| lhid | household identification number |
| lpno | person number |
| ljhstat | labour force status code |
| ljhbgd | day labour force spell began |
| ljhbgm | month labour force spell began |
| ljhbgy4 | year labour force spell began |
| ljspno | spell number of labour force status |
| ljhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| ljhsoc00 | occupation (soc2000): previous job |
| ljhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| ljhboss | had employees: previous job |
| ljhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| ljhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| ljhpldf | change of workplace: previous job |
| ljhsic92 | industry (sic92): previous job |
| ljhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| ljhpayl | pay at 1.9.2001: previous job |
| ljhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.2001 prev. job |
| ljhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.2001 prev. job |
| ljhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| ljblky | attraction of present job |
| ljhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| ljhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| ljhendy4 | year labour force spell ended |
| ljha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.2001 |
| ljhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| ljhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| ljhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| ljhisco | international soc : previous job |
| ljhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| ljhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| ljhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| ljhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| ljhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.2001: prev job spel |
| ljhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| ljhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| ljhgpayi | imputation flag – ljhgpay (derived) |
| ljhnpayi | imputation flag – ljhnpay (derived) |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| ljhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| ljhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| ljhsoc00_cc | occupation (soc2000): previous job – condensed classification |
| ljhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| ljhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |