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Record Type xwavedat

pid	Cross-wave person identifier
pidp	Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS)
sex	Sex
dobm	Month of Birth
doby	Year of Birth
memorig	Sample Origin
plbornd	District of Birth
plbornc	Country of Birth
yr2uk4	Year came to Britain
citzn1	3 digit Citizenship: 1st mention
citzn2	3 digit Citizenship: 2nd mention
race	Ethnic group membership
racel	Ethnic group membership (long version)
paju	Father not working when resp. aged 14
pasoc	Father’s occupation (SOC), resp. aged 14
pasemp	Father self employed, resp. aged 14
paboss	Father had employees, resp. aged 14
pamngr	Father was manager, resp. aged 14
maju	Mother not working when resp. aged 14
masoc	Mother’s occupation (SOC), resp. aged 14
masemp	Mother self employed, resp. aged 14
maboss	Mother had employees, resp. aged 14
mamngr	Mother was manager, resp. aged 14
j1soc	First job (SOC) after leaving school
j1none	Still in f-t education/ never had job
j1semp	Employee or self-employed: first job
j1boss	Hired employees: first job
j1mngr	Managerial duties: first job
lcoh	Ever cohabited without marrying
coh1bm	Month first began cohabitating
coh1by	Year first began cohabitating
coh1mr	Went on to marry first cohabitee
nmar	No. of times resp. married
lmar1m	Month of first marriage
lmar1y	Year of first marriage
lprnt	Natural parent of children
lnprnt	No. of children resp. natural parent to
ch1bm	Month first child born
ch1by	Year first child born
school	Never went to /still at school
scend	School leaving age
sctype	Type of school attended
scnow	Still at school
fetype	Type of further education attended
fenow	Still in further education
feend	Further education leaving age
bwtxp	Born when expected
bwtel	Born early or late
bwtwk	Weeks early or late
bwtkn	Birth weight known
bwtlb	Birth weight: Pounds
bwtoz	Birth weight: Ounces
bwtgm	Birth weight: Grammes
bwtg5	Birth weight: more than 5.5lbs
paseg	Socio economic group: father’s job
pagold	Goldthorpe Social Class: father’s job
pargsc	RG Social Class: father’s job
paisco	International SOC : father’s job
pacssm	Cambridge Scale males : father’s job
pacssf	Cambridge Scale females : father’s job
pahgs	Hope – Goldthorpe Scale : father’s job
pasec	Socio-Economic Class: father’s job
maseg	Socio economic group: mother’s job
magold	Goldthorpe Social Class: mother’s job
margsc	RG Social Class: mother’s job
maisco	International SOC : mother’s job
macssm	Cambridge Scale males : mother’s job
macssf	Cambridge Scale females : mother’s job
mahgs	Hope – Goldthorpe Scale : mother’s job
masec	Socio-Economic Class: mother’s job
j1seg	Socio economic group: first job
j1gold	Goldthorpe Social Class: first job
j1rgsc	RG Social Class: first job
j1isco	International SOC : first job
j1cssm	Cambridge Scale males : first job
j1cssf	Cambridge Scale females : first job
j1hgs	Hope – Goldthorpe Scale : first job
j1sec	Socio-Economic Class: first job
firstint	Wave first full interview in BHPS
lastint	Wave last full interview in BHPS
hhorig_ukhls	Sample Origin: UKHLS format
issw2_ukhls	Whether issued to UKHLS wave 2
fiow2_ukhls	Final interview outcome UKHLS wave 2
wven_ukhls	Wave first enumerated in UKHLS
j1iscon	International SOC (num): first job
maiscon	International SOC (num): mother’s job
paiscon	International SOC (num): father’s job
masoc_cc	Mother’s occupation (SOC), resp. aged 14 – condensed
pasoc_cc	Father’s occupation (SOC), resp. aged 14 – condensed
j1soc_cc	First job (SOC) after leaving school – condensed
paiscon_cc	International SOC (num): father’s job – condensed
maiscon_cc	International SOC (num): mother’s job – condensed
j1iscon_cc	International SOC (num): first job – condensed
paisco_cc	International SOC : father’s job – condensed
maisco_cc	International SOC : mothers’s job – condensed
j1isco_cc	International SOC : first job – condensed
plbornc_cc	country of birth: condensed