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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
mrssch MRS Social Class Household
  1. indresp
  1. BH05
mrssci MRS Social Class Individual
  1. indresp
  1. BH05
mstat sample membership status
  1. xwlsten
mstatch1 marst change 1: Legal marital status change
  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
mstatch2 marst change 2: Legal marital status change
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 11
  5. 15
  6. 10
  7. 9
  8. 8
  9. 7
  10. 6
  11. 5
  12. 4
  13. 13
  14. 3
mstatch3 marst change 3: Legal marital status change
  1. indresp
  1. 9
  2. 8
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 4
  6. 2
  7. 13
  8. 14
  9. 15
  10. 12
  11. 11
  12. 10
mstatch4 marst change 4: Legal marital status change
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
  3. 6
  4. 14
  5. 15
  6. 13
  7. 12
  8. 11
  9. 9
mstatch5 marst change 5: Legal marital status change
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
mstatsam Whether marital status changed within cohab rel
  1. indresp
  1. 15
  2. 5
  3. BH09
  4. 4
  5. BH08
  6. 13
  7. BH18
  8. BH07
  9. BH17
  10. BH06
  11. 12
  12. BH16
  13. BH05
  14. 11
  15. BH15
  16. BH04
  17. 10
  18. BH14
  19. BH03
  20. 9
  21. BH13
  22. 3
  23. 8
  24. BH12
  25. 2
  26. 7
  27. BH11
  28. 14
  29. 6
  30. BH10
mstatsamn Whether marital status changed
  1. indresp
  1. 15
  2. 10
  3. 9
  4. 8
  5. 7
  6. 6
  7. 5
  8. 4
  9. 13
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 12
  13. 14
  14. 11
mthslwc Months since Respondent lived with child
  1. nonresch2
  2. nonresch
  1. 14
  2. 15
mthslwc_1 nonreschild no. 1: Months since Respondent lived with child
  1. indresp
  1. 14
mthslwc_2 nonreschild no. 2: Months since Respondent lived with child
  1. indresp
  1. 14
mthslwc_3 nonreschild no. 3: Months since Respondent lived with child
  1. indresp
  1. 14
mthslwc_4 nonreschild no. 4: Months since Respondent lived with child
  1. indresp
  1. 14
mthslwc_5 nonreschild no. 5: Months since Respondent lived with child
  1. indresp
  1. 14
mthslwc_6 nonreschild no. 6: Months since Respondent lived with child
  1. indresp
  1. 14
mthslwc_7 nonreschild no. 7: Months since Respondent lived with child
  1. indresp
  1. 14
mthslwc_8 nonreschild no. 8: Months since Respondent lived with child
  1. indresp
  1. 14
multijobs How many jobs
  1. indresp
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 13
multijobschk How many new jobs this wave
  1. indresp
  1. 14
  2. 15
multijobstotal Total number of all jobs
  1. indresp
  1. 14
  2. 15
multiples_dv confirmed enumeration as twin, triplet, etc. in hh
  1. child
  1. 8
  2. 7
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 13
  7. 14
  8. 12
  9. 15
  10. 11
  11. 10
  12. 9
musfreq museum frequency
  1. indresp
  1. 5
  2. 2
mvemailend Email second entry interviewer number
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 15
mvever lived at address whole life
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 10
  3. 14
  4. 9
  5. 15
  6. 8
  7. 7
  8. 6
  9. 5
  10. 4
  11. 13
  12. BH01
  13. 3
  14. 12
  15. 2
  16. 11
mvhasemail Leavers - contact e-mail
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 15
mvmnth month moved to current address
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 13
  5. BH01
  6. 3
  7. 12
  8. 2
  9. 11
  10. 1
  11. 10
  12. 14
  13. 9
  14. 15
  15. 8
  16. 7
mvyr year moved to current address
  1. indresp
  1. 9
  2. 15
  3. 8
  4. 7
  5. 6
  6. 5
  7. 4
  8. 13
  9. BH01
  10. 3
  11. 12
  12. 2
  13. 11
  14. 1
  15. 10
  16. 14
mwhrs Weekly hours moderate activities
  1. indresp
  1. 12
  2. 11
  3. 9
  4. 7
  5. 13
mwmin Weekly minutes moderate activities
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 9
  5. 7
n10to15 Number of children aged 10 - 15 in HH
  1. hhresp
  1. 9
  2. 8
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. 13
  9. 1
  10. 12
  11. 11
  12. 14
  13. 10
  14. 15

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