| chid | household identification number |
| cpno | person number |
| cjhstat | labour force status code |
| cjhbgd | day labour force spell began |
| cjhbgm | month labour force spell began |
| cjhbgy | year labour force spell began |
| cjspno | spell number of labour force status |
| cjhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| cjhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| cjhboss | had employees: previous job |
| cjhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| cjhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| cjhpldf | change of workplace: previous job |
| cjhsic | industry (sic): previous job |
| cjhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| cjhpayl | pay at 1.9.92: previous job |
| cjhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.92: previous job |
| cjhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.92: previous job |
| cjhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| cjblky | attraction of present job |
| cjhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| cjhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| cjhendy | year labour force spell ended |
| cjha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.92 |
| cjhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| cjhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| cjhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| cjhisco | international soc : previous job |
| cjhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| cjhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| cjhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| cjhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| cjhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.93:prev job spell |
| cjhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| cjhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| cjhgpayi | imputation flag – cjhgpay (derived) |
| cjhnpayi | imputation flag – cjhnpay (derived) |
| cjhbgy4 | year labour force spell began: 4 digit |
| cjhendy4 | year labour force spell ended: 4 digit |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| cjhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| cjhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| cjhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| cjhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |