BHPS Documentation and Questionnaires

ejlid	Identifier of latest job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Current job 0 5617 60.7 64.9 Job spell 1 1 355 3.8 4.1 Job spell 2 2 32 .3 .4 Job spell 3 3 2 .0 .0 Last job - J36 12 34 .4 .4 See AJLID 13 1816 19.6 21.0 See BJLID 14 232 2.5 2.7 See CJLID 15 238 2.6 2.7 See DJLID 16 334 3.6 3.9 Missing -9 34 .4 Missing Proxy respondent -7 159 1.7 Missing Never had a job -3 396 4.3 Missing
	Valid cases 8660 Missing cases 589
Question Route	Uses EJBHAS EJBOFF EJBSTAT ECJSBLY ENJBS EJBHAD on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHSTAT on Record EJOBHIST. Uses wIVFIO on Record XWAVEID. Uses wJLID on all previous wINDRESP Records.
Index Terms	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Provides a means of identifying the latest job (i.e. the current job or the most recent if not currently employed).
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejlyid	Identifier of job spell at 1.9.94
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Current job 0 6665 72.1 75.5 Job spell 1 1 1552 16.8 17.6 Job spell 2 2 420 4.5 4.8 Job spell 3 3 105 1.1 1.2 Job spell 4 4 51 .6 .6 Job spell 5 5 17 .2 .2 Job spell 6 6 9 .1 .1 Job spell 7 7 4 .0 .0 Job spell 8 8 2 .0 .0 Job spell 9 9 2 .0 .0 Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses EJBSTAT ECJSBLY ECJSBGD ECJSBGM ECJSBGY EIVFIO on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Identifies the respondent's labour market spell for 1 September 1994. (i.e. it identifies the current labour market spell if this started before 1.9.94, and the relevant EJOBHIST record if not).
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejtyid	Identifier of job spell at 1.9.95
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Current job 0 8330 90.1 94.6 Job spell 1 1 439 4.7 5.0 Job spell 2 2 25 .3 .3 Job spell 3 3 5 .1 .1 Job spell 4 4 2 .0 .0 Job spell 5 5 1 .0 .0 Job spell 6 6 1 .0 .0 Missing -9 24 .3 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8803 Missing cases 446
Question Route	Uses EJBHAS EJBOFF EJBSEMP EJBSTAT EJBBGD EJBBGM EJBBGY EJSBGD EJSBGM EJSBGY ECJSBGD ECJSBGM ECJSBGY ECJSBLY on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHBGD EJHBGM EJHBGY EJHSTAT on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Identifies respondent's labour market spell for 1 September 1995. (i.e. identifies current labour market spell if this started before 1.9.95, and relevant EJOBHIST record if not).
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbseg	Socio economic group: present job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Employers,large 1 6 .1 .1 Managers,large 2 511 5.5 9.1 Employers,small 3 161 1.7 2.9 Managers,small 4 306 3.3 5.5 Professional Self-em 5 60 .6 1.1 Professional employe 6 265 2.9 4.7 Int. non-manual,work 7 729 7.9 13.0 Int. non-man,foreman 8 232 2.5 4.1 Junior non-manual 9 1113 12.0 19.8 Personal service wrk 10 353 3.8 6.3 Foreman manual 11 193 2.1 3.4 Skilled manual wkrs 12 519 5.6 9.2 Semi-skilled manual 13 506 5.5 9.0 Unskilled manual wkr 14 215 2.3 3.8 Own account wkrs 15 349 3.8 6.2 Farmers - employers, 16 17 .2 .3 Farmers - own accoun 17 14 .2 .2 Agricultural workers 18 53 .6 .9 Members of armed for 19 12 .1 .2 Missing -9 3 .0 Missing Not Applicable -8 3632 39.3 Missing
	Valid cases 5614 Missing cases 3635
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Social Classification
Note	CASOC computes the Socio-Economic Group for jobs, based on the 3 digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), and employment status variables. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork, and Appendix in Volume A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbgold	Goldthorpe Social Class: present job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Service class,higher 1 876 9.5 15.6 Service class,lower 2 1152 12.5 20.5 Routine non-manual e 3 770 8.3 13.7 Personal service wor 4 496 5.4 8.8 Sml props w employee 5 143 1.5 2.5 Sml props w/o employ 6 334 3.6 5.9 Farmers,Smallholders 7 47 .5 .8 Foreman,Technicians 8 347 3.8 6.2 Skilled manual worke 9 413 4.5 7.4 Semi,unskilled manua 10 994 10.7 17.7 Agricultural workers 11 42 .5 .7 Missing -9 3 .0 Missing Not Applicable -8 3632 39.3 Missing
	Valid cases 5614 Missing cases 3635
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Social Classification
Note	CASOC computes the Goldthorpe social class classification for jobs, based on the 3 digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), and employment status variables. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork, and Appendix in Volume A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbrgsc	RG Social Class: present job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Professional occ 1 325 3.5 5.8 technic 2 1704 18.4 30.4 Skilled non-manual 3 1371 14.8 24.4 Skilled manual 4 1081 11.7 19.3 Partly skilled occ 5 878 9.5 15.6 Unskilled occ 6 243 2.6 4.3 Armed forces 7 12 .1 .2 Missing or wild -9 3 .0 Missing Inapplicable -8 3632 39.3 Missing
	Valid cases 5614 Missing cases 3635
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Social Classification
Note	CASOC computes Registrar General's Social Class for jobs based on the 3 digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), and employment status variables. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork, and Appendix in Volume A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbisco	International SOC : present job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Valid cases 5614 Missing cases 3635
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Employment: Sector and Duties
Note	This is a 'STRING' variable - an alphanumeric. Computed using CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork, and coding frame for ISCO in Appendix to Vol. A. International Labour Office (1990) `International Standard Classification of Occupations: ISCO 88. Geneva: International Labour Office.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbcssm	Cambridge Scale males : present job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 35.78 18.08 0.56 86.01
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Amount stated 1.00 5614 60.7 100.0 Missing or wild -9.00 3 .0 Missing Inapplicable -8.00 3632 39.3 Missing
	Valid cases 5614 Missing cases 3635
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Social Classification
Note	Computed using CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork Vol. A. See also Prandy K (1990) `The Revised Cambridge Scale of Occupations', Sociology 24, pp 629-655.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbcssf	Cambridge Scale females : present job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 36.50 19.33 0.55 98.85
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Amount stated 1.00 5614 60.7 100.0 Missing or wild -9.00 3 .0 Missing Inapplicable -8.00 3632 39.3 Missing
	Valid cases 5614 Missing cases 3635
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Social Classification
Note	Computed using CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork Vol. A. See also Prandy K (1990) `The Revised Cambridge Scale of Occupations', Sociology 24, pp 629-655.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbhgs	Hope - Goldthorpe Scale : present job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 46.69 16.05 0 82.05
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 3 .0 .1 Amount stated 1.00 5611 60.7 99.9 Missing or wild -9.00 3 .0 Missing Inapplicable -8.00 3632 39.3 Missing
	Valid cases 5614 Missing cases 3635
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Social Classification
Note	Computed using CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork Vol. A. See also Goldthorpe, JH and Hope, K (1974) The Social Grading of Occupations: A New Approach and Scale, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbsec	Socio-Economic Class: current job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Employers large org 10 6 .1 .1 Higher managerial 20 172 1.9 3.1 Higher prof tradn'l 31 237 2.6 4.2 Higher prof new emp 32 85 .9 1.5 High prof trad s.emp 33 61 .7 1.1 High prof new s.emp 34 5 .1 .1 Lower Prof trad emps 41 667 7.2 11.9 Lower Prof new emps 42 33 .4 .6 Lwr Prof trad s.emp 43 69 .7 1.2 Lower Prof new s.emp 44 9 .1 .2 Lower manag occupns 50 433 4.7 7.7 Hgher supervis occup 60 182 2.0 3.2 admin 71 488 5.3 8.7 serv 72 256 2.8 4.6 aux 73 71 .8 1.3 Intermed engineering 74 28 .3 .5 Emp,small (non-prof) 81 161 1.7 2.9 Emp,small (agricult) 82 15 .2 .3 Own acct wkrs(n.pro) 91 386 4.2 6.9 Own acct wkrs(agric) 92 24 .3 .4 Lwr supervis occups 100 320 3.5 5.7 Lwr technical craft 111 191 2.1 3.4 Lwr tech process op 112 43 .5 .8 Semi-routine sales 121 330 3.6 5.9 Semi-routine service 122 279 3.0 5.0 Semi-routine tech 123 88 1.0 1.6 Semi-routine op 124 124 1.3 2.2 Semi-routine agric 125 26 .3 .5 Semi-routine cleri 126 58 .6 1.0 Semi-rtne childcare 127 29 .3 .5 serv 131 157 1.7 2.8 Routine production 132 117 1.3 2.1 Routine technical 133 216 2.3 3.8 Routine operative 134 242 2.6 4.3 Routine agricultrl 135 9 .1 .2 Inapplicable -8 3632 39.3 Missing
	Valid cases 5617 Missing cases 3632
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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enjbwks	Annual weeks employed: year to Sept 1
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 30.50 24.79 0 52.14
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 3207 34.7 36.4 Amount stated 1.00 5600 60.5 63.6 Missing or wild -9.00 20 .2 Missing Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8807 Missing cases 442
Question Route	Uses EJBHAS EJBOFF ECJSBLY ECJSWK9 EJLYID EJBSTAT on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHSTAT EJHSPW on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Measures number of weeks of employment in reference year (1.9.94 - 31.8.95). The measure is exact (i.e. number of days divided by seven).
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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enjuwks	Annual weeks unemployed: year to Sept 1
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 2.05 8.82 0 52.14
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 8164 88.3 92.6 Amount stated 1.00 651 7.0 7.4 Missing or wild -9.00 12 .1 Missing Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8815 Missing cases 434
Question Route	Uses EJBHAS EJBOFF ECJSBLY ECJSWK9 EJLYID EJBSTAT on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHSTAT EJHSPW on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment: Not Working/Seeking Work
	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Measures number of weeks of unemployment in reference year (1.9.94 - 31.8.95). Measure is exact (i.e. number of days divided by seven).
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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enjiwks	Annual weeks inactive: year to Sept 1
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 19.47 24.59 0 52.14
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 5231 56.6 59.3 Amount stated 1.00 3587 38.8 40.7 Missing or wild -9.00 9 .1 Missing Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8818 Missing cases 431
Question Route	Uses EJBHAS EJBOFF ECJSBLY ECJSWK9 EJLYID EJBSTAT on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHSTAT EJHSPW on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment: Not Working/Seeking Work
	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Measures number of weeks of economically inactive (i.e. not in employment or unemployed) in reference year (1.9.94 - 31.8.95). Measure is exact (i.e. number of days divided by seven).
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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enjbnew	No. different employers: year to Sept 1
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % None 0 3183 34.4 36.1 1 4980 53.8 56.4 2 547 5.9 6.2 3 95 1.0 1.1 4 16 .2 .2 5 5 .1 .1 Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8826 Missing cases 423
Question Route	Uses EJLYID EJBHAS EJBOFF EJBSTAT ECJSWK9 on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHSTAT EJHSPW on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Measures number of jobs with distinct employers, (or self-employment spells) held in reference year (1.9.94 - 1.9.95).
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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enjbsp	No. employment spells: year to Sept 1
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % None 0 3183 34.4 36.1 1 4583 49.6 51.9 2 897 9.7 10.2 3 142 1.5 1.6 4 16 .2 .2 5 5 .1 .1 Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8826 Missing cases 423
Question Route	Uses EJLYID EJBHAS EJBOFF EJBSTAT ECJSWK9 on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHSTAT EJHSPW on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Measures number of separate jobs (including self-employment spells) held in reference year (1.9.94 - 1.9.95). Different jobs held with the same employer are each counted.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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enjusp	No. unemployment spells: year to Sept 1
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % None 0 8152 88.1 92.4 1 606 6.6 6.9 2 59 .6 .7 3 8 .1 .1 4 1 .0 .0 Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8826 Missing cases 423
Question Route	Uses EJLYID EJBHAS EJBOFF EJBSTAT ECJSWK9 on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHSTAT EJHSPW on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment: Not Working/Seeking Work
	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Measures number of separate unemployment spells in reference year (1.9.94 - 1.9.95).
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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enjisp	No. inactive spells: year to Sept 1
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % None 0 5351 57.9 60.6 1 3402 36.8 38.5 2 69 .7 .8 3 4 .0 .0 Missing or wild -9 1 .0 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8826 Missing cases 423
Question Route	Uses EJLYID EJBHAS EJBOFF EJBSTAT ECJSWK9 on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHSTAT EJHSPW on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment: Not Working/Seeking Work
	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Measures number of separate economically inactive (i.e. not in employment or unemployed) spells in reference year (1.9.94 - 1.9.95).
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbstatl	Employment status on Sept 1, year ago
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Self employed 1 776 8.4 8.9 In paid employ 2 4188 45.3 47.8 Unemployed 3 387 4.2 4.4 Retired 4 1526 16.5 17.4 Maternity leave 5 49 .5 .6 Family care 6 817 8.8 9.3 FT studt, school 7 684 7.4 7.8 LT sick, disabld 8 294 3.2 3.4 Govt trng scheme 9 18 .2 .2 Something else 10 28 .3 .3 Missing or wild -9 3 .0 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing Don't know -1 57 .6 Missing
	Valid cases 8767 Missing cases 482
Question Route	Uses EJLYID EJBHAS EJBOFF EJBSTAT on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHSTAT EJHSEMP on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment: Labour Force Status
	Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells
Note	Equivalent to EJBSTAT, for 1.9.94. If EJLYID = 0, EJBSTATL is EJBSTAT, if EJLYID is greater than 0, then EJBSTAT is based on EJHSTAT for the job history spell referenced.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbstatt	Employment status on Sept 1, this year
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Self employed 1 674 7.3 7.7 In paid employ 2 4344 47.0 49.4 Unemployed 3 399 4.3 4.5 Retired 4 1596 17.3 18.1 Maternity leave 5 41 .4 .5 Family care 6 812 8.8 9.2 FT studt, school 7 584 6.3 6.6 LT sick, disabld 8 313 3.4 3.6 Govt trng scheme 9 21 .2 .2 Something else 10 17 .2 .2 Missing or wild -9 26 .3 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8801 Missing cases 448
Question Route	Uses EJTYID EJBHAS EJBOFF EJBSTAT on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJSPNO EJHSTAT on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment: Labour Force Status
Note	Equivalent to EJBSTAT, for 1.9.95. If EJTYID = 0, EJBSTATT is EJBSTAT, if EJTYID is greater than 0, then EJBSTAT is based on EJHSTAT for the job history spell referenced.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejbsocly	Occupation (SOC):job on 1.9.94
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Valid cases 5173 Missing cases 4076
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Employment: Labour Force Status
	Employment History: Size, Sector and Duties
Note	See Appendix to Vol. A for coding frame.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejlseg	Socio economic group: last job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Managers,large 2 1 .0 2.9 Employers,small 3 1 .0 2.9 Managers,small 4 2 .0 5.9 Professional employe 6 1 .0 2.9 Int. non-manual,work 7 2 .0 5.9 Int. non-man,foreman 8 2 .0 5.9 Junior non-manual 9 10 .1 29.4 Personal service wrk 10 1 .0 2.9 Foreman manual 11 1 .0 2.9 Skilled manual wkrs 12 4 .0 11.8 Semi-skilled manual 13 3 .0 8.8 Unskilled manual wkr 14 5 .1 14.7 Own account wkrs 15 1 .0 2.9 Missing -9 24 .3 Missing Not Applicable -8 8769 94.8 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 34 Missing cases 9215
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Employment History: Size, Sector and Duties
	Social Classification
Note	See notes for EJBSEG.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejlgold	Goldthorpe Social Class: last job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Service class,higher 1 1 .0 2.9 Service class,lower 2 7 .1 20.6 Routine non-manual e 3 3 .0 8.8 Personal service wor 4 6 .1 17.6 Sml props w employee 5 1 .0 2.9 Sml props w/o employ 6 1 .0 2.9 Foreman,Technicians 8 1 .0 2.9 Skilled manual worke 9 3 .0 8.8 Semi,unskilled manua 10 11 .1 32.4 Missing -9 24 .3 Missing Not Applicable -8 8769 94.8 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 34 Missing cases 9215
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Employment History: Size, Sector and Duties
	Social Classification
Note	See notes for EJBGOLD.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejlrgsc	RG Social Class: last job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Professional occ 1 1 .0 2.9 technic 2 6 .1 17.6 Skilled non-manual 3 11 .1 32.4 Skilled manual 4 6 .1 17.6 Partly skilled occ 5 5 .1 14.7 Unskilled occ 6 5 .1 14.7 Missing or wild -9 24 .3 Missing Inapplicable -8 8769 94.8 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 34 Missing cases 9215
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Employment History: Size, Sector and Duties
	Social Classification
Note	See note for EJBRGSC.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejlisco	International SOC : last job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Valid cases 34 Missing cases 9215
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Employment History: Size, Sector and Duties
Note	This is a 'STRING' variable - an alphanumeric. See note for EJBISCO, and Notes on Derived Variables in Appendix and coding frame for ISCO in Appendix to Vol. A. International Labour Office (1990) `International Standard Classification of Occupations: ISCO 88. Geneva: International Labour Office.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejlcssm	Cambridge Scale males : last job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 26.68 13.57 3.75 57.21
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Amount stated 1.00 34 .4 100.0 Missing or wild -9.00 24 .3 Missing Inapplicable -8.00 8769 94.8 Missing Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 34 Missing cases 9215
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Employment History: Size, Sector and Duties
	Social Classification
Note	See note for EJBCSSM. See Vol. A for details. See also Prandy K (1990) `The Revised Cambridge Scale of Occupations', Sociology 24, pp 629-655.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejlcssf	Cambridge Scale females : last job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 26.98 14.32 3.77 64.04
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Amount stated 1.00 34 .4 100.0 Missing or wild -9.00 24 .3 Missing Inapplicable -8.00 8769 94.8 Missing Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 34 Missing cases 9215
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Employment History: Size, Sector and Duties
	Social Classification
Note	See note for EJBCSSM. See Vol. A for details. See also Prandy K (1990) `The Revised Cambridge Scale of Occupations', Sociology 24, pp 629-655.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejlhgs	Hope - Goldthorpe Scale : last job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 39.22 14.51 18.36 70.92
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Amount stated 1.00 34 .4 100.0 Missing or wild -9.00 24 .3 Missing Inapplicable -8.00 8769 94.8 Missing Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 34 Missing cases 9215
Question Route	Done by CASOC.
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Employment History: Size, Sector and Duties
	Social Classification
Note	See note for EJBHGS. See Vol. A for details. See also Goldthorpe, JH and Hope, K (1974) The Social Grading of Occupations: A New Approach and Scale, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ejlsec	Socio-Economic Class: last job
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Higher prof tradn'l 31 1 .0 2.9 Higher prof new emp 32 1 .0 2.9 Lower Prof trad emps 41 1 .0 2.9 Lower manag occupns 50 3 .0 8.8 Hgher supervis occup 60 1 .0 2.9 serv 72 2 .0 5.9 aux 73 1 .0 2.9 Emp,small (non-prof) 81 1 .0 2.9 Own acct wkrs(n.pro) 91 1 .0 2.9 Lwr supervis occups 100 2 .0 5.9 Lwr technical craft 111 2 .0 5.9 Semi-routine sales 121 7 .1 20.6 Semi-routine service 122 3 .0 8.8 Semi-routine tech 123 1 .0 2.9 Semi-routine op 124 1 .0 2.9 serv 131 1 .0 2.9 Routine production 132 1 .0 2.9 Routine technical 133 1 .0 2.9 Routine operative 134 3 .0 8.8 Missing -9 24 .3 Missing Inapplicable -8 8769 94.8 Missing -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 34 Missing cases 9215
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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enorgm	Number of organisations member of
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % None 0 3623 39.2 41.1 1 2814 30.4 31.9 2 1483 16.0 16.8 3 596 6.4 6.8 4 207 2.2 2.3 5 79 .9 .9 6 15 .2 .2 7 7 .1 .1 Missing or wild -9 3 .0 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8824 Missing cases 425
Question Route	Uses EORGM EORGMA EORGMB EORGMC EORGMD EORGME EORGMF EORGMG EORGMH EORGMI EORGMJ EORGMK EORGML EORGMM on Record EINDRESP
Index Terms	Social and Interest Group Membership
Note	Measures membership in sixteen different types of organisation. Counts number of different types of organisation mentioned at question EORGM.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W9 W11 W13 W15 W17

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enorga	Number of organisations active in
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % None 0 4343 47.0 49.6 1 2737 29.6 31.3 2 1138 12.3 13.0 3 365 3.9 4.2 4 122 1.3 1.4 5 34 .4 .4 6 8 .1 .1 7 2 .0 .0 Missing or wild -9 78 .8 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8749 Missing cases 500
Question Route	Uses EORGA EORGAA EORGAB EORGAC EORGAD EORGAE EORGAF EORGAG EORGAH EORGAI EORGAJ EORGAK EORGAL EORGAM on Record EINDRESP.
Index Terms	Social and Interest Group Activity
Note	Measures activity in sixteen different types of organisation. Counts number of different types of organisation mentioned at question EORGA.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W9 W11 W13 W15 W17

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evote	Political party supported
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % Conservative 1 2229 24.1 27.7 Labour 2 3648 39.4 45.4 Lib Dem/Lib/SDP 3 981 10.6 12.2 Scot Nat 4 120 1.3 1.5 Plaid Cymru 5 13 .1 .2 Green Party 6 95 1.0 1.2 Other Party 7 24 .3 .3 Other answer 8 14 .2 .2 None 10 765 8.3 9.5 Can't vote 11 152 1.6 1.9 Missing or wild -9 786 8.5 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8041 Missing cases 1208
Question Route	Uses EVOTE1 EVOTE2 EVOTE3 EVOTE4 on record EINDRESP.
Index Terms	Political Support and Behaviour
	Values, Opinions and Attitudes
Note	Not available at Wave 2 as a retrospective rather than prospective voting question was asked.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efimnp	Pension income: last month
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 48.55 217.35 0 9800
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 7557 81.7 85.6 Amount stated 1.00 1270 13.7 14.4 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses ENF1 on Record EINDRESP. Uses EFICODE EFRVAL EFRW EFRNOW EFRJT on Record EINCOME.
Index Terms	Incomes: Benefits and Allowances and Pensions
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIMNPI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efimnb	Benefit income: last month
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 114.61 175.52 0 1643.94
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 4724 51.1 53.5 Amount stated 1.00 4103 44.4 46.5 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses ENF1 on Record EINDRESP. Uses EFICODE EFRVAL EFRW EFRNOW EFRJT on Record EINCOME.
Index Terms	Incomes: Benefits and Allowances and Pensions
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIMNBI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efimni	Investment income: last month
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 39.36 147.97 0 3581.54
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 3554 38.4 40.3 Amount stated 1.00 5273 57.0 59.7 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses ENF1 EFIYRDI on Record EINDRESP. Uses EFICODE EFRVAL EFRW EFRNOW EFRJT on Record EINCOME.
Index Terms	Incomes: Rents, Savings, Investments
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIMNII takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efimnt	Transfer income: last month
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 12.70 75.07 0 2180
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 8358 90.4 94.7 Amount stated 1.00 469 5.1 5.3 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses ENF1 on Record EINDRESP. Uses EFICODE EFRVAL EFRW EFRNOW EFRJT on Record EINCOME.
Index Terms	Incomes
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIMNTI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efimnl	Labour income: last month
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 674.79 941.86 0 24333.30
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % proxy and/or phone -7 422 4.56 Missing [Value >= 0] 8827 95.44 100.0 Total 9249 100.00
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses EJ2PAY EPAYGU EJBSEMP EJSACCS EJSPROF EJSPAYG EPRFITB EIVFIO
Index Terms	Employment: Wages, Salary and Deductions
	Incomes
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIMNLI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efimnnl	Non-labour income: last month
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 215.21 352.61 0 10425
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 1556 16.8 17.6 Amount stated 1.00 7271 78.6 82.4 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses EFIMNP EFIMNB EFIMNT EFIMNI on Record EINDRESP.
Index Terms	Incomes
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIMNNLI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efimn	Total Income: last month
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 890 926.08 0 24338.30
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % proxy and/or phone -7 422 4.56 Missing [Value >= 0] 8827 95.44 100.0 Total 9249 100.00
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses EFIMNL EPAYGU EJBSEMP EJSACCS EJSPROF EJSPAYG EJ2PAY EPRFITB on Record EINDRESP.
Index Terms	Incomes
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIMNTHI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efiyrl	Annual labour income (1.9.94-1.9.95)
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 7567.76 10455.92 0 292000
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 3239 35.0 36.7 Amount stated 1.00 5588 60.4 63.3 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses EIVFIO EJBHAS EJBOFF ECJSBLY ECJSWK9 EJTYID EJLYID ENJBWKS EPAYGU EPAYGTY EPAYGLY EPAYS EPAYSW EPAYSG ESEX EMLSTAT ESPJB EJBPENM EAGE on Record EINDRESP. Uses EJHSTAT EJHGPAY EJHSPW on Record EJOBHIST.
Index Terms	Employment: Wages, Salary and Deductions
	Incomes
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIYRLI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efiyrnl	Annual non-labour income (1.9.94-1.9.95)
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 2475.34 4783.31 0 240901.11
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 1470 15.9 16.7 Amount stated 1.00 7357 79.5 83.3 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses EFIYRP EFIYRB EFIYRT EFIYRI on Record EINDRESP.
Index Terms	Incomes
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIYRNLI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efiyrp	Annual pension income (1.9.94-1.9.95)
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 557.74 2514.21 0 117600
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 7553 81.7 85.6 Amount stated 1.00 1274 13.8 14.4 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses ENF1 on Record EINDRESP. Uses EFICODE EFIM09L EFIM10L EFIM11L EFIM12L EFIM01T EFIM02T EFIM03T EFIM04T EFIM05T EFIM06T EFIM07T EFIM08T on Record EINCOME.
Index Terms	Incomes: Benefits and Allowances and Pensions
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIYRPI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efiyrb	Annual benefit income (1.9.94-1.9.95)
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 1330.95 2044.04 0 27999.90
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 4513 48.8 51.1 Amount stated 1.00 4314 46.6 48.9 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses ENF1 on Record EINDRESP. Uses EFICODE EFIM09L EFIM10L EFIM11L EFIM12L EFIM01T EFIM02T EFIM03T EFIM04T EFIM05T EFIM06T EFIM07T EFIM08T on Record EINCOME.
Index Terms	Incomes: Benefits and Allowances and Pensions
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIYRBI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efiyrt	Annual transfer income (1.9.94-1.9.95)
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 160.87 2696.29 0 239976
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 8320 90.0 94.3 Amount stated 1.00 507 5.5 5.7 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses ENF1 on Record EINDRESP. Uses EFICODE EFIM09L EFIM10L EFIM11L EFIM12L EFIM01T EFIM02T EFIM03T EFIM04T EFIM05T EFIM06T EFIM07T EFIM08T on Record EINCOME.
Index Terms	Incomes: Benefits and Allowances and Pensions
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIYRTI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efiyri	Annual investment income (1.9.94-1.9.95)
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 425.79 1614.61 0 36606.40
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 3551 38.4 40.2 Amount stated 1.00 5276 57.0 59.8 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses ENF1 EFIYRDI on Record EINDRESP. Uses EFICODE EFIM09L EFIM10L EFIM11L EFIM12L EFIM01T EFIM02T EFIM03T EFIM04T EFIM05T EFIM06T EFIM07T EFIM08T on Record EINCOME.
Index Terms	Incomes: Rents, Savings, Investments
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIYRII takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efiyr	Annual income (1.9.94-1.9.95)
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 10043.10 10568.30 0 292060
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 182 2.0 2.1 Amount stated 1.00 8645 93.5 97.9 Proxy respondent -7.00 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8827 Missing cases 422
Question Route	Uses EFIYRL EFIYRNL on Record EINDRESP.
Index Terms	Incomes
Note	Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable EFIYEARI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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efihhmn	Household income: month before interview
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 2004.52 1501.32 0 24801.60
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % .00 14 .2 .2 Amount stated 1.00 9103 98.4 99.8 Missing or wild -9.00 132 1.4 Missing
	Valid cases 9117 Missing cases 132
Question Route	Uses EIVFHO on Record EHHSAMP. Uses EFIMN EIVFIO on Record EINDRESP.
Index Terms	Incomes: Household Income
Note	Sums the values of total income in the month before interview for individuals in the h/hold. Includes imputed data. The imputation flag variable EFIHHMNI takes a value 0 if there was no imputation, 1 if some component of an individual h/hold members income was imputed, and 2 if the whole income of one or more h/hold members was imputed. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ehlghq1	Subjective wellbeing (GHQ) 1: Likert
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 11.24 5.40 0 36
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % 0 21 .2 .2 Amount stated 1 8642 93.4 99.8 Missing or wild -9 164 1.8 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8663 Missing cases 586
Question Route	Uses EGHQA EGHQB EGHQC EGHQD EGHQE EGHQF EGHQG EGHQH EGHQI EGHQJ EGHQK EGHQL on Record EINDRESP.
Index Terms	Health: Subjective Well-Being
Note	Measure converts valid answers to questions EGHQA to EGHQL to a single 36 point scale. See note on variable wHLGHQ1 in Notes on Derived Variables in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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ehlghq2	Subjective wellbeing (GHQ) 2: Caseness
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % 0 4340 46.9 50.1 1 1232 13.3 14.2 2 776 8.4 9.0 3 535 5.8 6.2 4 359 3.9 4.1 5 295 3.2 3.4 6 252 2.7 2.9 7 200 2.2 2.3 8 168 1.8 1.9 9 144 1.6 1.7 10 122 1.3 1.4 11 114 1.2 1.3 12 126 1.4 1.5 Missing or wild -9 164 1.8 Missing Proxy respondent -7 422 4.6 Missing
	Valid cases 8663 Missing cases 586
Question Route	Uses EGHQA EGHQB EGHQC EGHQD EGHQE EGHQF EGHQG EGHQH EGHQI EGHQJ EGHQK EGHQL on Record EINDRESP.
Index Terms	Health: Subjective Well-Being
Note	Measure converts valid answers to questions EGHQA to EGHQL to a single scale 12 point scale. See note on variable wHLGHQ1 in Notes on Derived Variables in Vol. A.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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espjb	Whether spouse/partner employed now
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid % No 0 1936 20.9 32.6 Yes 1 3998 43.2 67.4 No spouse/partner -8 3315 35.8 Missing
	Valid cases 5934 Missing cases 3315
Question Route	Uses EHGSPN EHGEST EIVFIO on Record EINDALL. Uses EJBHAS EJBOFF on Record EINDRESP.
Index Terms	Employment: Labour Force Status
	Relationship between Household Members
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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espsoc	Spouse/partner's Occupation
Record Type	EINDRESP
Questionnaire	Derived Variable
	Valid cases 3787 Missing cases 5462
Index Terms	Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification
	Social Classification
Note	See notes for EJBSOC and, Appendix in Vol. A for coding frame.
Variable Occurrence	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

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