BH15
  18. BH04
jlsoc90_cc Last job: SOC 1990, condensed
  1. 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
jlyid Identifier of job spell at 1.9.98
  1. indresp
  1. BH03
  2. BH13
  3. BH02
  4. BH12
  5. BH01
  6. BH11
  7. BH10
  8. BH09
  9. BH08
  10. BH18
  11. BH07
  12. BH17
  13. BH06
  14. BH16
  15. BH05
  16. BH15
  17. BH04
  18. BH14
jnmnth new entrants - month joined hh
  1. indall
  2. child
  3. indresp
  4. indsamp
  1. BH10
  2. 4
  3. BH09
  4. 13
  5. 2
  6. BH08
  7. 14
  8. BH18
  9. BH07
  10. 12
  11. 15
  12. BH17
  13. BH06
  14. 11
  15. BH16
  16. BH05
  17. 10
  18. BH15
  19. BH04
  20. 9
  21. BH14
  22. BH03
  23. 8
  24. BH13
  25. BH02
  26. 7
  27. BH12
  28. 3
  29. 6
  30. BH11
  31. 5
jnrprev Joiner previous abode
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 15
jnrprevo_code other previous abode
  1. indall
  2. child
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 13
  4. 12
jnyear new entrants - year joined hh: 4 digit
  1. indall
  2. child
  3. indresp
  4. indsamp
  1. 5
  2. BH10
  3. 4
  4. BH09
  5. 13
  6. 2
  7. BH08
  8. 14
  9. BH18
  10. BH07
  11. 12
  12. 15
  13. BH17
  14. BH06
  15. 11
  16. BH16
  17. BH05
  18. 10
  19. BH15
  20. BH04
  21. 9
  22. BH14
  23. BH03
  24. 8
  25. BH13
  26. BH02
  27. 7
  28. BH12
  29. 3
  30. 6
  31. BH11
job_tm start time for job_tm module (seconds)
  1. indresp
  1. 1
jobcode Job number
  1. employment
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 15
jobcodechk Job title and firm check
  1. employment
  1. 14
  2. 15
jobdeny Turned down for job
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 9
  3. 7
  4. 5
  5. 3
jobhours1 empl spell no. 1: Next job hours
  1. indresp
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 12
  6. 14
  7. 11
  8. 15
  9. 10
  10. 9
  11. 8
  12. 7
  13. 6
  14. 5
jobhours10 empl spell no. 10: next job hours
  1. indresp
  1. 2
jobhours2 empl spell no. 2: Next job hours
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 13
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 12
  8. 14
  9. 11
  10. 15
  11. 10
  12. 9
  13. 8
  14. 7
jobhours3 empl spell no. 3: Next job hours
  1. indresp
  1. 14
  2. 11
  3. 15
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 8
  7. 7
  8. 6
  9. 5
  10. 4
  11. 13
  12. 3
  13. 2
  14. 12
jobhours4 empl spell no. 4: Next job hours
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 13
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 12
  8. 14
  9. 11
  10. 15
  11. 10
  12. 9
  13. 8
  14. 7
jobhours5 empl spell no. 5: Next job hours
  1. indresp
  1. 14
  2. 11
  3. 15
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 8
  7. 7
  8. 6
  9. 5
  10. 4
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. 12
jobhours6 empl spell no. 6: Next job hours
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. 12
  9. 14
  10. 11
  11. 10
  12. 9
jobhours7 empl spell no. 7: Next job hours
  1. indresp
  1. 10
  2. 8
  3. 6
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. 12
jobhours8 empl spell no. 8: Next job hours
  1. indresp
  1. 12
  2. 8
  3. 3
  4. 2

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