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fhid Household identification number
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6487 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

ffid Fieldwork household identifier
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6487 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

fivnadd Household found at new address in field
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Address corrections 1 615 9.5 9.5
No corrections reqd. 2 4963 76.5 76.5
New address (known) 3 701 10.8 10.8
New addr unkwn/o-o-s 4 208 3.2 3.2
Valid cases 6487 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

fivia Interviewer area
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6487 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

fivid Interviewer number
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6487 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

fivlnc Total calls at last known address
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
2.41 1.77 0 22
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 295 4.5 5.2
Amount stated 1 5426 83.6 94.8
Missing or wild -9 766 11.8 Missing
Valid cases 5721 Missing cases 766
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

fivtnc Number of calls at new address
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
1.61 2.02 0 20
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 267 4.1 34.0
Amount stated 1 518 8.0 66.0
Missing or wild -9 5702 87.9 Missing
Valid cases 785 Missing cases 5702
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

fiviam Area intrvw took place non-local movers
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6487 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

fivfho Final household interview outcome
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
All eligible HH intv 10 4372 67.4 67.4
Interviews + proxies 11 222 3.4 3.4
Interviews + refusal 12 426 6.6 6.6
Pxy at original addr 15 3 .0 .0
Phone pxy intvw only 16 40 .6 .6
Youth Interview only 17 1 .0 .0
Docs missing or unus 39 2 .0 .0
Address not found 50 438 6.8 6.8
No HH member contact 51 41 .6 .6
Refus to Rsrch Cntre 60 55 .8 .8
Refusal to intviewer 61 133 2.1 2.1
Language problems 62 1 .0 .0
No intv.: Age/health 63 101 1.6 1.6
Missing person ref. 64 20 .3 .3
Moved prev wave add 70 23 .4 .4
Out scope-institut’n 80 25 .4 .4
Moved out of scope 81 179 2.8 2.8
Whole HH deceased 90 60 .9 .9
No PSM’s resident 91 215 3.3 3.3
Adamant refusal 92 130 2.0 2.0
Valid cases 6487 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 Appendix to Volume A.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

fivosmrh No. OSMs – whole HH refusal to intervwr
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 1 .0 .4
1 112 1.7 47.3
2 64 1.0 27.0
3 32 .5 13.5
4 20 .3 8.4
5 6 .1 2.5
6 2 .0 .8
Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing
Inapplicable -8 6179 95.3 Missing
Don’t know -1 70 1.1 Missing
Valid cases 237 Missing cases 6250
Question Route IF (FIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80) 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

fivnsmrh No. new HH membs – whl HH ref to intvwr
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 111 1.7 88.1
1 9 .1 7.1
2 4 .1 3.2
3 2 .0 1.6
Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing
Inapplicable -8 6179 95.3 Missing
Don’t know -1 181 2.8 Missing
Valid cases 126 Missing cases 6361
Question Route IF (FIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80) 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

fivrrefh Reason for household refusal
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Too ill 1 29 .4 9.4
Too elderly 2 5 .1 1.6
Senile 3 5 .1 1.6
Speaks no English 4 2 .0 .7
Stressful fam sit 5 20 .3 6.5
Care of ill/old 10 1 .0 .3
Childcare 11 1 .0 .3
R. rarely home 12 2 .0 .7
R. temp. absent 13 2 .0 .7
Too busy 14 41 .6 13.4
No confidentiality 20 1 .0 .3
Q’s too personal 21 5 .1 1.6
Won’t bother 30 68 1.0 22.1
Survey too long 32 4 .1 1.3
Waste of time 33 11 .2 3.6
Probs gift voucher 35 1 .0 .3
HH mem says refuse 40 7 .1 2.3
Othr says refuse 41 5 .1 1.6
No HH member contact 94 45 .7 14.7
Out scope-instit’n 95 2 .0 .7
Other 96 2 .0 .7
No reason given 99 48 .7 15.6
Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing
Inapplicable -8 6179 95.3 Missing
Valid cases 307 Missing cases 6180
Question Route IF (FIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80) 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

fivisst Coversheet issue status
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Yes 1 5602 86.4 86.4
No/inac’sble hhold 0 2 611 9.4 9.4
No/retiring hhold 0 3 155 2.4 2.4
No/inlgble splt-off 4 116 1.8 1.8
No/other split-off 5 1 .0 .0
Issued to field in e 6 1 .0 .0
Not fed forward but 7 1 .0 .0
Valid cases 6487 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

fivconv Refusal conversion attempted
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Conversion attempted 1 126 1.9 41.0
No convrsion attempt 2 181 2.8 59.0
Inapplicable -8 6180 95.3 Missing
Valid cases 307 Missing cases 6180
Question Route IF (FIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80) 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

fivreis Re-issued to field
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Re-issued to field 1 15 .2 4.9
No re-issue to field 2 292 4.5 95.1
Inapplicable -8 6180 95.3 Missing
Valid cases 307 Missing cases 6180
Question Route IF (FIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80) 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

fhhdc Document check – h/hold quest’re comp?
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non-int household 0 1421 21.9 21.9
Yes 1 5015 77.3 77.3
No 2 11 .2 .2
Telephone Q. only 3 40 .6 .6
Valid cases 6487 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

fxhwght Household Weight
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6487 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

fregion Region / Metropolitan area
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Inner London 1 207 3.2 3.8
Outer London 2 335 5.2 6.2
R. of South East 3 997 15.4 18.5
South West 4 504 7.8 9.3
East Anglia 5 232 3.6 4.3
East Midlands 6 438 6.8 8.1
West Midlands Conurb 7 195 3.0 3.6
R. of West Midlands 8 260 4.0 4.8
Greater Manchester 9 213 3.3 4.0
Merseyside 10 118 1.8 2.2
R. of North West 11 253 3.9 4.7
South Yorkshire 12 154 2.4 2.9
West Yorkshire 13 184 2.8 3.4
Humber 14 181 2.8 3.4
Wear 15 133 2.1 2.5
R. of North 16 200 3.1 3.7
Wales 17 285 4.4 5.3
Scotland 18 502 7.7 9.3
Missing -9 1096 16.9 Missing
Valid cases 5391 Missing cases 1096
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

fhhmove Mover household indicator
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non mover HH 1 4518 69.6 69.6
Mover household 2 745 11.5 11.5
Part Mover HH 3 50 .8 .8
Whole HH deceased 4 64 1.0 1.0
HH out of scope 5 29 .4 .4
No elig. HH members 6 213 3.3 3.3
Unknown status 8 826 12.7 12.7
All FINLOC=0 9 42 .6 .6
Valid cases 6487 Missing cases 0
Question Route Uses FIVNADD FIVIA FIVFHO on Record FHHSAMP.
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. Mover 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 FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6487 Missing cases 0
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

fstrata Stratification class
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6487 Missing cases 0
Note This indicator distinguishes separate stratification classes used in the sampling procedure. See Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

fpsu Primary Sampling Unit
Record Type FHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6487 Missing cases 0
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

fregion2 Government Office Region
Record Type FHHSAMP
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
North East 1 251 3.9 4.6
North West 2 680 10.5 12.3
Yorkshire and the Hu 3 525 8.1 9.5
East Midlands 4 456 7.0 8.3
West Midlands 5 466 7.2 8.5
East of England 6 486 7.5 8.8
London 7 554 8.5 10.1
South East 8 775 11.9 14.1
South West 9 517 8.0 9.4
Wales 10 294 4.5 5.3
Scotland 11 508 7.8 9.2
Missing -9 975 15.0 Missing
Valid cases 5512 Missing cases 975
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