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dhid Household identification number
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6558 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

dfid Fieldwork household identifier
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6558 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

divnadd Household found at new address in field
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Address corrections 1 926 14.1 14.1
No corrections reqd. 2 4811 73.4 73.4
HH at new address 3 821 12.5 12.5
Valid cases 6558 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

divia Interviewer area
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6558 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

divid Interviewer number
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6558 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

divlnc Total calls at last known address
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
2.81 2.16 0 61
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 177 2.7 3.0
Amount stated 1 5755 87.8 97.0
Missing or wild -9 621 9.5 Missing
Don’t know -1 5 .1 Missing
Valid cases 5932 Missing cases 626
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

divtnc Number of calls at new address
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
1.63 2.26 0 22
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 293 4.5 40.7
Amount stated 1 427 6.5 59.3
Missing or wild -9 5837 89.0 Missing
Don’t know -1 1 .0 Missing
Valid cases 720 Missing cases 5838
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

diviam Area intrvw took place non-local movers
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6558 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

divfho Final household interview outcome
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
All eligible HH intv 10 4378 66.8 66.8
Interviews + proxies 11 273 4.2 4.2
Interviews + refusal 12 381 5.8 5.8
Pxy at original addr 15 2 .0 .0
Phone pxy intvw only 16 88 1.3 1.3
Youth Interview only 17 3 .0 .0
Docs missing or unus 39 2 .0 .0
Address not found 50 338 5.2 5.2
No HH member contact 51 68 1.0 1.0
Refus to Rsrch Cntre 60 36 .5 .5
Refusal to intviewer 61 232 3.5 3.5
Language problems 62 3 .0 .0
No intv.: Age/health 63 75 1.1 1.1
Moved prev wave add 70 57 .9 .9
Out scope-institut’n 80 32 .5 .5
Moved out of scope 81 120 1.8 1.8
Whole HH deceased 90 43 .7 .7
No PSM’s resident 91 207 3.2 3.2
Adamant refusal 92 220 3.4 3.4
Valid cases 6558 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

divosmrh No. OSMs – whole HH refusal to intervwr
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 16 .2 4.2
1 116 1.8 30.2
2 124 1.9 32.3
3 65 1.0 16.9
4 41 .6 10.7
5 19 .3 4.9
6 1 .0 .3
7 1 .0 .3
8 1 .0 .3
Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing
Inapplicable -8 5986 91.3 Missing
Don’t know -1 187 2.9 Missing
Valid cases 384 Missing cases 6174
Question Route IF (DIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,81) 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

divnsmrh No. new HH membs – whl HH ref to intvwr
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 216 3.3 86.4
1 23 .4 9.2
2 7 .1 2.8
3 3 .0 1.2
5 1 .0 .4
Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing
Inapplicable -8 5986 91.3 Missing
Don’t know -1 321 4.9 Missing
Valid cases 250 Missing cases 6308
Question Route IF (DIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,81) 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

divrrefh Reason for household refusal
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Too ill 1 35 .5 6.1
Too elderly 2 11 .2 1.9
Senile 3 7 .1 1.2
Speaks no English 4 5 .1 .9
Stressful fam sit 5 32 .5 5.6
Care of ill/old 10 3 .0 .5
Childcare 11 3 .0 .5
R. rarely home 12 8 .1 1.4
R. temp. absent 13 6 .1 1.1
Too busy 14 65 1.0 11.4
No confidentiality 20 1 .0 .2
Q’s too personal 21 9 .1 1.6
Won’t bother 30 213 3.2 37.3
Nothing changed 31 5 .1 .9
Survey too long 32 6 .1 1.1
Waste of time 33 8 .1 1.4
Probs gift voucher 35 1 .0 .2
HH mem says refuse 40 4 .1 .7
Othr says refuse 41 6 .1 1.1
No HH member contact 94 56 .9 9.8
Out scope-instit’n 95 33 .5 5.8
Other 96 8 .1 1.4
No reason given 99 46 .7 8.1
Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing
Inapplicable -8 5986 91.3 Missing
Valid cases 571 Missing cases 5987
Question Route IF (DIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,81) 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

divisst Coversheet issue status
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Yes 1 5841 89.1 89.1
No/inac’sble hhold 0 2 385 5.9 5.9
No/retiring hhold 0 3 229 3.5 3.5
No/inlgble splt-off 4 100 1.5 1.5
No/other split-off 5 3 .0 .0
Valid cases 6558 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

divconv Refusal conversion attempted
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Conversion attempted 1 294 4.5 51.7
No convrsion attempt 2 275 4.2 48.3
Inapplicable -8 5989 91.3 Missing
Valid cases 569 Missing cases 5989
Question Route IF (DIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,81) 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

divreis Re-issued to field
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Re-issued to field 1 181 2.8 31.8
No re-issue to field 2 388 5.9 68.2
Inapplicable -8 5989 91.3 Missing
Valid cases 569 Missing cases 5989
Question Route IF (DIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,81) 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

dhhdc Document check – h/hold quest’re comp?
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non-int household 0 1431 21.8 21.8
Yes 1 5023 76.6 76.6
No 2 16 .2 .2
Telephone Q. only 3 88 1.3 1.3
Valid cases 6558 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

dxhwght Household Weight
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6558 Missing cases 0
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

dregion Region / Metropolitan area
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Inner London 1 232 3.5 4.2
Outer London 2 355 5.4 6.4
R. of South East 3 1017 15.5 18.2
South West 4 508 7.7 9.1
East Anglia 5 230 3.5 4.1
East Midlands 6 441 6.7 7.9
West Midlands Conurb 7 217 3.3 3.9
R. of West Midlands 8 260 4.0 4.7
Greater Manchester 9 237 3.6 4.2
Merseyside 10 123 1.9 2.2
R. of North West 11 256 3.9 4.6
South Yorkshire 12 158 2.4 2.8
West Yorkshire 13 207 3.2 3.7
Humber 14 182 2.8 3.3
Wear 15 135 2.1 2.4
R. of North 16 206 3.1 3.7
Wales 17 293 4.5 5.2
Scotland 18 532 8.1 9.5
Missing -9 969 14.8 Missing
Valid cases 5589 Missing cases 969
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

dhhmove Mover household indicator
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non mover HH 1 4791 73.1 73.1
Mover household 2 807 12.3 12.3
Part Mover HH 3 30 .5 .5
Whole HH deceased 4 44 .7 .7
HH out of scope 5 140 2.1 2.1
No elig. HH members 6 206 3.1 3.1
Unknown status 8 479 7.3 7.3
All FINLOC=0 9 61 .9 .9
Valid cases 6558 Missing cases 0
Question Route Uses DIVNADD DIVIA DIVFHO on Record DHHSAMP.
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 DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6558 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

dstrata Stratification class
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6558 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

dpsu Primary Sampling Unit
Record Type DHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6558 Missing cases 0
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

dregion2 Government Office Region
Record Type DHHSAMP
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
North East 1 286 4.4 4.6
North West 2 775 11.8 12.4
Yorkshire and the Hu 3 602 9.2 9.7
East Midlands 4 473 7.2 7.6
West Midlands 5 553 8.4 8.9
East of England 6 528 8.1 8.5
London 7 680 10.4 10.9
South East 8 876 13.4 14.0
South West 9 538 8.2 8.6
Wales 10 319 4.9 5.1
Scotland 11 608 9.3 9.7
Missing -9 320 4.9 Missing
Valid cases 6238 Missing cases 320
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