| qpno | person number |
| qjhstat | labour force status code |
| qjhbgd | month employment spell began |
| qjhbgm | month employment spell began |
| qjhbgy4 | year employment spell began |
| qjhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| qjhsoc00 | occupation (soc2000): previous job |
| qjhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| qjhboss | had employees: previous job |
| qjhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| qjhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| qjhsic92 | industry (sic92): previous job |
| qjhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| qjhpayl | pay at 1.9.2006: previous job |
| qjhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.2006 prev. job |
| qjhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.2006 prev. job |
| qjhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| qjblky | attraction of present job |
| qhid | household identification number |
| qjspno | spell number of labour force status |
| qjhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| qjhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| qjhendy4 | year labour force spell ended |
| qjha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.2006 |
| qjhlwai | whether spell derived from last wave dat |
| qjhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| qjhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| qjhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| qjhisco | international soc : previous job |
| qjhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| qjhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| qjhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| qjhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| qjhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.2006: prev job spel |
| qjhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| qjhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| qjhgpayi | imputation flag – qjhgpay (derived) |
| qjhnpayi | imputation flag – qjhnpay (derived) |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| qjhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| qjhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| qjhsoc00_cc | occupation (soc2000): previous job – condensed classification |
| qjhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| qjhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |