BHPS Documentation and Questionnaires

Employment: Labour Force Status

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Diff job same emplye	1	160	4.9	4.9
Empl self/diff emply	2	1893	58.2	58.3
Unemp/job seeking	3	495	15.2	15.3
Retd from pd emplymt	4	29	.9	.9
On maternity leave	5	42	1.3	1.3
Looking after family	6	130	4.0	4.0
F-t education	7	289	8.9	8.9
Lng trm sick/disabld	8	43	1.3	1.3
On govt trng scheme	9	20	.6	.6
Something else	10	144	4.4	4.4
Missing or wild	-9	3	.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	4	.1	Missing
Not answered	-1	1	.0	Missing

Valid cases	3245	Missing cases	8

Question Route

Uses PJHSTAT on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OJBSTAT on Record OINDRESP.

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

pjhendd

day labour force spell ended

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	2445	Missing cases	808

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

pjhendm

month labour force spell ended

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
January	1	255	7.8	7.9
February	2	180	5.5	5.6
March	3	282	8.7	8.7
April	4	225	6.9	7.0
May	5	227	7.0	7.0
June	6	363	11.2	11.2
July	7	309	9.5	9.5
August	8	294	9.0	9.1
September	9	401	12.3	12.4
October	10	258	7.9	8.0
November	11	219	6.7	6.8
December	12	224	6.9	6.9
Missing or wild	-9	2	.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	5	.2	Missing
Don’t know	-1	9	.3	Missing

Valid cases	3237	Missing cases	16

Question Route

Uses PJHENDM on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses PCJSEM on Record PINDRESP

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

pjhendy4

year labour force spell ended

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	2003	1	.0	.0
	2005	636	19.6	19.6
	2006	2597	79.8	80.0
	2007	12	.4	.4
Inapplicable	-8	5	.2	Missing
Don’t know	-1	2	.1	Missing

Valid cases	3246	Missing cases	7

Question Route

Uses PJHENDY4 on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses PCJSEY4 on Record PINDRESP

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

pjhsoc

occupation (soc): previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	1696	Missing cases	1557

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

pjhsoc00

occupation (soc2000): previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	1841	Missing cases	1412

Index Terms

Note

See Coding frame in Appendix to Volume A.

Variable Occurrence

W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

pjhsemp

employee or self-employed: previous job

Record Type

Employment: Labour Force Status

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Full time employee	1	1356	41.7	71.6
Part time employee	2	404	12.4	21.3
Self-employed	3	135	4.2	7.1
Missing or wild	-9	137	4.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1220	37.5	Missing
Not answered	-1	1	.0	Missing

Valid cases	1895	Missing cases	1358

Question Route

Uses PJHSEMP on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OJBSEMP on Record OINDRESP.

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

pjhboss

had employees: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Yes	1	15	.5	11.6
No	2	114	3.5	88.4
Missing or wild	-9	137	4.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	2987	91.8	Missing

Valid cases	129	Missing cases	3124

Question Route

Uses PJHBOSS on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OJSBOSS on Record OINDRESP.

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

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

pjhsect

employing organisation: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Priv firm/compy	1	1347	41.4	76.3
Civ Serv/Cnt Gvt	2	51	1.6	2.9
Loc Gvt/twn hall	3	177	5.4	10.0
NHS/higher educ	4	94	2.9	5.3
Natlised indtry	5	5	.2	.3
Non-profit orgs.	6	58	1.8	3.3
Armed forces	7	6	.2	.3
Other	8	28	.9	1.6
Missing or wild	-9	137	4.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1350	41.5	Missing

Valid cases	1766	Missing cases	1487

Question Route

Uses PJHSECT on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OJBSECT on Record OINDRESP.

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

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

pjhmngr

managerial duties: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Manager	1	316	9.7	17.9
Foreman/superv	2	199	6.1	11.3
Not mngr/superv	3	1246	38.3	70.8
Missing or wild	-9	137	4.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1350	41.5	Missing
Not answered	-1	5	.2	Missing

Valid cases	1761	Missing cases	1492

Question Route

Uses PJHMNGR on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OJBMNGR on Record OINDRESP.

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

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

pjhsic92

industry (sic92): previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	1896	Missing cases	1357

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

pjhsize

no. employed at workplace: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
1 – 2	1	77	2.4	4.3
3 – 9	2	297	9.1	16.6
10 – 24	3	314	9.7	17.6
25 – 49	4	272	8.4	15.2
50 – 99	5	196	6.0	11.0
100 – 199	6	163	5.0	9.1
200 – 499	7	188	5.8	10.5
500 – 999	8	82	2.5	4.6
1000 or more	9	152	4.7	8.5
DK/under 25	10	20	.6	1.1
DK/25+	11	26	.8	1.5
Missing or wild	-9	137	4.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1325	40.7	Missing
Not answered	-1	4	.1	Missing

Valid cases	1787	Missing cases	1466

Question Route

Uses PJHSIZE on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OJBSEMP OJBSIZE OJSSIZE on Record OINDRESP.

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

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

pjhpayl

pay at 1.9.2005: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
3745.08	8867.12	3	73000

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1	1634	50.2	100.0
Missing or wild	-9	137	4.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1353	41.6	Missing
Refused	-2	19	.6	Missing
Don’t know	-1	110	3.4	Missing

Valid cases	1634	Missing cases	1619

Question Route

Uses PJHPAYL on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OJBSEMP OPAYUSL OPAYU OPAYGL OPAYNL on Record OINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

See note for PJHPYLW.

Variable Occurrence

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

pjhpylw

pay period (weeks) 1.9.2005 prev. job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
9.01	16.24	1	52

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	1598	49.1	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	141	4.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1481	45.5	Missing
Per hour	-4.00	33	1.0	Missing

Valid cases	1598	Missing cases	1655

Question Route

Uses PJHPYLW on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OJBSEMP OPAYUSL OPAYU OPAYGL OPAYNL OPAYUW OPAYGW OPAYNW on Record OINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

Variables associated with payments or receipts include two for each, the amount of the receipt or payment (here PJHPAYL), and period in weeks which it covered (here PJHPYLW). 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

pjhpylg

pay gross or net at 1.9.2005 prev. job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Before deductions	1	1280	39.3	75.8
After deductions	2	356	10.9	21.1
No deductions	3	52	1.6	3.1
Missing or wild	-9	137	4.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1425	43.8	Missing
Don’t know	-1	3	.1	Missing

Valid cases	1688	Missing cases	1565

Question Route

Uses PJHPYLG on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OJBSEMP OPAYUSL OPAYGL on Record OINDRESP.

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

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

pjhstpy

reason for stopping previous job

Record Type

Employment History: Reasons for Leaving and Taking Jobs

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Promoted	1	172	5.3	8.3
Left for better job	2	647	19.9	31.3
Made redundant	3	202	6.2	9.8
Dismissed or sacked	4	48	1.5	2.3
Temporary job ended	5	187	5.7	9.1
Took retirement	6	100	3.1	4.8
Stopped health reas	7	97	3.0	4.7
Left to have baby	8	32	1.0	1.5
Children/home care	9	32	1.0	1.5
Care of other person	10	7	.2	.3
Moved area	11	43	1.3	2.1
Started college/univ	12	63	1.9	3.1
Other reason	13	435	13.4	21.1
Missing or wild	-9	6	.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1182	36.3	Missing

Valid cases	2065	Missing cases	1188

Question Route

Uses PJHSTPY on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses PJHSTPY on Record PINDRESP

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

pjblky

attraction of present job

Record Type

Employment History: Reasons for Leaving and Taking Jobs

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
More/bettr money	1	145	4.5	35.9
Promot prospects	2	36	1.1	8.9
More responsibl	3	5	.2	1.2
Job security	4	19	.6	4.7
More interes job	5	28	.9	6.9
Specific type work	6	39	1.2	9.7
Be own boss	7	8	.2	2.0
Grter initiative	8	3	.1	.7
Less commuting	9	14	.4	3.5
Less hours	10	1	.0	.2
More flex hrs	11	28	.9	6.9
To use skills	13	10	.3	2.5
Less dmandng wrk	14	5	.2	1.2
Prefer this job	15	8	.2	2.0
New job better	16	5	.2	1.2
Other	96	50	1.5	12.4
Missing or wild	-9	46	1.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	2803	86.2	Missing

Valid cases	404	Missing cases	2849

Question Route

Uses PJBLKY on Record PJOBHSTD.

Index Terms

Note

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

Variable Occurrence

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

phid

household identification number

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	3253	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

pjspno

spell number of labour force status

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
1	2247	69.1	69.1
2	725	22.3	22.3
3	192	5.9	5.9
4	58	1.8	1.8
5	19	.6	.6
6	6	.2	.2
7	4	.1	.1
8	1	.0	.0
9	1	.0	.0

Valid cases	3253	Missing cases	0

Question Route

Uses PJSPNO on Record PJOBHSTD.

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

pjhbgd

month employment spell began

Record Type

Valid cases	2075	Missing cases	1178

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

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

pjhbgm

month employment spell began

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
January	1	236	7.3	8.1
February	2	175	5.4	6.0
March	3	217	6.7	7.4
April	4	203	6.2	7.0
May	5	182	5.6	6.2
June	6	264	8.1	9.1
July	7	237	7.3	8.1
August	8	301	9.3	10.3
September	9	497	15.3	17.0
October	10	210	6.5	7.2
November	11	215	6.6	7.4
December	12	179	5.5	6.1
Missing or wild	-9	231	7.1	Missing
Don’t know	-1	106	3.3	Missing

Valid cases	2916	Missing cases	337

Question Route

Uses Uses PJHENDM on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OCJSBGM on Record OINDRESP.

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

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

pjhbgy4

year employment spell began

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
2002.96	5.08	1957	2007

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Year given	1	3017	92.7	100.0
Missing or wild	-9	231	7.1	Missing
Don’t know	-1	5	.2	Missing

Valid cases	3017	Missing cases	236

Question Route

Uses Uses PJHENDY4 on Record PJOBHSTD. Uses OCJSBGY4 on Record OINDRESP.

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

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

pjha9ly

whether job started after 1.9.2005

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Sept 2005 or before	1	2159	66.4	68.4
After Sept 2005	2	997	30.6	31.6
Inapplicable	-8	97	3.0	Missing

Valid cases	3156	Missing cases	97

Question Route

Uses PJSPNO on Record PJOBHISTD. Uses PJLYID on Record PINDRESP.

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

pjhlwai

whether spell derived from last wave dat

Record Type

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Derived from last wa	1	2019	62.1	62.1
No response last wav	2	228	7.0	7.0
New spell	3	1006	30.9	30.9

Valid cases	3253	Missing cases	0

Question Route

Uses PJSPNO on Record PJOBHISTD. Uses PIVLYR on Record PINDRESP.

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W16 W17 W18

pjhseg

socio economic group: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	0	1	.0	.1
Managers,large	2	108	3.3	5.9
Employers,small	3	11	.3	.6
Managers,small	4	104	3.2	5.6
Professional Self-em	5	6	.2	.3
Professional employe	6	62	1.9	3.4
Int. non-manual,work	7	263	8.1	14.3
Int. non-man,foreman	8	59	1.8	3.2
Junior non-manual	9	472	14.5	25.6
Personal service wrk	10	165	5.1	9.0
Foreman manual	11	64	2.0	3.5
Skilled manual wkrs	12	156	4.8	8.5
Semi-skilled manual	13	185	5.7	10.0
Unskilled manual wkr	14	82	2.5	4.5
Own account wkrs	15	76	2.3	4.1
Farmers – own accoun	17	5	.2	.3
Agricultural workers	18	21	.6	1.1
Members of armed for	19	1	.0	.1
Missing	-9	142	4.4	Missing
Not Applicable	-8	1258	38.7	Missing
Refused	-2	12	.4	Missing

Valid cases	1841	Missing cases	1412

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

pjhgold

goldthorpe social class: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Service class,higher	1	216	6.6	12.7
Service class,lower	2	300	9.2	17.7
Routine non-manual e	3	281	8.6	16.6
Personal service wor	4	202	6.2	11.9
Sml props w employee	5	5	.2	.3
Sml props w/o employ	6	65	2.0	3.8
Farmers,Smallholders	7	9	.3	.5
Foreman,Technicians	8	128	3.9	7.5
Skilled manual worke	9	112	3.4	6.6
Semi,unskilled manua	10	366	11.3	21.6
Agricultural workers	11	12	.4	.7
Missing	-9	142	4.4	Missing
Not Applicable	-8	1403	43.1	Missing
Refused	-2	12	.4	Missing

Valid cases	1696	Missing cases	1557

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

pjhrgsc

rg social class: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	0	1	.0	.1
Professional occ	1	68	2.1	3.7
technic	2	501	15.4	27.2
Skilled non-manual	3	521	16.0	28.3
Skilled manual	4	333	10.2	18.1
Partly skilled occ	5	329	10.1	17.9
Unskilled occ	6	87	2.7	4.7
Armed forces	7	1	.0	.1
Missing or wild	-9	142	4.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1258	38.7	Missing
Refused	-2	12	.4	Missing

Valid cases	1841	Missing cases	1412

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

pjhisco

international soc : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	3253	Missing cases	0

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

pjhcssm

cambridge scale males : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
33.42	17.50	1.30	84.77

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	1696	52.1	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	142	4.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1403	43.1	Missing
Refused	-2.00	12	.4	Missing

Valid cases	1696	Missing cases	1557

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

pjhcssf

cambridge scale females : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
33.76	18.39	1.34	97.50

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	1696	52.1	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	142	4.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1403	43.1	Missing
Refused	-2.00	12	.4	Missing

Valid cases	1696	Missing cases	1557

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

pjhhgs

hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
45.94	15.44	18	75

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount Stated	1.00	1693	52.0	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	145	4.5	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1403	43.1	Missing
Refused	-2.00	12	.4	Missing

Valid cases	1693	Missing cases	1560

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

pjhsec

socio-economic class: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	0	1	.0	.1
Higher managerial	20	65	2.0	3.5
Higher prof tradn’l	31	61	1.9	3.3
Higher prof new emp	32	29	.9	1.6
High prof trad s.emp	33	6	.2	.3
High prof new s.emp	34	5	.2	.3
Lower Prof trad emps	41	187	5.7	10.2
Lower Prof new emps	42	13	.4	.7
Lwr Prof trad s.emp	43	13	.4	.7
Lower Prof new s.emp	44	1	.0	.1
Lower manag occupns	50	148	4.5	8.0
Hgher supervis occup	60	28	.9	1.5
admin	71	139	4.3	7.6
serv	72	131	4.0	7.1
aux	73	19	.6	1.0
Intermed engineering	74	4	.1	.2
Emp,small (non-prof)	81	9	.3	.5
Emp,small (agricult)	82	1	.0	.1
Own acct wkrs(n.pro)	91	85	2.6	4.6
Own acct wkrs(agric)	92	9	.3	.5
Lwr supervis occups	100	113	3.5	6.1
Lwr technical craft	111	45	1.4	2.4
Lwr tech process op	112	7	.2	.4
Semi-routine sales	121	155	4.8	8.4
Semi-routine service	122	128	3.9	7.0
Semi-routine tech	123	14	.4	.8
Semi-routine op	124	41	1.3	2.2
Semi-routine agric	125	7	.2	.4
Semi-routine cleri	126	46	1.4	2.5
Semi-rtne childcare	127	23	.7	1.2
serv	131	65	2.0	3.5
Routine production	132	25	.8	1.4
Routine technical	133	101	3.1	5.5
Routine operative	134	111	3.4	6.0
Routine agricultrl	135	6	.2	.3
Missing	-9	142	4.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1258	38.7	Missing
Refused	-2	12	.4	Missing

Valid cases	1841	Missing cases	1412

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

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

pjhspw

weeks in year to 1.9.2005: prev job spel

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
24.29	16.77	0	52.14

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	154	4.7	4.8
Amount Stated	1.00	3062	94.1	95.2
Missing or wild	-9.00	37	1.1	Missing

Valid cases	3216	Missing cases	37

Question Route

Uses PJHSOC00 PJHSEMP PJHMNGR PJHSIZE PJHBOSS on Record PJOBHSTD.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of weeks of job history spell falling in reference year: 1 September 2005 – 31 August 2006. 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

pjhgpay

monthly gross pay: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1339.96	1101.18	0	15250

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	9	.3	.4
Amount Stated	1.00	2119	65.1	99.6
Missing or wild	-9.00	5	.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1093	33.6	Missing
	-7.00	27	.8	Missing

Valid cases	2128	Missing cases	1125

Question Route

Uses PSEX PMLSTAT PJBPENM PSPJB PCJSBLY PAGE PPAYGTY on Record PINDRESP. Uses PJHA9LY PJHPAYL PJHPYLW PJHPYLG PJHSPW PJHSTAT PJHBGD PJHBGM PJHBGY4 on Record PJOBHSTD.

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 1.9.2005, 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 PJHGPAYI 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

pjhnpay

monthly net pay: previous job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1047.05	735.14	0	9562.19

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	9	.3	.4
Amount Stated	1.00	2111	64.9	99.6
Missing or wild	-9.00	7	.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	1093	33.6	Missing
	-7.00	33	1.0	Missing

Valid cases	2120	Missing cases	1133

Question Route

Uses PSEX PMLSTAT PJBPENM PSPJB PCJSBLY PAGE PPAYNTY on Record PINDRESP. Uses PJHA9LY PJHPAYL PJHPYLW PJHPYLG PJHSPW PJHSTAT PJHBGD PJHBGM PJHBGY4 on Record PJOBHSTD.

Index Terms