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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
queries4 onfidentiality (e.g. who is going to see the answers?)
  1. hhsamp
  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 1
queries5 incentive/payment (e.g. what s in it for us/me?)
  1. hhsamp
  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 1
queries6 other query
  1. hhsamp
  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 1
queries7 no queries
  1. hhsamp
  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 1
qvocnonuk Vocational qualifications gained outside UK
  1. indresp
  1. 9
race Ethnic group membership
  1. indresp
  1. BH07
  2. BH06
  3. BH05
  4. BH04
  5. BH03
  6. BH02
  7. BH12
  8. BH01
  9. BH11
  10. BH10
  11. BH09
  12. BH08
race_bh Ethnic group membership (BHPS)
  1. xwavedat
racel Ethnic group
  1. indresp
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 9
  4. 8
  5. 7
  6. 6
  7. 5
  8. 4
  9. 13
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 12
  13. 1
  14. 11
  15. 14
racel_all Ethnic group
  1. indresp
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. 12
  7. 1
  8. 11
  9. 14
  10. 10
  11. 9
  12. 8
  13. 7
  14. 6
racel_all_dv Ethnic group incorp. all waves, codings, modes and bhps
  1. indresp
  2. indall
  3. youth
  1. 9
  2. 14
  3. 8
  4. 7
  5. 6
  6. 5
  7. 4
  8. 13
  9. 3
  10. 12
  11. 2
  12. 11
  13. 1
  14. 10
racel_bh Ethnic group membership (long version) (BHPS)
  1. indresp
  2. xwavedat
  1. BH18
  2. BH17
  3. BH16
  4. BH15
  5. BH14
  6. BH13
racel_dv Ethnic group incorp. all waves, codings, modes and bhps
  1. indresp
  2. indall
  3. youth
  4. xwavedat
  1. 3
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 2
  5. 10
  6. 1
  7. 9
  8. 8
  9. 14
  10. 7
  11. 15
  12. 6
  13. 5
  14. 4
  15. 13
racel_dv_all Ethnic group incorp. all waves, codings, modes and bhps
  1. xwavedat
racelat Asian ethnic group TI
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 13
  6. 3
  7. 14
  8. 12
  9. 15
  10. 11
  11. 10
  12. 9
  13. 8
racelbt Black ethnic group TI
  1. indresp
  1. 12
  2. 15
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 8
  7. 7
  8. 6
  9. 5
  10. 4
  11. 13
  12. 3
  13. 14
racelmt Mixed ethnic group TI
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 13
  6. 3
  7. 14
  8. 12
  9. 15
  10. 11
  11. 10
  12. 9
  13. 8
racelo_all_code Specific code for generic ethnic groups
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 14
  3. 10
  4. 9
  5. 8
  6. 7
  7. 6
  8. 5
  9. 4
  10. 13
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. 12
  14. 1
racelo_code Specific code for generic ethnic groups
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 13
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 12
  8. 1
  9. 11
  10. 14
  11. 10
  12. 15
  13. 9
  14. 8
  15. 7
racelot_code Specific code for other ethnic groups
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 10
  3. 9
  4. 8
  5. 7
  6. 6
  7. 5
  8. 4
  9. 13
  10. 3
  11. 14
  12. 12
  13. 15
racelt Ethnic group TI
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 13
  5. 3
  6. 14
  7. 12
  8. 15
  9. 11
  10. 10
  11. 9
  12. 8
  13. 7
racelwt White ethnic group TI
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 10
  3. 9
  4. 8
  5. 7
  6. 6
  7. 5
  8. 4
  9. 13
  10. 3
  11. 14
  12. 12
  13. 15
rach12 Responsible for dependent child under 12
  1. indresp
  1. BH07
  2. BH17
  3. BH06
  4. BH16
  5. BH05
  6. BH15
  7. BH04
  8. BH14
  9. BH03
  10. BH13
  11. BH02
  12. BH12
  13. BH01
  14. BH11
  15. BH10
  16. BH09
  17. BH08
  18. BH18
rach16_dv Whether responsible for child under 16
  1. indall
  2. indresp
  3. youth
  1. BH12
  2. BH01
  3. 7
  4. BH11
  5. 3
  6. 6
  7. BH10
  8. 5
  9. BH09
  10. 2
  11. 4
  12. BH08
  13. 13
  14. 1
  15. BH18
  16. BH07
  17. BH17
  18. BH06
  19. 12
  20. 14
  21. BH16
  22. BH05
  23. 11
  24. 15
  25. BH15
  26. BH04
  27. 10
  28. BH14
  29. BH03
  30. 9
  31. BH13
  32. BH02
  33. 8
ranoutfd Ran out of food
  1. hhresp
  1. 15
  2. 13
rapid_bh X-wave person identifier of resp. adult
  1. indall
  1. BH07
  2. BH17
  3. BH06
  4. BH16
  5. BH05
  6. BH15
  7. BH04
  8. BH14
  9. BH03
  10. BH13
  11. BH02
  12. BH12
  13. BH01
  14. BH11
  15. BH10
  16. BH09
  17. BH08
  18. BH18
rapno1 pno of parent for childcare questions
  1. child
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 13
  5. 3
  6. 12
  7. 2
  8. 11
  9. 1
  10. 10
  11. 14
  12. 9
  13. 15
  14. 8
  15. 7
rapno2 pno of parent for school questions
  1. child
  1. 3
  2. 1
  3. 15
  4. 13
  5. 11
  6. 9
  7. 8
  8. 7
  9. 5
rapno3 pno of parent for consent questions
  1. child
  1. 1
rapno4 pno of parent for child development questions
  1. child
  1. 9
  2. 8
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 4
  7. 13
  8. 3
  9. 12
  10. 14
  11. 11
  12. 15
  13. 10
rapno5 pno of parent for health consent questions
  1. child
  1. 4
rapno6 pno of parent for education consent questions
  1. child
  1. 7
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 10
rapno7 pno of parent for twin questions
  1. child
  1. 7
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 13
  6. 14
  7. 12
  8. 15
  9. 11
  10. 10
  11. 9
  12. 8

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