BHPS Documentation and Questionnaires

Questionnaire

Individual (1)

Question Number and Text

OPNO : Office Code

Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
1	1948	43.4	43.4
2	1413	31.5	31.5
3	679	15.1	15.1
4	340	7.6	7.6
5	81	1.8	1.8
6	24	.5	.5
7	3	.1	.1
8	1	.0	.0

Valid cases	4489	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

ojspno

spell number of labour force status

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (76)

Question Number and Text

OJSPNO : Interviewer Check

Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
1	3415	76.1	76.1
2	796	17.7	17.7
3	205	4.6	4.6
4	53	1.2	1.2
5	13	.3	.3
6	5	.1	.1
7	1	.0	.0
8	1	.0	.0

Valid cases	4489	Missing cases	0

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004

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

ojhstat

labour force status code

Record Type

Employment: Labour Force Status

Questionnaire

Individual (76)

Question Number and Text

OJ9,OJ13,OJ15,OJ20 : 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	856	19.1	19.1
Empl self/diff emply	2	2070	46.1	46.3
Unemp/job seeking	3	440	9.8	9.8
Retd from pd emplymt	4	27	.6	.6
On maternity leave	5	43	1.0	1.0
Looking after family	6	200	4.5	4.5
F-t education	7	561	12.5	12.5
Lng trm sick/disabld	8	72	1.6	1.6
On govt trng scheme	9	25	.6	.6
Something else	10	180	4.0	4.0
Missing or wild	-9	2	.0	Missing
Not answered	-1	13	.3	Missing

Valid cases	4474	Missing cases	15

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004

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

ojhbgd

day labour force spell began

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (76)

Question Number and Text

OJ10D : And on what date did you start doing that? (Previous spell) Day

Valid cases	2444	Missing cases	2045

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

ojhbgm

month labour force spell began

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (76)

Question Number and Text

OJ10M,OJ13M : And on what date did you start doing that? (Previous spell) Month

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
January	1	330	7.4	8.1
February	2	241	5.4	5.9
March	3	273	6.1	6.7
April	4	295	6.6	7.3
May	5	237	5.3	5.8
June	6	361	8.0	8.9
July	7	293	6.5	7.2
August	8	395	8.8	9.7
September	9	904	20.1	22.2
October	10	301	6.7	7.4
November	11	256	5.7	6.3
December	12	181	4.0	4.5
Missing or wild	-9	3	.1	Missing
Refused	-2	1	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	418	9.3	Missing

Valid cases	4067	Missing cases	422

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004

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

ojhbgy4

year labour force spell began

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (76)

Question Number and Text

OJ10Y,OJ13Y : And on what date did you start doing that? (Previous spell) Year

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
2000.93	5.71	1954	2005

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Year given	1	4453	99.2	100.0
Missing or wild	-9	3	.1	Missing
Don’t know	-1	33	.7	Missing

Valid cases	4453	Missing cases	36

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004

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

ojhsoc

occupation (soc): previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Individual (77)

Question Number and Text

OJ14 : 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	2588	Missing cases	1901

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

ojhsoc00

occupation (soc2000): previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Individual (77)

Question Number and Text

OJ14 : 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	2789	Missing cases	1700

Index Terms

Note

See Coding frame in Appendix to Volume A.

Variable Occurrence

W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ojhsemp

employee or self-employed: previous job

Record Type

Employment: Labour Force Status

Questionnaire

Individual (78)

Question Number and Text

OJ16 : Were you a full-time employee a part-time employee or self- employed?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Full time employee	1	1397	31.1	70.4
Part time employee	2	458	10.2	23.1
Self-employed	3	130	2.9	6.5
Missing or wild	-9	17	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	2322	51.7	Missing
Proxy and or phone	-7	165	3.7	Missing

Valid cases	1985	Missing cases	2504

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2 AND OJHSTAT = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004 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

ojhboss

had employees: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (78)

Question Number and Text

OJ17 : Did you have any employees?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Yes	1	16	.4	12.3
No	2	114	2.5	87.7
Missing or wild	-9	17	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	4177	93.0	Missing
Proxy and or phone	-7	165	3.7	Missing

Valid cases	130	Missing cases	4359

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2 AND OJHSTAT = 2 AND OJHSEMP=3) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004 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

ojhsect

employing organisation: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (78)

Question Number and Text

OJ18 : Which of the types of organisation on this card (J3) did you work for?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Priv firm/compy	1	2104	46.9	75.4
Civ Serv/Cnt Gvt	2	68	1.5	2.4
Loc Gvt/twn hall	3	315	7.0	11.3
NHS/higher educ	4	147	3.3	5.3
Natlised indtry	5	14	.3	.5
Non-profit orgs.	6	70	1.6	2.5
Armed forces	7	20	.4	.7
Other	8	52	1.2	1.9
Missing or wild	-9	234	5.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1299	28.9	Missing
Proxy and or phone	-7	165	3.7	Missing
Not answered	-1	1	.0	Missing

Valid cases	2790	Missing cases	1699

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2 AND OJHSTAT = 2 AND OJHSEMP = 1 OR 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004 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

ojhmngr

managerial duties: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (78)

Question Number and Text

OJ19 : Did you have any managerial duties, or did you supervise any other employees?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Manager	1	389	8.7	16.0
Foreman/superv	2	264	5.9	10.9
Not mngr/superv	3	1771	39.5	73.1
Missing or wild	-9	260	5.8	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1634	36.4	Missing
Proxy and or phone	-7	165	3.7	Missing
Not answered	-1	6	.1	Missing

Valid cases	2424	Missing cases	2065

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2 AND (OJHSTAT = 1 OR 2) AND OJHSEMP = 1 OR 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004 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

ojhpldf

change of workplace: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (79)

Question Number and Text

OJ21 : Was this job at the same workplace as the job you told me about before?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Same workplace	1	642	14.3	78.9
Diff workplace	2	172	3.8	21.1
Missing or wild	-9	13	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	3495	77.9	Missing
Proxy and or phone	-7	165	3.7	Missing
Not answered	-1	2	.0	Missing

Valid cases	814	Missing cases	3675

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2 AND (OJHSTAT = 1) AND OJHSEMP = 1 OR 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004 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

ojhsic92

industry (sic92): previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Individual (79)

Question Number and Text

OJ22 : What did the firm/organisation you worked for actually make or do?

Valid cases	2963	Missing cases	1526

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

ojhsize

no. employed at workplace: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (79)

Question Number and Text

OJ23 : How many people (were employed/did you employ) at the place where you worked?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
1 – 2	1	163	3.6	5.6
3 – 9	2	465	10.4	15.9
10 – 24	3	534	11.9	18.3
25 – 49	4	404	9.0	13.8
50 – 99	5	322	7.2	11.0
100 – 199	6	276	6.1	9.4
200 – 499	7	296	6.6	10.1
500 – 999	8	179	4.0	6.1
1000 or more	9	246	5.5	8.4
DK/under 25	10	33	.7	1.1
DK/25+	11	6	.1	.2
Missing or wild	-9	209	4.7	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1155	25.7	Missing
Proxy and or phone	-7	165	3.7	Missing
Not answered	-1	36	.8	Missing

Valid cases	2924	Missing cases	1565

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2 AND (OJHSTAT = 1 AND OJHPLDF = 2) OR OJHSTAT= 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004 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

ojhpayl

pay at 1.9.2004: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (79)

Question Number and Text

OJ24 : Please think back to September 1st 2004 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
6098.17	11071.30	1	109000

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1	2422	54.0	100.0
Missing or wild	-9	19	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1504	33.5	Missing
Proxy and or phone	-7	165	3.7	Missing
Refused	-2	88	2.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	291	6.5	Missing

Valid cases	2422	Missing cases	2067

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004

Index Terms

Note

See Note for NJHPYLW.

Variable Occurrence

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

ojhpylw

pay period (weeks) 1.9.2004 prev. job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (80)

Question Number and Text

OJ25OC : How long a period did that cover?

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
15.75	21.93	-5	52

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	2293	51.1	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	21	.5	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1883	41.9	Missing
Proxy and or phone	-7.00	165	3.7	Missing
One-off payment	-5.00	1	.0	Missing
Per hour	-4.00	125	2.8	Missing
Period uncodeable	-3.00	1	.0	Missing

Valid cases	2293	Missing cases	2196

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2 AND OJHPAYL GT 0) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004 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 OJHPAYL), and period in weeks which it covered (here OJHPYLW). 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

ojhpylg

pay gross or net at 1.9.2004 prev. job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (80)

Question Number and Text

OJ26 : 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	1323	29.5	54.8
After deductions	2	918	20.4	38.0
No deductions	3	172	3.8	7.1
Missing or wild	-9	19	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1883	41.9	Missing
Proxy and or phone	-7	165	3.7	Missing
Don’t know	-1	9	.2	Missing

Valid cases	2413	Missing cases	2076

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2 AND OJHPAYL GT 0) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004 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

ojhstpy

reason for stopping previous job

Record Type

Employment History: Reasons for Leaving and Taking Jobs

Questionnaire

Individual (80)

Question Number and Text

OJ27 : 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	450	10.0	15.5
Left for better job	2	786	17.5	27.1
Made redundant	3	244	5.4	8.4
Dismissed or sacked	4	62	1.4	2.1
Temporary job ended	5	210	4.7	7.2
Took retirement	6	134	3.0	4.6
Stopped health reas	7	130	2.9	4.5
Left to have baby	8	58	1.3	2.0
Children/home care	9	48	1.1	1.7
Care of other person	10	11	.2	.4
Moved area	11	74	1.6	2.5
Started college/univ	12	93	2.1	3.2
Other reason	13	604	13.5	20.8
Missing or wild	-9	81	1.8	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1504	33.5	Missing

Valid cases	2904	Missing cases	1585

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004

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

ojblky

attraction of present job

Record Type

Employment History: Reasons for Leaving and Taking Jobs

Questionnaire

Individual (80)

Question Number and Text

OJ28 : What was the main thing about your present job that attracted you to it?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
More/bettr money	1	182	4.1	29.2
Promot prospects	2	50	1.1	8.0
More responsibl	3	10	.2	1.6
Job security	4	39	.9	6.3
More interes job	5	45	1.0	7.2
Specific type work	6	60	1.3	9.6
Be own boss	7	7	.2	1.1
Grter initiative	8	12	.3	1.9
Less commuting	9	24	.5	3.8
Less hours	10	3	.1	.5
More flex hrs	11	30	.7	4.8
Health reasons	12	1	.0	.2
To use skills	13	28	.6	4.5
Less dmandng wrk	14	8	.2	1.3
Prefer this job	15	12	.3	1.9
New job better	16	2	.0	.3
Other	96	111	2.5	17.8
Missing or wild	-9	44	1.0	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	3656	81.4	Missing
Proxy and or phone	-7	165	3.7	Missing

Valid cases	624	Missing cases	3865

Question Route

IF (OCJSBLY = 2 AND OJHSTPY = 2) Asked if R’s current job status began after Sept 1st 2004 and left last job for better one

Index Terms

Note

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

Variable Occurrence

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

ojhendd

day labour force spell ended

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	3477	Missing cases	1012

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

ojhendm

month labour force spell ended

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
January	1	367	8.2	8.2
February	2	276	6.1	6.2
March	3	257	5.7	5.8
April	4	310	6.9	7.0
May	5	247	5.5	5.5
June	6	353	7.9	7.9
July	7	338	7.5	7.6
August	8	394	8.8	8.8
September	9	918	20.4	20.6
October	10	430	9.6	9.7
November	11	346	7.7	7.8
December	12	219	4.9	4.9
Missing or wild	-9	2	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	32	.7	Missing

Valid cases	4455	Missing cases	34

Question Route

Uses OJSPNO OJHBGD OJHBGM OJHBGY4 on Record OJOBHIST. Uses OCJSBGD OCJSBGM OCJSBGY4 on Record OINDRESP.

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

ojhendy4

year labour force spell ended

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	2004	1068	23.8	23.9
	2005	3377	75.2	75.6
	2006	19	.4	.4
Missing or wild	-9	2	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	23	.5	Missing

Valid cases	4464	Missing cases	25

Question Route

Uses OJSPNO OJHBGD OJHBGM OJHBGY4 on Record OJOBHIST. Uses OCJSBGD OCJSBGM OCJSBGY4 on Record OINDRESP.

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

ojha9ly

whether job started after 1.9.2004

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Sept 2004 or before	1	3275	73.0	75.8
After Sept 2004	2	1046	23.3	24.2
Inapplicable	-8	168	3.7	Missing

Valid cases	4321	Missing cases	168

Question Route

Uses OJSPNO on Record OJOBHIST. Uses OJLYID on Record OINDRESP.

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

ojhseg

socio economic group: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Employers,large	1	1	.0	.0
Managers,large	2	219	4.9	7.9
Employers,small	3	12	.3	.4
Managers,small	4	137	3.1	4.9
Professional Self-em	5	8	.2	.3
Professional employe	6	109	2.4	3.9
Int. non-manual,work	7	375	8.4	13.4
Int. non-man,foreman	8	77	1.7	2.8
Junior non-manual	9	727	16.2	26.1
Personal service wrk	10	274	6.1	9.8
Foreman manual	11	69	1.5	2.5
Skilled manual wkrs	12	243	5.4	8.7
Semi-skilled manual	13	322	7.2	11.5
Unskilled manual wkr	14	124	2.8	4.4
Own account wkrs	15	69	1.5	2.5
Farmers – employers,	16	1	.0	.0
Farmers – own accoun	17	1	.0	.0
Agricultural workers	18	13	.3	.5
Members of armed for	19	8	.2	.3
Missing	-9	150	3.3	Missing
Not Applicable	-8	1550	34.5	Missing

Valid cases	2789	Missing cases	1700

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

ojhgold

goldthorpe social class: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Service class,higher	1	316	7.0	12.9
Service class,lower	2	456	10.2	18.6
Routine non-manual e	3	435	9.7	17.7
Personal service wor	4	302	6.7	12.3
Sml props w employee	5	10	.2	.4
Sml props w/o employ	6	58	1.3	2.4
Farmers,Smallholders	7	5	.1	.2
Foreman,Technicians	8	158	3.5	6.4
Skilled manual worke	9	179	4.0	7.3
Semi,unskilled manua	10	528	11.8	21.5
Agricultural workers	11	11	.2	.4
Missing	-9	150	3.3	Missing
Not Applicable	-8	1881	41.9	Missing

Valid cases	2458	Missing cases	2031

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

ojhrgsc

rg social class: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Professional occ	1	117	2.6	4.2
technic	2	755	16.8	27.1
Skilled non-manual	3	796	17.7	28.5
Skilled manual	4	454	10.1	16.3
Partly skilled occ	5	525	11.7	18.8
Unskilled occ	6	134	3.0	4.8
Armed forces	7	8	.2	.3
Missing or wild	-9	150	3.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1550	34.5	Missing

Valid cases	2789	Missing cases	1700

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

ojhisco

international soc : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	2458	Missing cases	2031

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

ojhcssm

cambridge scale males : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
33.98	17.33	1.30	85.04

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	2458	54.8	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	150	3.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1881	41.9	Missing

Valid cases	2458	Missing cases	2031

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

ojhcssf

cambridge scale females : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
34.50	18.26	1.34	97.70

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	2458	54.8	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	150	3.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1881	41.9	Missing

Valid cases	2458	Missing cases	2031

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

ojhhgs

hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
44.42	16.09	0	82.05

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	3	.1	.1
Amount Stated	1.00	2455	54.7	99.9
Missing or wild	-9.00	150	3.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1881	41.9	Missing

Valid cases	2458	Missing cases	2031

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

ojhsec

socio-economic class: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Employers large org	10	1	.0	.0
Higher managerial	20	34	.8	1.2
Higher prof tradn’l	31	101	2.2	3.6
Higher prof new emp	32	42	.9	1.5
High prof trad s.emp	33	6	.1	.2
High prof new s.emp	34	5	.1	.2
Lower Prof trad emps	41	311	6.9	11.2
Lower Prof new emps	42	17	.4	.6
Lwr Prof trad s.emp	43	21	.5	.8
Lower Prof new s.emp	44	1	.0	.0
Lower manag occupns	50	249	5.5	8.9
Hgher supervis occup	60	29	.6	1.0
admin	71	215	4.8	7.7
serv	72	259	5.8	9.3
aux	73	46	1.0	1.6
Intermed engineering	74	15	.3	.5
Emp,small (non-prof)	81	13	.3	.5
Own acct wkrs(n.pro)	91	73	1.6	2.6
Own acct wkrs(agric)	92	3	.1	.1
Lwr supervis occups	100	85	1.9	3.0
Lwr technical craft	111	94	2.1	3.4
Lwr tech process op	112	15	.3	.5
Semi-routine sales	121	255	5.7	9.1
Semi-routine service	122	203	4.5	7.3
Semi-routine tech	123	32	.7	1.1
Semi-routine op	124	76	1.7	2.7
Semi-routine agric	125	4	.1	.1
Semi-routine cleri	126	52	1.2	1.9
Semi-rtne childcare	127	37	.8	1.3
serv	131	135	3.0	4.8
Routine production	132	51	1.1	1.8
Routine technical	133	126	2.8	4.5
Routine operative	134	172	3.8	6.2
Routine agricultrl	135	11	.2	.4
Missing	-9	11	.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1689	37.6	Missing

Valid cases	2789	Missing cases	1700

Question Route

Uses OJHSOC00 OJHSEMP OJHMNGR OJHSIZE OJHBOSS on Record OJOBHIST.

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

ojhspw

weeks in year to 1.9.2004: prev job spel

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
25.97	17.18	0	52.14

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	90	2.0	2.0
Amount Stated	1.00	4349	96.9	98.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	50	1.1	Missing

Valid cases	4439	Missing cases	50

Question Route

Uses OJSPNO OJHBGD OJHBGM OJHBGY4 OJHSTAT OJHENDD OJHENDDM OJHENDY4 on Record OJOBHIST. Uses OJLYID on Record OINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of weeks of job history spell falling in reference year: 1 September 2004 – 31 August 2005. Used in calculation of annual measures of duration in states and annual incomes. it is not the total spell length. Neasure 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

ojhgpay

monthly gross pay: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1351.15	1937.72	1.08	84002

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	2926	65.2	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	15	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1548	34.5	Missing

Valid cases	2926	Missing cases	1563

Question Route

Uses OSEX OMLSTAT OJBPENM OSPJB OCJSBLY OAGE on Record OINDRESP. Uses OJHA9LY OJHPAYL OJHPYLW OJHPYLG OJHSPW OJHSTAT OJHBGD OJHBGM OJHBGY4 on Record OJOBHIST.

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 1.9.2004, 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 OJHGPAYI 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

ojhnpay

monthly net pay: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1059.12	1218.86	1.08	49977

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	2912	64.9	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	29	.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1548	34.5	Missing

Valid cases	2912	Missing cases	1577

Question Route

Uses OSEX OMLSTAT OJBPENM OSPJB OCJSBLY OAGE on Record OINDRESP. Uses OJHA9LY OJHPAYL OJHPYLW OJHPYLG OJHSPW OJHSTAT OJHBGD OJHBGM OJHBGY4 on Record OJOBHIST.

Index Terms