| dhid | household identification number |
| dpno | person number |
| djhstat | labour force status code |
| djhbgd | day labour force spell began |
| djhbgm | month labour force spell began |
| djhbgy | year labour force spell began |
| djspno | spell number of labour force status |
| djhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| djhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| djhboss | had employees: previous job |
| djhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| djhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| djhpldf | change of workplace: previous job |
| djhsic | industry (sic): previous job |
| djhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| djhpayl | pay at 1.9.93: previous job’ |
| djhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.93: previous job |
| djhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.93: previous job |
| djhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| djblky | attraction of present job |
| djhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| djhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| djhendy | year labour force spell ended |
| djha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.93 |
| djhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| djhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| djhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| djhisco | international soc : previous job |
| djhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| djhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| djhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| djhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| djhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.94: prev job spell |
| djhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| djhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| djhgpayi | imputation flag – djhgpay (derived) |
| djhnpayi | imputation flag – djhnpay (derived) |
| djhbgy4 | year labour force spell began: 4 digit |
| djhendy4 | year labour force spell ended: 4 digit |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| djhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| djhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| djhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| djhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |