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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
pgmrob country father's mother born in
  1. indresp
  2. xwavedat
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 6
  4. BH18
  5. 1
pgmrob_all
Special Licence 		country father's mother born in
  1. xwavedat
  2. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 6
pgmrob_all_bh Country paternal grandmother born (BHPS)
  1. xwavedat
pgprob country father's father born in
  1. indresp
  2. xwavedat
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 6
  4. BH18
  5. 1
pgprob_all
Special Licence 		country father's father born in
  1. xwavedat
  2. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 6
pgprob_all_bh Country paternal grandfather born (BHPS)
  1. xwavedat
pheapplied Parental: Applied to HE
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
phone Household has telephone
  1. hhresp
  1. BH01
phone_tm start time for contact module (seconds)
  1. indresp
  1. 1
pid pid
  1. xwaveid_bh
  2. lifemst
  3. parstyle
  4. indsamp
  5. child
  6. empstat
  7. indresp
  8. indall
  9. xwavedat
  10. newborn
  11. childnt
  12. childad
  13. xwlsten
  14. marriag
  15. egoalt
  16. jobhist
  17. youth
  18. jobhstd
  19. chmain
  20. lifejob
  21. income
  22. cohabit
  1. BH01
  2. 5
  3. BH11
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. BH10
  7. 14
  8. 13
  9. BH09
  10. 15
  11. BH08
  12. 12
  13. 2
  14. BH18
  15. BH07
  16. 11
  17. 1
  18. BH17
  19. BH06
  20. 10
  21. BH16
  22. BH05
  23. 9
  24. BH15
  25. BH04
  26. 8
  27. BH14
  28. BH03
  29. 7
  30. BH13
  31. BH02
  32. 6
  33. BH12
pidp cross-wave person identifier (public release)
  1. nonresch
  2. parstyle
  3. lifemst
  4. xwlsten
  5. empstat
  6. egoalt
  7. newborn
  8. natchild2
  9. youth
  10. natchild
  11. stepchild
  12. chmain
  13. childnt
  14. xhhrel
  15. childad
  16. adopt2
  17. income
  18. marriag
  19. nonresch2
  20. child
  21. xwaveid_bh
  22. jobhist
  23. indresp
  24. indsamp
  25. employment
  26. xwaveid
  27. cohab
  28. jobhstd
  29. indall
  30. stepchild2
  31. xwavedat
  32. marriage
  33. lifejob
  34. twinsfh
  35. adopt
  36. cohabit
  1. 10
  2. 1
  3. BH17
  4. BH06
  5. 9
  6. BH16
  7. BH05
  8. 14
  9. 8
  10. BH15
  11. BH04
  12. 7
  13. BH14
  14. BH03
  15. 6
  16. BH13
  17. BH02
  18. 15
  19. 5
  20. BH12
  21. BH01
  22. 4
  23. BH11
  24. 13
  25. 3
  26. BH10
  27. BH09
  28. 12
  29. BH08
  30. 11
  31. 2
  32. BH18
  33. BH07
pidp_c cross-wave person identifier, child
  1. chmain
  2. parstyle
  3. newborn
  1. 12
  2. 11
  3. 10
  4. 9
  5. 14
  6. 8
  7. 15
  8. 7
  9. 6
  10. 5
  11. 4
  12. 3
  13. 13
  14. 2
pidp_leavepar Cross-wave person identifier, parent leaving the household (public release)
  1. xwavedat
pidp_staypar Cross-wave person identifier, parent staying in the household (public release)
  1. xwavedat
pim1 Person present at proxy int. mention 1st
  1. indresp
  1. BH02
pim2 Person present at proxy int. mention 2nd
  1. indresp
  1. BH02
pj1boss hired employees, first job
  1. empstat
  1. 1
pj1mngr managerial duties, first job
  1. empstat
  1. 1
pj1semp employed or self-employed, first job
  1. empstat
  1. 1
pj1soc00
Special Licence 		First job: SOC 2000
  1. empstat
  1. 1
pj1soc00_cc First job: SOC 2000, condensed
  1. empstat
  1. 1
pj1soc10
Special Licence 		First job: SOC 2010
  1. empstat
  1. 1
pj1soc10_cc First job: SOC 2010, condensed
  1. empstat
  1. 1
pj1soc90
Special Licence 		First job: SOC 1990
  1. empstat
  1. 1
pj1soc90_cc First job: SOC 1990, condensed
  1. empstat
  1. 1
pjbptft Part-time or full-time: current job
  1. indresp
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 12
  6. 1
  7. 11
  8. 14
  9. 10
  10. 15
  11. 9
  12. 8
  13. 7
  14. 6
  15. 5
pjsptft S/emp: part-time or full-time
  1. indresp
  1. 9
  2. 8
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 4
  7. 13
  8. 3
  9. 2
  10. 12
  11. 1
  12. 11
  13. 14
  14. 10
  15. 15
pjulk4wk looked for work in last 4 weeks (proxies)
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. BH10
  3. 2
  4. 5
  5. BH09
  6. 1
  7. 4
  8. BH08
  9. 13
  10. 14
  11. BH18
  12. BH07
  13. 15
  14. BH17
  15. BH06
  16. 12
  17. BH16
  18. BH05
  19. 11
  20. BH15
  21. BH04
  22. 10
  23. BH14
  24. BH03
  25. 9
  26. BH13
  27. BH02
  28. 8
  29. BH12
  30. BH01
  31. 7
  32. BH11
  33. 3
plb4c Country of last residence
  1. indresp
  1. BH01
plb4d District of previous residence
  1. indresp
  1. BH01
plbornc country of birth
  1. xwavedat
  2. indresp
  1. BH12
  2. BH01
  3. 6
  4. BH11
  5. 3
  6. 5
  7. BH10
  8. 2
  9. 4
  10. BH09
  11. 13
  12. 1
  13. BH08
  14. 14
  15. BH18
  16. BH07
  17. 12
  18. 15
  19. BH17
  20. BH06
  21. 11
  22. BH16
  23. BH05
  24. 10
  25. BH15
  26. BH04
  27. 9
  28. BH14
  29. BH03
  30. 8
  31. BH13
  32. BH02
  33. 7
plbornc_all
Special Licence 		Country of birth (not born in UK), long
  1. xwavedat
  2. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 13
  7. 3
  8. 12
  9. 2
  10. 11
  11. 1
  12. 10
  13. 14
  14. 9
  15. 15

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