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jhid Household identification number
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Key Linking Variable
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jfid Fieldwork household identifier
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Key Linking Variable
Note This is a ‘STRING’ variable – an alphanumeric.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivnadd Household found at new address in field
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Address corrections 1 1445 11.8 11.8
No corrections reqd. 2 9427 76.8 76.8
New address (known) 3 930 7.6 7.6
New addr unkwn/o-o-s 4 480 3.9 3.9
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Geographic Mobility
Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivia Interviewer area
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Indicates the interview area where h/hold was expected to be found; corresponds to Wave One area indicated by variable AHHAC, unless h/hold had moved at a subsequent wave or was understood as a result of the between wave tracing exercise to have made a non-local move. if move was expected, and the household could not immediately be allocated to another area, area is given as 0.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivid Interviewer number
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note This is a ‘STRING’ variable – an alphanumeric.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivlnc Total calls at last known address
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
2.57 2.50 0 91
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 341 2.8 3.1
Amount stated 1 10546 85.9 96.9
Missing or wild -9 1395 11.4 Missing
Valid cases 10887 Missing cases 1395
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivtnc Total calls at new address
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
1.36 3.18 0 92
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 566 4.6 43.7
Amount stated 1 728 5.9 56.3
Missing or wild -9 10988 89.5 Missing
Valid cases 1294 Missing cases 10988
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jiviam Area intrvw took place non-local movers
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Geographic Mobility
Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Indicates interview area where the h/hold was actually found. Corresponds to the Wave One area indicated by the variable AHHAC, unless a) the h/hold had made a non-local move, in which the new interviewer area is given or b) the h/hold was not issued to field or was an untraced mover in which case the area is given as 300.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivfho Final household interview outcome
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
All eligible HH intv 10 7450 60.7 60.7
Interviews + proxies 11 280 2.3 2.3
Interviews + refusal 12 871 7.1 7.1
Pxy at original addr 15 6 .0 .0
Phone pxy intvw only 16 154 1.3 1.3
Address not found 50 650 5.3 5.3
No HH member contact 51 120 1.0 1.0
Refus to Rsrch Cntre 60 124 1.0 1.0
Refusal to intviewer 61 258 2.1 2.1
Language problems 62 1 .0 .0
No intv.: Age/health 63 142 1.2 1.2
Moved prev wave add 70 51 .4 .4
Out scope-institut’n 80 39 .3 .3
Moved out of scope 81 325 2.6 2.6
Whole HH deceased 90 116 .9 .9
No PSM’s resident 91 232 1.9 1.9
Adamant refusal 92 245 2.0 2.0
New sample-withdrawn 94 1218 9.9 9.9
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note All waves after Wave 1 use a consistent coding frame derived from the coversheet interviewer check. A coding frame for this variable with full labels can be found in Volume A: Appendix 3.7.1. New code ’94’ added at Wave 10 due to sample additions.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivosmrh No. OSMs – whole HH refusal to intervwr
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
missing or wild -9 1127 9.18 Missing
inapplicable -8 10444 85.04 Missing
Total 12282 100.00
Valid cases 711 Missing cases 11571
Question Route IF (JIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92,94) Asked if Household interview is refused.
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note OSM – Original Sample Member.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivnsmrh No. new HH membs – whl HH ref to intvwr
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
missing or wild -9 1438 11.71 Missing
inapplicable -8 10444 85.04 Missing
Total 12282 100.00
Valid cases 400 Missing cases 11882
Question Route IF (JIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92,94) Asked if Household interview is refused.
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note NSM – New Sample Member.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivrrefh Reason for household refusal
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Too ill 1 117 1.0 6.4
Too elderly 2 23 .2 1.3
Senile 3 15 .1 .8
Speaks no English 4 4 .0 .2
Stressful fam sit 5 74 .6 4.0
Care of ill/old 10 6 .0 .3
Childcare 11 1 .0 .1
R. rarely home 12 35 .3 1.9
R. temp. absent 13 10 .1 .5
Too busy 14 174 1.4 9.5
No confidentiality 20 4 .0 .2
Q’s too personal 21 18 .1 1.0
Won’t bother 30 443 3.6 24.2
Nothing changed 31 8 .1 .4
Survey too long 32 8 .1 .4
Waste of time 33 43 .4 2.3
Prev bad exprnce 34 5 .0 .3
Probs gift voucher 35 1 .0 .1
HH mem says refuse 40 11 .1 .6
Othr says refuse 41 28 .2 1.5
No HH member contact 94 439 3.6 23.9
Out scope-instit’n 95 1 .0 .1
Other 96 13 .1 .7
No reason given 99 353 2.9 19.2
Missing or wild -9 4 .0 Missing
Inapplicable -8 10444 85.0 Missing
Valid cases 1834 Missing cases 10448
Question Route IF (JIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92,94) Asked if Household interview is refused.
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivisst Coversheet issue status
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Yes 1 11027 89.8 89.8
No/inac’sble hhold 0 2 741 6.0 6.0
No/retiring hhold 0 3 383 3.1 3.1
No/inlgble splt-off 4 131 1.1 1.1
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Whether household issued to field. ‘Inaccessibles’ are previous wave non-contact housholds where no address information is available. Retiring households are previous wave adamant refusals and deceased individuals being withdrawn from the active sample.
Variable Occurrence W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivconv Refusal conversion attempted
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Conversion attempted 1 343 2.8 18.7
No convrsion attempt 2 1488 12.1 81.3
Missing or wild -9 7 .1 Missing
Inapplicable -8 10444 85.0 Missing
Valid cases 1831 Missing cases 10451
Question Route IF (JIVFHO = 60,61,62,63,80,92,94) Asked if Household interview is refused.
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Indicates whether conversion attempted after an initial refusal to interviewer.
Variable Occurrence W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jivreis Re-issued to field
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Re-issued to field 1 242 2.0 13.2
No re-issue to field 2 1589 12.9 86.8
Missing or wild -9 7 .1 Missing
Inapplicable -8 10444 85.0 Missing
Valid cases 1831 Missing cases 10451
Question Route IF (JIVFHO = 60,61,62,63,80,92,94) Asked if Household interview is refused.
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Indicates household re-issued to field after conversion attempt.
Variable Occurrence W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jhhdc Document check – h/hold quest’re comp?
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non-int household 0 3521 28.7 28.7
Yes 1 8607 70.1 70.1
Telephone Q. only 3 154 1.3 1.3
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Identifies h/holds where no h/hold questionnaire completed.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jhhorig Sample Origin: original BHPS or ECHP
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Original sample 1 6333 51.6 51.6
ECHP – SCPR 2 541 4.4 4.4
ECHP – ONS 3 482 3.9 3.9
ECHP – NI 4 149 1.2 1.2
Wales new sample 5 2316 18.9 18.9
Scotland new sample 6 2461 20.0 20.0
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jxhwght Household Weight
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note See Vol. A on weighting.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jregion Region / Metropolitan area
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Inner London 1 205 1.7 2.2
Outer London 2 360 2.9 3.8
R. of South East 3 1101 9.0 11.7
South West 4 562 4.6 6.0
East Anglia 5 255 2.1 2.7
East Midlands 6 528 4.3 5.6
West Midlands Conurb 7 232 1.9 2.5
R. of West Midlands 8 327 2.7 3.5
Greater Manchester 9 264 2.1 2.8
Merseyside 10 127 1.0 1.4
R. of North West 11 277 2.3 3.0
South Yorkshire 12 149 1.2 1.6
West Yorkshire 13 222 1.8 2.4
Humber 14 204 1.7 2.2
Wear 15 149 1.2 1.6
R. of North 16 236 1.9 2.5
Wales 17 1852 15.1 19.8
Scotland 18 2175 17.7 23.2
Northern Ireland 19 149 1.2 1.6
Missing -9 2908 23.7 Missing
Valid cases 9374 Missing cases 2908
Question Route Internally computed from confidential data on Survey database.
Index Terms Geographic Location
Note Standard region, distinguishing former Metropolitan Counties, and Inner and Outer London.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jhhmove Mover household indicator
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non mover HH 1 7865 64.0 65.4
Mover household 2 1380 11.2 11.5
Part Mover HH 3 61 .5 .5
Whole HH deceased 4 120 1.0 1.0
HH out of scope 5 78 .6 .6
No elig. HH members 6 230 1.9 1.9
Unknown status 8 853 6.9 7.1
All FINLOC=0 9 1438 11.7 12.0
Inapplicable – new s -8 257 2.1 Missing
Valid cases 12025 Missing cases 257
Question Route Uses JIVNADD JIVIA JIVFHO on Record JHHSAMP.
Index Terms Geographic Mobility
Note Indicates whether expected OSMs of h/hold have moved since previous Wave. Non-mover h/hold = all OSMs resident at current Wave /also resident at previous Wave. New entrants may have moved in. Mover h/hold = all OSMs at new address. New entrants to the sample may have been resident at the address at time of previous wave.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ahid Household identification number – Wave 1
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6243 Missing cases 6039
Index Terms Key Linking Variable
Note Wave One variable to aid matching across waves.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jxhwghte ECHP Household weight
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note See Vol. A on weighting.
Variable Occurrence W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jxhwtsw1 Household weight -inc Scotland/Wales
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note This weight is to be used for the combined analysis of all the BHPS samples, including the new Scottish and Welsh samples. See Volume A, Section V.2.5.
Variable Occurrence W9 W10

jxhwtsw2 Household weight -only Scotland/Wales
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 12282 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note This weight is to be used for analysis of data for Scotland or Wales on their own, including data from all the BHPS samples. See Volume A, Section V.2.5.
Variable Occurrence W9 W10

jstrata Stratification class
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 11020 Missing cases 1262
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note This indicator distinguishes separate stratification classes used in the sampling procedure. See Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jpsu Primary Sampling Unit
Record Type JHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 11020 Missing cases 1262
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

jregion2 Government Office Region
Record Type JHHSAMP
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
North East 1 306 2.5 2.9
North West 2 775 6.3 7.4
Yorkshire and the Hu 3 591 4.8 5.6
East Midlands 4 545 4.4 5.2
West Midlands 5 581 4.7 5.5
East of England 6 526 4.3 5.0
London 7 587 4.8 5.6
South East 8 880 7.2 8.3
South West 9 579 4.7 5.5
Wales 10 2360 19.2 22.4
Scotland 11 2810 22.9 26.7
Missing -9 1742 14.2 Missing
Valid cases 10540 Missing cases 1742
Index Terms Geographic Location
Note Government Office Region created in 1994 and finalised in 1998 when Merseyside was merged into the North West.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18