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qhid Household identification number
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (1)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 11498 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

qfid Fieldwork household identifier
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (1)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Key Linking Variable
Note This is a ‘STRING’ variable – an alphanumeric.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivnadd Household found at new address in field
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (1)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Address corrections 1 575 5.0 5.0
No corrections reqd. 2 9620 83.7 83.7
New address (known) 3 863 7.5 7.5
New addr unkwn/o-o-s 4 440 3.8 3.8
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Geographic Mobility
Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivia Interviewer area
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (1)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Indicates the interview area where h/hold was expected to be found; corresponds to Wave One area indicated by variable AHHAC, unless h/hold had moved at a subsequent wave or was understood as a result of the between wave tracing exercise to have made a non-local move. if move was expected, and the household could not immediately be allocated to another area, area is given as 0.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qiviam Area intrvw took place non-local movers
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (1)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Geographic Mobility
Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Indicates interview area where the h/hold was actually found. Corresponds to the Wave One area indicated by the variable AHHAC, unless a) the h/hold had made a non-local move, in which the new interviewer area is given or b) the h/hold was not issued to field or was an untraced mover in which case the area is given as 300.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivid Interviewer number
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (1)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note This is a ‘STRING’ variable – an alphanumeric.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivlnc Total calls at last known address
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (1)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
1.90 1.57 0 17
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 919 8.0 9.8
Amount stated 1 8458 73.6 90.2
Missing or wild -9 2121 18.4 Missing
Valid cases 9377 Missing cases 2121
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivtnc Total calls at interview address
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (1)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
1 1.38 0 16
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 488 4.2 43.4
Amount stated 1 637 5.5 56.6
Missing or wild -9 10373 90.2 Missing
Valid cases 1125 Missing cases 10373
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivfho Final household interview outcome
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (8)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
All eligible HH intv 10 6585 57.3 57.3
Interviews + proxies 11 221 1.9 1.9
Interviews + refusal 12 1035 9.0 9.0
Pxy at original addr 15 5 .0 .0
Phone pxy intvw only 16 478 4.2 4.2
Youth Interview only 17 3 .0 .0
Docs missing or unus 39 19 .2 .2
Address not found 50 791 6.9 6.9
No HH member contact 51 125 1.1 1.1
Refus to Rsrch Cntre 60 96 .8 .8
Refusal to intviewer 61 405 3.5 3.5
Language problems 62 1 .0 .0
No intv.: Age/health 63 234 2.0 2.0
Moved prev wave add 70 59 .5 .5
Out scope-institut’n 80 87 .8 .8
Moved out of scope 81 744 6.5 6.5
Whole HH deceased 90 61 .5 .5
No PSM’s resident 91 306 2.7 2.7
Adamant refusal 92 243 2.1 2.1
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note All waves after Wave 1 use a consistent coding frame derived from the coversheet interviewer check. A coding frame for this variable with full labels can be found in Volume A: Appendix 3.7.1. New code ’94’ added at Wave 10 due to sample additions.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivosmrh No. OSMs – whole HH refusal to intervwr
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (8)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
missing or wild -9 396 3.44 Missing
inapplicable -8 10572 91.95 Missing
Total 11498 100.00
Valid cases 530 Missing cases 10968
Question Route IF (QIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92,94) Asked if Household interview is refused.
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note OSM – Original Sample Member.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivnsmrh No. new HH membs – whl HH ref to intvwr
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (8)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
missing or wild -9 712 6.19 Missing
inapplicable -8 10572 91.95 Missing
Total 11498 100.00
Valid cases 214 Missing cases 11284
Question Route IF (QIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92,94) Asked if Household interview is refused.
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note NSM – New Sample Member.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivrrefh Reason for household refusal
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet (8)
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Too ill 1 64 .6 7.1
Too elderly 2 15 .1 1.7
Senile 3 3 .0 .3
Stressful fam sit 5 70 .6 7.8
Care of ill/old 10 10 .1 1.1
Childcare 11 2 .0 .2
R. rarely home 12 8 .1 .9
R. temp. absent 13 5 .0 .6
Too busy 14 94 .8 10.4
No confidentiality 20 2 .0 .2
Q’s too personal 21 9 .1 1.0
Won’t bother 30 100 .9 11.1
Nothing changed 31 2 .0 .2
Survey too long 32 8 .1 .9
Waste of time 33 7 .1 .8
Probs gift voucher 35 1 .0 .1
HH mem says refuse 40 9 .1 1.0
Othr says refuse 41 26 .2 2.9
No HH member contact 94 143 1.2 15.9
Out scope-instit’n 95 9 .1 1.0
Other 96 90 .8 10.0
No reason given 99 225 2.0 24.9
Missing or wild -9 24 .2 Missing
Inapplicable -8 10572 91.9 Missing
Valid cases 902 Missing cases 10596
Question Route IF (QIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92,94) Asked if Household interview is refused.
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivconv Refusal conversion attempted
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Conversion attempted 1 461 4.0 51.2
No convrsion attempt 2 440 3.8 48.8
Inapplicable -8 10597 92.2 Missing
Valid cases 901 Missing cases 10597
Question Route IF (QIVFHO = 60,61,62,63,80,92,94) Asked if Household interview is refused.
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Indicates whether conversion attempted after an initial refusal to interviewer.
Variable Occurrence W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivreis Re-issued to field
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Re-issued to field 1 218 1.9 24.2
No re-issue to field 2 683 5.9 75.8
Inapplicable -8 10597 92.2 Missing
Valid cases 901 Missing cases 10597
Question Route IF (QIVFHO = 60,61,62,63,80,92,94) Asked if Household interview is refused.
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Indicates household re-issued to field after conversion attempt.
Variable Occurrence W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qivisst Coversheet issue status
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Yes 1 9364 81.4 81.4
No/inac’sble hhold 0 2 1654 14.4 14.4
No/retiring hhold 0 3 254 2.2 2.2
No/inlgble splt-off 4 201 1.7 1.7
No/other split-off 5 25 .2 .2
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Whether household issued to field. ‘Inaccessibles’ are previous wave non-contact housholds where no address information is available. Retiring households are previous wave adamant refusals and deceased individuals being withdrawn from the active sample.
Variable Occurrence W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qhhdc Document check – h/hold quest’re comp?
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non-int household 0 3152 27.4 27.4
Yes 1 7862 68.4 68.4
Telephone Q. only 3 484 4.2 4.2
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Note Identifies h/holds where no h/hold questionnaire completed.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qhhorig Sample Origin
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Original sample 1 6288 54.7 54.7
Wales new sample 5 1650 14.4 14.4
Scotland new sample 6 1654 14.4 14.4
N.I. new sample 7 1906 16.6 16.6
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qxhwght Household Weight
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note See Vol. A on weighting.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qregion Region / Metropolitan area
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Inner London 1 146 1.3 1.6
Outer London 2 280 2.4 3.1
R. of South East 3 957 8.3 10.5
South West 4 510 4.4 5.6
East Anglia 5 259 2.3 2.8
East Midlands 6 423 3.7 4.6
West Midlands Conurb 7 166 1.4 1.8
R. of West Midlands 8 278 2.4 3.1
Greater Manchester 9 202 1.8 2.2
Merseyside 10 116 1.0 1.3
R. of North West 11 247 2.1 2.7
South Yorkshire 12 138 1.2 1.5
West Yorkshire 13 168 1.5 1.8
Humber 14 172 1.5 1.9
Wear 15 114 1.0 1.3
R. of North 16 208 1.8 2.3
Wales 17 1603 13.9 17.6
Scotland 18 1694 14.7 18.6
Northern Ireland 19 1424 12.4 15.6
Missing -9 2393 20.8 Missing
Valid cases 9105 Missing cases 2393
Question Route Internally computed from confidential data on Survey database.
Index Terms Geographic Location
Note Standard region, distinguishing former Metropolitan Counties, and Inner and Outer London.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qhhmove Mover household indicator
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non mover HH 1 7831 68.1 68.1
Mover household 2 1143 9.9 9.9
Part Mover HH 3 68 .6 .6
Whole HH deceased 4 73 .6 .6
HH out of scope 5 57 .5 .5
No elig. HH members 6 298 2.6 2.6
Unknown status 8 1969 17.1 17.1
All FINLOC=0 9 59 .5 .5
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Question Route Uses QIVNADD QIVIA QIVFHO on Record QHHSAMP.
Index Terms Geographic Mobility
Note Indicates whether expected OSMs of h/hold have moved since previous Wave. Non-mover h/hold = all OSMs resident at current Wave /also resident at previous Wave. New entrants may have moved in. Nover h/hold = all OSMs at new address. New entrants to the sample may have been resident at the address at time of previous wave.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ahid Household identification number – Wave 1
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6288 Missing cases 5210
Index Terms Key Linking Variable
Note Wave One variable to aid matching across waves.
Variable Occurrence W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qxhwtuk1 Household weight -inc all samples
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note This weight is to be used for the combined analysis of all the BHPS samples, including the new Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland samples. See Volume A, Section V.2.5.
Variable Occurrence W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qxhwtuk2 Household weight within UK estimates
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 11498 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note This weight is to be used for analysis of data for Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland on their own, including data from all the BHPS samples. See Volume A, Section V.2.5.
Variable Occurrence W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qstrata Stratification class
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 9592 Missing cases 1906
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qpsu Primary Sampling Unit
Record Type QHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 9592 Missing cases 1906
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

qregion2 Government Office Region
Record Type QHHSAMP
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
North East 1 240 2.1 2.6
North West 2 647 5.6 7.1
Yorkshire and the Hu 3 478 4.2 5.2
East Midlands 4 423 3.7 4.6
West Midlands 5 444 3.9 4.9
East of England 6 508 4.4 5.6
London 7 426 3.7 4.7
South East 8 708 6.2 7.8
South West 9 510 4.4 5.6
Wales 10 1603 13.9 17.6
Scotland 11 1694 14.7 18.6
Northern Ireland 12 1424 12.4 15.6
Channel Islands 13 2 .0 .0
Missing -9 2391 20.8 Missing
Valid cases 9107 Missing cases 2391
Index Terms Geographic Location
Note Government Office Region created in 1994 and finalised in 1998 when Merseyside was merged into the North West.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18