| bhid | household identification number |
| bpno | person number |
| bjhstat | labour force status code |
| bjhbgd | day labour force spell began |
| bjhbgm | month labour force spell began |
| bjhbgy | year labour force spell began |
| bjspno | spell number of labour force status |
| bjhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| bjhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| bjhboss | had employees: previous job |
| bjhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| bjhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| bjhpldf | change of workplace: previous job |
| bjhsic | industry (sic): previous job |
| bjhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| bjhpayl | pay at 1.9.91: previous job |
| bjhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.91: previous job |
| bjhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.91: previous job |
| bjhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| bjblky | attraction of present job |
| bjhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| bjhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| bjhendy | year labour force spell ended |
| bjha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.91 |
| bjhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| bjhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| bjhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| bjhisco | international soc : previous job |
| bjhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| bjhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| bjhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| bjhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| bjhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.92: prev job spell |
| bjhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| bjhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| bjhgpayi | imputation flag – bjhgpay (derived) |
| bjhnpayi | imputation flag – bjhnpay (derived) |
| bjhbgy4 | year labour force spell began: 4 digit |
| bjhendy4 | year labour force spell ended: 4 digit |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| bjhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| bjhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| bjhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| bjhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |