| fhid | household identification number |
| fpno | person number |
| fjhstat | labour force status code |
| fjhbgd | day labour force spell began |
| fjhbgm | month labour force spell began |
| fjhbgy | year labour force spell began |
| fjspno | spell number of labour force status |
| fjhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| fjhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| fjhboss | had employees: previous job |
| fjhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| fjhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| fjhpldf | change of workplace: previous job |
| fjhsic | industry (sic): previous job |
| fjhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| fjhpayl | pay at 1.9.95: previous job |
| fjhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.95: previous job |
| fjhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.95: previous job |
| fjhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| fjblky | attraction of present job |
| fjhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| fjhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| fjhendy | year labour force spell ended |
| fjha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.95 |
| fjhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| fjhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| fjhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| fjhisco | international soc : previous job |
| fjhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| fjhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| fjhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| fjhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| fjhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.96: prev job spell |
| fjhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| fjhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| fjhgpayi | imputation flag – fjhgpay (derived) |
| fjhnpayi | imputation flag – fjhnpay (derived) |
| fjhbgy4 | year labour force spell began: 4 digit |
| fjhendy4 | year labour force spell ended: 4 digit |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| fjhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| fjhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| fjhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| fjhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |