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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
school_dv Never went to/still at school
  1. xwavedat
schoolcntry1 Location of school: country: Yes - in England
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 10
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 4
schoolcntry2 Location of school: country: Yes - in Scotland
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 10
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 4
schoolcntry3 Location of school: country: Yes - in Wales
  1. indresp
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 13
  5. 10
  6. 7
schoolcntry4 Location of school: country: Yes - in Northern Ireland
  1. indresp
  1. 10
  2. 7
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 13
schoolcntry5 Location of school: country: No - not in the UK
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 10
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 4
schos1 1st reason go to sch. o/s catchment area
  1. indresp
  1. BH17
  2. BH13
  3. BH12
schos2 2nd reason go to sch. o/s catchment area
  1. indresp
  1. BH17
  2. BH13
  3. BH12
schosa Kids attend school o/s catchment area
  1. indresp
  1. BH17
  2. BH13
  3. BH12
schrs_slph hours of sleep
  1. indresp
  1. 1
schrs_slpm minutes of sleep
  1. indresp
  1. 1
schsat how satisfied r is with child's school
  1. child
  1. BH17
  2. BH13
  3. BH12
schsta school currently at state or private
  1. child
  1. 13
  2. 1
  3. 11
  4. 15
  5. 9
  6. 8
  7. 7
  8. 5
  9. BH17
  10. BH13
  11. BH12
  12. 3
scisolate ow often feels isolated from others
  1. indresp
  1. 12
  2. 11
  3. 10
  4. 9
  5. 14
  6. 15
  7. 13
sclackcom How often feels lack of companionship
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 14
  7. 15
sclatadv Thinks living apart as couple has advantages
  1. indresp
  1. 15
sclatadvs1 Advantages in living as a couple apart - Personal independence
  1. indresp
  1. 15
sclatadvs2 Advantages in living as a couple apart - Financial independence
  1. indresp
  1. 15
sclatadvs3 Advantages in living as a couple apart - Legal independence
  1. indresp
  1. 15
sclatadvs4 Advantages in living as a couple apart - Improves relationship
  1. indresp
  1. 15
sclatadvs5 Advantages in living as a couple apart - Practical benefits
  1. indresp
  1. 15
sclatadvs6 Advantages in living as a couple apart - Trial relationship (e.g. before living
  1. indresp
  1. 15
sclatadvs7 Advantages in living as a couple apart - Tax/benefit advantages
  1. indresp
  1. 15
sclatadvs97 Advantages in living as a couple apart - Other
  1. indresp
  1. 15
sclathappy Degree of happiness with living apart (lat)
  1. indresp
  1. 15
scleftout How often feels left out
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 14
  7. 15
sclfsat1 Satisfaction with health
  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
sclfsat2 Satisfaction with income
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 1
  4. 11
  5. 14
  6. 10
  7. 15
  8. 9
  9. 8
  10. 7
  11. 6
  12. 5
  13. 4
  14. 13
  15. 3
sclfsat3 Satisfaction with: house/flat
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 15
sclfsat7 Satisfaction with amount of leisure time
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 11
  3. 14
  4. 10
  5. 15
  6. 9
  7. 8
  8. 7
  9. 6
  10. 5
  11. 4
  12. 13
  13. 3
  14. 2
  15. 12
sclfsato Satisfaction with life overall
  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
sclonely How often feels lonely
  1. indresp
  1. 15
  2. 13
  3. 12
  4. 11
  5. 10
  6. 9
  7. 14

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