BHPS Documentation and Questionnaires

Questionnaire

Individual (1)

Question Number and Text

KPNO : Office Code

Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
1	2737	45.8	45.8
2	1879	31.5	31.5
3	836	14.0	14.0
4	364	6.1	6.1
5	107	1.8	1.8
6	26	.4	.4
7	15	.3	.3
8	6	.1	.1
9	2	.0	.0
10	1	.0	.0

Valid cases	5973	Missing cases	0

Question Route

ALL

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

kjhstat

labour force status code

Record Type

Employment: Labour Force Status

Questionnaire

Individual (92)

Question Number and Text

KJ9,KJ13,KJ15,KJ20 : Can you look at this card (J2) please and tell me which of the descriptions comes closest to what you were doing immediately before then?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Diff job same emplye	1	1068	17.9	18.3
Empl self/diff emply	2	2739	45.9	46.9
Unemp/job seeking	3	627	10.5	10.7
Retd from pd emplymt	4	55	.9	.9
On maternity leave	5	42	.7	.7
Looking after family	6	275	4.6	4.7
F-t education	7	637	10.7	10.9
Lng trm sick/disabld	8	94	1.6	1.6
On govt trng scheme	9	43	.7	.7
Something else	10	254	4.3	4.4
Missing or wild	-9	5	.1	Missing
Refused	-2	3	.1	Missing
Not answered	-1	131	2.2	Missing

Valid cases	5834	Missing cases	139

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000

Index Terms

Note

See definitions in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhbgd

day labour force spell began

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (92)

Question Number and Text

KJ10D : And on what date did you start doing that? (Previous spell) Day

Valid cases	2577	Missing cases	3396

Index Terms

Note

See definitions in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhbgm

month labour force spell began

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (92)

Question Number and Text

KJ10M,KJ13M : And on what date did you start doing that? (Previous spell) Month

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
January	1	450	7.5	8.6
February	2	322	5.4	6.1
March	3	361	6.0	6.9
April	4	365	6.1	7.0
May	5	342	5.7	6.5
June	6	458	7.7	8.7
July	7	434	7.3	8.3
August	8	544	9.1	10.4
September	9	1029	17.2	19.6
October	10	407	6.8	7.8
November	11	325	5.4	6.2
December	12	206	3.4	3.9
Missing or wild	-9	1	.0	Missing
Refused	-2	4	.1	Missing
Don’t know	-1	725	12.1	Missing

Valid cases	5243	Missing cases	730

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000

Index Terms

Note

See definitions in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhbgy4

year labour force spell began

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (92)

Question Number and Text

KJ10Y,KJ13Y : And on what date did you start doing that? (Previous spell) Year

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1997.19	5.73	1940	2002

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Year given	1	5784	96.8	100.0
Refused	-2	4	.1	Missing
Don’t know	-1	185	3.1	Missing

Valid cases	5784	Missing cases	189

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000

Index Terms

Note

See definitions in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjspno

spell number of labour force status

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (92)

Question Number and Text

KJSPNO : Interviewer Check

Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
1	4387	73.4	73.4
2	1107	18.5	18.5
3	311	5.2	5.2
4	98	1.6	1.6
5	35	.6	.6
6	14	.2	.2
7	11	.2	.2
8	6	.1	.1
9	4	.1	.1

Valid cases	5973	Missing cases	0

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000

Index Terms

Key Linking Variable

Note

See definitions in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhsoc

occupation (soc): previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Individual (93)

Question Number and Text

KJ14 : Could you give me some details of the job which you started in (DATE AT J13). Please tell me the exact job title and describe fully the sort of work you did.

Valid cases	3299	Missing cases	2674

Index Terms

Note

See definitions in Vol. A and the SOC coding frame in Appendix to Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhsoc00

occupation (soc2000): previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Individual (93)

Question Number and Text

KJ14 : Could you give me some details of the job which you started in (DATE AT J13). Please tell me the exact job title and describe fully the sort of work you did.

Valid cases	3704	Missing cases	2269

Index Terms

Note

See Coding frame in Appendix to Volume A.

Variable Occurrence

W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhsemp

employee or self-employed: previous job

Record Type

Employment: Labour Force Status

Questionnaire

Individual (94)

Question Number and Text

KJ16 : Were you a full-time employee a part-time employee or self- employed?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Full time employee	1	1958	32.8	72.0
Part time employee	2	566	9.5	20.8
Self-employed	3	195	3.3	7.2
Missing or wild	-9	154	2.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	3095	51.8	Missing
Refused	-2	1	.0	Missing
Not answered	-1	4	.1	Missing

Valid cases	2719	Missing cases	3254

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2 AND KJHSTAT = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000 and was employed but not by current employer or was self employed

Index Terms

Employment: Self-Employment

Note

Since Wave Two this has been a three category variable and thus not strictly comparable with the Wave One equivalent.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhboss

had employees: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (94)

Question Number and Text

KJ17 : Did you have any employees?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Yes	1	35	.6	17.9
No	2	160	2.7	82.1
Missing or wild	-9	154	2.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	5624	94.2	Missing

Valid cases	195	Missing cases	5778

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2 AND KJHSTAT = 2 AND KJHSEMP=3) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000 and was self- employed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhsect

employing organisation: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (94)

Question Number and Text

KJ18 : Which of the types of organisation on this card (J3) did you work for?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Priv firm/compy	1	2985	50.0	79.1
Civ Serv/Cnt Gvt	2	114	1.9	3.0
Loc Gvt/twn hall	3	300	5.0	7.9
NHS/higher educ	4	180	3.0	4.8
Natlised indtry	5	28	.5	.7
Non-profit orgs.	6	90	1.5	2.4
Armed forces	7	19	.3	.5
Other	8	58	1.0	1.5
Missing or wild	-9	486	8.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1713	28.7	Missing

Valid cases	3774	Missing cases	2199

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2 AND KJHSTAT = 2 AND KJHSEMP = 1 OR 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000 and was employed F/T or P/T

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhmngr

managerial duties: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (94)

Question Number and Text

KJ19 : Did you have any managerial duties, or did you supervise any other employees?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Manager	1	514	8.6	14.9
Foreman/superv	2	361	6.0	10.5
Not mngr/superv	3	2568	43.0	74.6
Missing or wild	-9	300	5.0	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	2227	37.3	Missing
Not answered	-1	3	.1	Missing

Valid cases	3443	Missing cases	2530

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2 AND (KJHSTAT = 1 OR 2) AND KJHSEMP = 1 OR 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000 and was employed F/T or P/T

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhpldf

change of workplace: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (95)

Question Number and Text

KJ21 : Was this job at the same workplace as the job you told me about before?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Same workplace	1	828	13.9	77.7
Diff workplace	2	237	4.0	22.3
Missing or wild	-9	141	2.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	4766	79.8	Missing
Not answered	-1	1	.0	Missing

Valid cases	1065	Missing cases	4908

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2 AND (KJHSTAT = 1) AND KJHSEMP = 1 OR 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000 and was employed F/T or P/T

Index Terms

Note

Same workplace means same geographical site.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15

kjhsic

industry (sic): previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Individual (95)

Question Number and Text

KJ22 : What did the firm/organisation you worked for actually make or do?

Valid cases	3533	Missing cases	2440

Index Terms

Employment: Sector and Duties

Note

See SIC coding frame in Appendix to Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12

kjhsic92

industry (sic92): previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Individual (95)

Question Number and Text

KJ22 : What did the firm/organisation you worked for actually make or do?

Valid cases	393	Missing cases	5580

Index Terms

Employment: Sector and Duties

Note

See Coding frame in Appendix to Volume A.

Variable Occurrence

W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhsize

no. employed at workplace: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (95)

Question Number and Text

KJ23 : How many people (were employed/did you employ) at the place where you worked?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
1 – 2	1	242	4.1	6.0
3 – 9	2	610	10.2	15.2
10 – 24	3	710	11.9	17.7
25 – 49	4	553	9.3	13.8
50 – 99	5	441	7.4	11.0
100 – 199	6	372	6.2	9.3
200 – 499	7	434	7.3	10.8
500 – 999	8	207	3.5	5.2
1000 or more	9	364	6.1	9.1
DK/under 25	10	62	1.0	1.5
DK/25+	11	18	.3	.4
Missing or wild	-9	433	7.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1484	24.8	Missing
Refused	-2	2	.0	Missing
Not answered	-1	41	.7	Missing

Valid cases	4013	Missing cases	1960

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2 AND (KJHSTAT = 1 AND KJHPLDF = 2) OR KJHSTAT= 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000 and workplace/job/or employer is different to that in previous spell

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhpayl

pay at 1.9.2000: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (95)

Question Number and Text

KJ24 : Please think back to September 1st 2000 or to when you started that job, if that is more recent. At that time, how much were you usually paid?

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
5653.57	15131.37	0	615000

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	0	3	.1	.1
Amount Stated	1	3247	54.4	99.9
Missing or wild	-9	155	2.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	2027	33.9	Missing
Refused	-2	139	2.3	Missing
Don’t know	-1	402	6.7	Missing

Valid cases	3250	Missing cases	2723

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000

Index Terms

Note

See Note for KJHPYLW.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhpylw

pay period (weeks) 1.9.2000 prev. job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (96)

Question Number and Text

KJ25OC : How long a period did that cover?

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
15.51	21.95	-5	52

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	3052	51.1	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	165	2.8	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	2568	43.0	Missing
One-off payment	-5.00	1	.0	Missing
Per hour	-4.00	184	3.1	Missing
Period uncodeable	-3.00	3	.1	Missing

Valid cases	3052	Missing cases	2921

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2 AND KJHPAYL GT 0) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000 and has reported earnings

Index Terms

Note

Variables associated with payments or receipts include two for each, the amount of the receipt or payment (here KJHPAYL), and period in weeks which it covered (here KJHPYLW). These variables should not be used without first converting to a common time metric (e.g. dividing by the number of weeks). You should be aware that for a small number of cases the period of receipt is less than one week; in these cases, you may wish to take special action.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhpylg

pay gross or net at 1.9.2000 prev. job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (96)

Question Number and Text

KJ26 : And was that before or after any deductions for tax, national insurance, union dues and so on or were there no deductions at all usually made from your pay?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Before deductions	1	1872	31.3	57.8
After deductions	2	1101	18.4	34.0
No deductions	3	268	4.5	8.3
Missing or wild	-9	155	2.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	2568	43.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	9	.2	Missing

Valid cases	3241	Missing cases	2732

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2 AND KJHPAYL GT 0) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000 and has reported earnings

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhstpy

reason for stopping previous job

Record Type

Employment History: Reasons for Leaving and Taking Jobs

Questionnaire

Individual (96)

Question Number and Text

KJ27 : Would you look at this card (J4) please and tell me which of the statements on the card best describes why you stopped doing that job?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Promoted	1	604	10.1	16.0
Left for better job	2	948	15.9	25.0
Made redundant	3	363	6.1	9.6
Dismissed or sacked	4	70	1.2	1.8
Temporary job ended	5	313	5.2	8.3
Took retirement	6	146	2.4	3.9
Stopped health reas	7	140	2.3	3.7
Left to have baby	8	62	1.0	1.6
Children/home care	9	77	1.3	2.0
Care of other person	10	6	.1	.2
Moved area	11	141	2.4	3.7
Started college/univ	12	115	1.9	3.0
Other reason	13	800	13.4	21.1
Missing or wild	-9	156	2.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	2027	33.9	Missing
Refused	-2	3	.1	Missing
Not answered	-1	2	.0	Missing

Valid cases	3785	Missing cases	2188

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000

Index Terms

Note

Records main reason. New categories (12) ‘Moved away’ and (13) ‘Started college or university’ coded from ‘other’ responses at Wave 5. From Wave 6 these categories were added to the showcard as (11) ‘Moved away’ and (12) ‘Started college or university’, ‘Other’ becomes (13).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjblky

attraction of present job

Record Type

Employment History: Reasons for Leaving and Taking Jobs

Questionnaire

Individual (96)

Question Number and Text

KJ28 : What was the main thing about your present job that attracted you to it?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
More/bettr money	1	253	4.2	34.0
Promot prospects	2	67	1.1	9.0
More responsibl	3	12	.2	1.6
Job security	4	26	.4	3.5
More interes job	5	41	.7	5.5
Specific type work	6	58	1.0	7.8
Be own boss	7	9	.2	1.2
Grter initiative	8	15	.3	2.0
Less commuting	9	23	.4	3.1
Less hours	10	6	.1	.8
More flex hrs	11	28	.5	3.8
Health reasons	12	1	.0	.1
To use skills	13	33	.6	4.4
Less dmandng wrk	14	11	.2	1.5
Prefer this job	15	27	.5	3.6
New job better	16	25	.4	3.4
Other	96	109	1.8	14.7
Missing or wild	-9	199	3.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	5028	84.2	Missing
Not answered	-1	2	.0	Missing

Valid cases	744	Missing cases	5229

Question Route

IF (KCJSBLY = 2 AND KJHSTPY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2000 and left last job for better one

Index Terms

Note

Asked for first job only, i.e. where KJSPNO = 1.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhendd

day labour force spell ended

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	5332	Missing cases	641

Index Terms

Note

End date (day) of job history spell, computed as start date of following job spell. if spell number is 1, end date is taken as start date of current spell.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhendm

month labour force spell ended

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
January	1	497	8.3	8.5
February	2	330	5.5	5.6
March	3	368	6.2	6.3
April	4	426	7.1	7.3
May	5	324	5.4	5.5
June	6	447	7.5	7.7
July	7	457	7.7	7.8
August	8	448	7.5	7.7
September	9	1054	17.6	18.0
October	10	718	12.0	12.3
November	11	472	7.9	8.1
December	12	302	5.1	5.2
Missing or wild	-9	4	.1	Missing
Refused	-2	3	.1	Missing
Don’t know	-1	123	2.1	Missing

Valid cases	5843	Missing cases	130

Question Route

Uses KJSPNO KJHBGD KJHBGM KJHBGY4 on Record KJOBHIST. Uses KCJSBGD KCJSBGM KCJSBGY4 on Record KINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

End date (month) of job history spell, computed as start date of following job spell. if spell number is 1, end date is taken as start date of current spell.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhendy4

year labour force spell ended

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	2000	1273	21.3	21.7
	2001	4512	75.5	76.8
	2002	90	1.5	1.5
Missing or wild	-9	4	.1	Missing
Refused	-2	3	.1	Missing
Don’t know	-1	91	1.5	Missing

Valid cases	5875	Missing cases	98

Question Route

Uses KJSPNO KJHBGD KJHBGM KJHBGY4 on Record KJOBHIST. Uses KCJSBGD KCJSBGM KCJSBGY4 on Record KINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

End date (year) of job history spell, computed as start date of following job spell. if spell number is 1, end date is taken as start date of current spell.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjha9ly

whether job started after 1.9.2000

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Sept 2000 or before	1	4378	73.3	73.4
After Sept 2000	2	1586	26.6	26.6
Inapplicable	-8	9	.2	Missing

Valid cases	5964	Missing cases	9

Question Route

Uses KJSPNO on Record KJOBHIST. Uses KJLYID on Record KINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

This is a derived variable (in Wave One, it was result of an interviewer check).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhseg

socio economic group: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Employers,large	1	4	.1	.1
Managers,large	2	249	4.2	6.7
Employers,small	3	20	.3	.5
Managers,small	4	192	3.2	5.2
Professional Self-em	5	16	.3	.4
Professional employe	6	147	2.5	4.0
Int. non-manual,work	7	525	8.8	14.2
Int. non-man,foreman	8	95	1.6	2.6
Junior non-manual	9	885	14.8	23.9
Personal service wrk	10	308	5.2	8.3
Foreman manual	11	112	1.9	3.0
Skilled manual wkrs	12	381	6.4	10.3
Semi-skilled manual	13	420	7.0	11.3
Unskilled manual wkr	14	205	3.4	5.5
Own account wkrs	15	99	1.7	2.7
Farmers – employers,	16	4	.1	.1
Farmers – own accoun	17	3	.1	.1
Agricultural workers	18	30	.5	.8
Members of armed for	19	6	.1	.2
Missing	-9	245	4.1	Missing
Not Applicable	-8	2027	33.9	Missing

Valid cases	3701	Missing cases	2272

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Note

Computes the Socio-Economic Group for jobs in annual employment history, based on the 3 digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), and employment status variables. See Appendix to Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhgold

goldthorpe social class: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Service class,higher	1	388	6.5	12.1
Service class,lower	2	608	10.2	18.9
Routine non-manual e	3	541	9.1	16.8
Personal service wor	4	331	5.5	10.3
Sml props w employee	5	16	.3	.5
Sml props w/o employ	6	90	1.5	2.8
Farmers,Smallholders	7	14	.2	.4
Foreman,Technicians	8	203	3.4	6.3
Skilled manual worke	9	253	4.2	7.9
Semi,unskilled manua	10	750	12.6	23.3
Agricultural workers	11	20	.3	.6
Missing	-9	242	4.1	Missing
Not Applicable	-8	2517	42.1	Missing

Valid cases	3214	Missing cases	2759

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Note

Computes the Goldthorpe social class classification for jobs in the annual employment history, based on the 3 digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), and employment status variables. See Appendix to Vol. A for details.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhrgsc

rg social class: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Professional occ	1	164	2.7	4.4
technic	2	987	16.5	26.7
Skilled non-manual	3	971	16.3	26.2
Skilled manual	4	668	11.2	18.0
Partly skilled occ	5	694	11.6	18.8
Unskilled occ	6	211	3.5	5.7
Armed forces	7	6	.1	.2
Missing or wild	-9	245	4.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	2027	33.9	Missing

Valid cases	3701	Missing cases	2272

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Note

Computes Registrar General’s Social Class for jobs in annual employment history, based on the 3 digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), and employment status variables. See Appendix to Vol. A for details.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhisco

international soc : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	3214	Missing cases	2759

Index Terms

Note

This is a ‘STRING’ variable – an alphanumeric. Computed using CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork, and coding frame for ISCO in Appendix to Vol. A. International Labour Office (1990) `International Standard Classification of Occupations: ISCO 88. Geneva: International Labour Office.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhcssm

cambridge scale males : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
33.56	17.49	1.30	85.04

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	3214	53.8	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	242	4.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	2517	42.1	Missing

Valid cases	3214	Missing cases	2759

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

Computed using the CAMCON utility in CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork, Vol. A. See also Prandy K (1990) `The Revised Cambridge Scale of Occupations’, Sociology 24, pp 629-655.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhcssf

cambridge scale females : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
33.98	18.33	1.34	88.86

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	3214	53.8	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	242	4.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	2517	42.1	Missing

Valid cases	3214	Missing cases	2759

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

Computed using the CAMCON utility in CASOC. See Vol. A. See also Prandy K (1990) `The Revised Cambridge Scale of Occupations’, Sociology 24, pp 629-655.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhhgs

hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
43.96	16.02	0	82.05

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	4	.1	.1
Amount Stated	1.00	3210	53.7	99.9
Missing or wild	-9.00	242	4.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	2517	42.1	Missing

Valid cases	3214	Missing cases	2759

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

Computed using CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork Vol. A. See also Goldthorpe, JH and Hope, K (1984) The Social Grading of Occupations: A New Approach and Scale, Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhsec

socio-economic class: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Employers large org	10	4	.1	.1
Higher managerial	20	59	1.0	1.6
Higher prof tradn’l	31	140	2.3	3.8
Higher prof new emp	32	64	1.1	1.7
High prof trad s.emp	33	15	.3	.4
High prof new s.emp	34	1	.0	.0
Lower Prof trad emps	41	442	7.4	11.9
Lower Prof new emps	42	43	.7	1.2
Lwr Prof trad s.emp	43	19	.3	.5
Lower Prof new s.emp	44	4	.1	.1
Lower manag occupns	50	284	4.8	7.7
Hgher supervis occup	60	31	.5	.8
admin	71	291	4.9	7.9
serv	72	260	4.4	7.0
aux	73	53	.9	1.4
Intermed engineering	74	33	.6	.9
Emp,small (non-prof)	81	22	.4	.6
Emp,small (agricult)	82	2	.0	.1
Own acct wkrs(n.pro)	91	110	1.8	3.0
Own acct wkrs(agric)	92	10	.2	.3
Lwr supervis occups	100	139	2.3	3.8
Lwr technical craft	111	127	2.1	3.4
Lwr tech process op	112	36	.6	1.0
Semi-routine sales	121	280	4.7	7.6
Semi-routine service	122	264	4.4	7.1
Semi-routine tech	123	34	.6	.9
Semi-routine op	124	114	1.9	3.1
Semi-routine agric	125	17	.3	.5
Semi-routine cleri	126	86	1.4	2.3
Semi-rtne childcare	127	35	.6	.9
serv	131	158	2.6	4.3
Routine production	132	81	1.4	2.2
Routine technical	133	204	3.4	5.5
Routine operative	134	232	3.9	6.3
Routine agricultrl	135	7	.1	.2
Missing	-9	142	2.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	2130	35.7	Missing

Valid cases	3701	Missing cases	2272

Question Route

Uses KJHSOC00 KJHSEMP KJHMNGR KJHSIZE KJHBOSS on Record KJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Note

See full Coding frame in Appendix to Volume A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhspw

weeks in year to 1.9.2001: prev job spel

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
25.87	17.57	0	52.14

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	229	3.8	3.9
Amount Stated	1.00	5585	93.5	96.1
Missing or wild	-9.00	159	2.7	Missing

Valid cases	5814	Missing cases	159

Question Route

Uses KJSPNO KJHBGD KJHBGM KJHBGY4 KJHSTAT KJHENDD KJHENDDM KJHENDY4 on Record KJOBHIST. Uses KJLYID on Record KINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of weeks of job history spell falling in reference year: 1 September 2000 – 31 August 2001. Used in calculation of annual measures of duration in states and annual incomes. it is not the total spell length. Measure is exact (i.e. number of days divided by seven).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhgpay

monthly gross pay: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1221.52	1468.15	0	51210.60

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	3	.1	.1
Amount Stated	1.00	3804	63.7	99.9
Missing or wild	-9.00	139	2.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	2027	33.9	Missing

Valid cases	3807	Missing cases	2166

Question Route

Uses KSEX KMLSTAT KJBPENM KSPJB KCJSBLY KAGE on Record KINDRESP. Uses KJHA9LY KJHPAYL KJHPYLW KJHPYLG KJHSPW KJHSTAT KJHBGD KJHBGM KJHBGY4 on Record KJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Measures gross monthly rate of wage, salary or self- employment income in the employment spell. Based on the payment at the start date or at 1.9.2000, depending on which is available, converted from net to gross where necessary, in the light of information about sex, marital status, spouse’s employment status and pension membership. Start date is used to determine appropriate tax and National Insurance regime. Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable KJHGPAYI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

kjhnpay

monthly net pay: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
968.61	1029.97	0	31105.10

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	3	.1	.1
Amount Stated	1.00	3797	63.6	99.9
Missing or wild	-9.00	146	2.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	2027	33.9	Missing

Valid cases	3800	Missing cases	2173

Question Route

Uses KSEX KMLSTAT KJBPENM KSPJB KCJSBLY KAGE on Record KINDRESP. Uses KJHA9LY KJHPAYL KJHPYLW KJHPYLG KJHSPW KJHSTAT KJHBGD KJHBGM KJHBGY4 on Record KJOBHIST.

Index Terms