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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
pns1pid Nat/step/adopt parent 1: PIDP
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 3
  5. 12
  6. 11
  7. 2
  8. 10
  9. 1
  10. 9
  11. 8
  12. 14
  13. 7
  14. 15
  15. 6
pns1pno Nat/step/adopt parent 1: PNO
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 3
  5. 12
  6. 11
  7. 2
  8. 10
  9. 1
  10. 9
  11. 8
  12. 14
  13. 7
  14. 15
  15. 6
pns1sex Nat/step/adopt parent 1: Sex
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 2
  7. 10
  8. 1
  9. 9
  10. 8
  11. 14
  12. 7
  13. 15
  14. 6
  15. 5
pns2pid Nat/step/adopt parent 2: PIDP
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 2
  7. 10
  8. 1
  9. 9
  10. 8
  11. 14
  12. 7
  13. 15
  14. 6
  15. 5
pns2pno Nat/step/adopt parent 2: PNO
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 2
  7. 10
  8. 1
  9. 9
  10. 8
  11. 14
  12. 7
  13. 15
  14. 6
  15. 5
pns2sex Nat/step/adopt parent 2: Sex
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 13
  2. 3
  3. 12
  4. 11
  5. 2
  6. 10
  7. 1
  8. 9
  9. 8
  10. 14
  11. 7
  12. 15
  13. 6
  14. 5
  15. 4
pnumbrfed person number of breast fed child from ff_brfedlw
  1. child
  2. indall
  1. 3
poddsapply Chance of applying to university
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
poddsemp1 Chance of being employed if study first choice
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
poddsemp3 Chance of being employed if do not go to university
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
poddsqual Chance of getting qualifications to enter university
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
poddsschol Chance of applying to Uni if scholarship
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
polcost Cost of political engagement
  1. indresp
  1. 9
  2. 6
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 15
  6. 12
poleff1 Qualified to participate in politics
  1. indresp
  1. 12
  2. 9
  3. 6
  4. 3
  5. 15
poleff2 Better informed about politics
  1. indresp
  1. 12
  2. 9
  3. 6
  4. 3
  5. 15
poleff3 Public officials don't care
  1. indresp
  1. 9
  2. 6
  3. 3
  4. 15
  5. 12
poleff4 Don't have a say in what government does
  1. indresp
  1. 12
  2. 9
  3. 6
  4. 3
  5. 15
political_tm start time for political module (seconds)
  1. indresp
  1. 1
ppen Whether contributes to personal pension
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 10
  3. 8
  4. 6
  5. 4
  6. 2
ppensioner respondent is pensioner
  1. indresp
  1. 5
  2. 4
ppent Stakeholder or other personal pension
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 10
  3. 8
  4. 6
  5. 4
  6. 2
ppid partner's person identifier: PIDP
  1. indresp
  2. indall
  1. 7
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 13
  6. 3
  7. 12
  8. 2
  9. 11
  10. 1
  11. 10
  12. 14
  13. 9
  14. 15
  15. 8
pplevr Proxy Lived at this address all life
  1. indresp
  1. BH12
  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
ppno pno of partner
  1. indresp
  2. indall
  1. 13
  2. 1
  3. BH18
  4. BH07
  5. 14
  6. BH17
  7. BH06
  8. 12
  9. 15
  10. BH16
  11. BH05
  12. 11
  13. BH15
  14. BH04
  15. 10
  16. BH14
  17. BH03
  18. 9
  19. BH13
  20. BH02
  21. 8
  22. BH12
  23. BH01
  24. 7
  25. BH11
  26. 3
  27. 6
  28. BH10
  29. 5
  30. BH09
  31. 2
  32. 4
  33. BH08
pppen Paid into private personal pension
  1. indresp
  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. BH11
  16. BH10
  17. BH09
pppex Have private pension scheme
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. BH16
  7. 13
  8. BH15
  9. BH11
  10. 11
  11. 3
  12. 10
  13. 2
  14. 9
pppexm Expects to receive other income
  1. indresp
  1. BH15
  2. BH11
  3. 11
  4. 3
  5. 10
  6. 2
  7. 9
  8. 8
  9. 7
  10. 6
  11. 5
  12. 4
  13. BH16
ppram Pension amount contributed
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 10
  3. 8
  4. 6
  5. 4
  6. 2
pprampc Pension period covered
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 13
  5. 10
  6. 8
ppreg Contributes regularly to pension
  1. indresp
  1. 10
  2. 8
  3. 6
  4. 4
  5. 2
  6. 13
ppsex Partner's sex
  1. child
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 2
  7. 10
  8. 1
  9. 9
  10. 14
  11. 8
  12. 15
  13. 7
  14. 6
  15. 5
ppyrs Date joined personal pension scheme
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 10
  3. 8
  4. 6
  5. 4
  6. 2

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