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ehid Household identification number
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6553 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

efid Fieldwork household identifier
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6553 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

eivnadd Household found at new address in field
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Address corrections 1 714 10.9 10.9
No corrections reqd. 2 5014 76.5 76.5
New address (known) 3 568 8.7 8.7
New addr unkwn/o-o-s 4 257 3.9 3.9
Valid cases 6553 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

eivia Interviewer area
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6553 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

eivid Interviewer number
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6553 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

eivlnc Total calls at last known address
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
2.63 1.90 0 20
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 209 3.2 3.6
Amount stated 1 5639 86.1 96.4
Missing or wild -9 705 10.8 Missing
Valid cases 5848 Missing cases 705
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

eivtnc Number of calls at new address
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
1.29 1.79 0 18
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 330 5.0 44.1
Amount stated 1 418 6.4 55.9
Missing or wild -9 5805 88.6 Missing
Valid cases 748 Missing cases 5805
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

eiviam Area intrvw took place non-local movers
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 6553 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

eivfho Final household interview outcome
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
All eligible HH intv 10 4259 65.0 65.0
Interviews + proxies 11 257 3.9 3.9
Interviews + refusal 12 416 6.3 6.3
Pxy at original addr 15 1 .0 .0
Phone pxy intvw only 16 98 1.5 1.5
Youth Interview only 17 2 .0 .0
Docs missing or unus 39 1 .0 .0
Address not found 50 442 6.7 6.7
No HH member contact 51 61 .9 .9
Refus to Rsrch Cntre 60 28 .4 .4
Refusal to intviewer 61 210 3.2 3.2
Language problems 62 5 .1 .1
No intv.: Age/health 63 100 1.5 1.5
Moved prev wave add 70 43 .7 .7
Out scope-institut’n 80 33 .5 .5
Moved out of scope 81 151 2.3 2.3
Whole HH deceased 90 48 .7 .7
No PSM’s resident 91 241 3.7 3.7
Adamant refusal 92 157 2.4 2.4
Valid cases 6553 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

eivosmrh No. OSMs – whole HH refusal to intervwr
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 17 .3 4.6
1 129 2.0 35.1
2 113 1.7 30.7
3 46 .7 12.5
4 36 .5 9.8
5 15 .2 4.1
6 6 .1 1.6
7 5 .1 1.4
9 1 .0 .3
Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing
Inapplicable -8 6038 92.1 Missing
Don’t know -1 146 2.2 Missing
Valid cases 368 Missing cases 6185
Question Route IF (EIVFHO = 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

eivnsmrh No. new HH membs – whl HH ref to intvwr
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 183 2.8 85.9
1 23 .4 10.8
2 3 .0 1.4
3 1 .0 .5
4 1 .0 .5
5 2 .0 .9
Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing
Inapplicable -8 6038 92.1 Missing
Don’t know -1 301 4.6 Missing
Valid cases 213 Missing cases 6340
Question Route IF (EIVFHO = 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

eivrrefh Reason for household refusal
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Too ill 1 42 .6 8.2
Too elderly 2 7 .1 1.4
Senile 3 9 .1 1.8
Speaks no English 4 2 .0 .4
Stressful fam sit 5 35 .5 6.8
Care of ill/old 10 2 .0 .4
Childcare 11 6 .1 1.2
R. rarely home 12 14 .2 2.7
R. temp. absent 13 6 .1 1.2
Too busy 14 55 .8 10.7
No confidentiality 20 3 .0 .6
Q’s too personal 21 6 .1 1.2
Won’t bother 30 108 1.6 21.0
Nothing changed 31 5 .1 1.0
Survey too long 32 7 .1 1.4
Waste of time 33 6 .1 1.2
Probs gift voucher 35 2 .0 .4
HH mem says refuse 40 11 .2 2.1
Othr says refuse 41 7 .1 1.4
No HH member contact 94 66 1.0 12.8
Out scope-instit’n 95 30 .5 5.8
Other 96 2 .0 .4
No reason given 99 83 1.3 16.1
Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing
Inapplicable -8 6038 92.1 Missing
Valid cases 514 Missing cases 6039
Question Route IF (EIVFHO = 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

eivisst Coversheet issue status
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Yes 1 5726 87.4 87.4
No/inac’sble hhold 0 2 535 8.2 8.2
No/retiring hhold 0 3 169 2.6 2.6
No/inlgble splt-off 4 119 1.8 1.8
No/other split-off 5 2 .0 .0
Issued to field in e 6 2 .0 .0
Valid cases 6553 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

eivconv Refusal conversion attempted
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Conversion attempted 1 305 4.7 59.5
No convrsion attempt 2 208 3.2 40.5
Inapplicable -8 6040 92.2 Missing
Valid cases 513 Missing cases 6040
Question Route IF (EIVFHO = 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

eivreis Re-issued to field
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Re-issued to field 1 79 1.2 15.4
No re-issue to field 2 434 6.6 84.6
Inapplicable -8 6040 92.2 Missing
Valid cases 513 Missing cases 6040
Question Route IF (EIVFHO = 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

ehhdc Document check – h/hold quest’re comp?
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non-int household 0 1519 23.2 23.2
Yes 1 4919 75.1 75.1
No 2 17 .3 .3
Telephone Q. only 3 98 1.5 1.5
Valid cases 6553 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

exhwght Household Weight
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6553 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
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

eregion Region / Metropolitan area
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Inner London 1 270 4.1 4.5
Outer London 2 382 5.8 6.3
R. of South East 3 1112 17.0 18.5
South West 4 535 8.2 8.9
East Anglia 5 243 3.7 4.0
East Midlands 6 470 7.2 7.8
West Midlands Conurb 7 245 3.7 4.1
R. of West Midlands 8 274 4.2 4.5
Greater Manchester 9 256 3.9 4.2
Merseyside 10 134 2.0 2.2
R. of North West 11 278 4.2 4.6
South Yorkshire 12 173 2.6 2.9
West Yorkshire 13 223 3.4 3.7
Humber 14 187 2.9 3.1
Wear 15 155 2.4 2.6
R. of North 16 209 3.2 3.5
Wales 17 311 4.7 5.2
Scotland 18 568 8.7 9.4
Missing -9 528 8.1 Missing
Valid cases 6025 Missing cases 528
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

ehhmove Mover household indicator
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non mover HH 1 4595 70.1 70.1
Mover household 2 805 12.3 12.3
Part Mover HH 3 63 1.0 1.0
Whole HH deceased 4 50 .8 .8
HH out of scope 5 46 .7 .7
No elig. HH members 6 239 3.6 3.6
Unknown status 8 706 10.8 10.8
All FINLOC=0 9 49 .7 .7
Valid cases 6553 Missing cases 0
Question Route Uses EIVNADD EIVIA EIVFHO on Record EHHSAMP.
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 EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6553 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

estrata Stratification class
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6553 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

epsu Primary Sampling Unit
Record Type EHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6553 Missing cases 0
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

eregion2 Government Office Region
Record Type EHHSAMP
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
North East 1 287 4.4 4.6
North West 2 769 11.7 12.4
Yorkshire and the Hu 3 597 9.1 9.6
East Midlands 4 494 7.5 7.9
West Midlands 5 540 8.2 8.7
East of England 6 537 8.2 8.6
London 7 679 10.4 10.9
South East 8 878 13.4 14.1
South West 9 539 8.2 8.7
Wales 10 316 4.8 5.1
Scotland 11 587 9.0 9.4
Missing -9 330 5.0 Missing
Valid cases 6223 Missing cases 330
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