| mhid | household identification number |
| mpno | person number |
| mjspno | spell number of labour force status |
| mjhstat | labour force status code |
| mjhbgd | day labour force spell began |
| mjhbgm | month labour force spell began |
| mjhbgy4 | year labour force spell began |
| mjhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| mjhsoc00 | occupation (soc2000): previous job |
| mjhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| mjhboss | had employees: previous job |
| mjhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| mjhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| mjhpldf | change of workplace: previous job |
| mjhsic92 | industry (sic92): previous job |
| mjhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| mjhpayl | pay at 1.9.2002: previous job |
| mjhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.2002 prev. job |
| mjhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.2002 prev. job |
| mjhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| mjblky | attraction of present job |
| mjhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| mjhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| mjhendy4 | year labour force spell ended |
| mjha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.2002 |
| mjhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| mjhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| mjhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| mjhisco | international soc : previous job |
| mjhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| mjhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| mjhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| mjhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| mjhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.2002: prev job spel |
| mjhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| mjhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| mjhgpayi | imputation flag – mjhgpay (derived) |
| mjhnpayi | imputation flag – mjhnpay (derived) |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| mjhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| mjhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| mjhsoc00_cc | occupation (soc2000): previous job – condensed classification |
| mjhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| mjhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |