| ghid | Household identification number |
| gpno | Person number |
| pid | Cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| giviow6 | Interview outcome Wave 6 |
| givievr | Ever interviewed |
| ghhmem | Household membership |
| gnewhy | New entrants – why living in HH |
| gnemnjn | New entrants – month joined HH |
| gneyrjn4 | New entrants – year joined HH |
| givfio | Individual interview outcome |
| givfho | Final household interview outcome |
| giodc | Individual document check |
| gmemorig | Sample Origin: original BHPS or ECHP |
| ghgr2r | Relationship to reference person |
| ghgsex | Sex – HH grid |
| ghgbm | Month of birth – HH grid |
| ghgby | Year of birth – HH grid |
| gmastat | Marital status |
| ghgspn | PNO of spouse/partner |
| ghgemp | Employment status – HH Grid |
| ghgfno | PNO of father |
| ghgmno | PNO of mother |
| ghgra | Responsible adult |
| gage | Age at Date of Interview |
| gage12 | Age at 1.12.1997 |
| gbutype | Benefit Unit Type |
| gbuno | Benefit Unit Number |
| gnchild | Number of own children in household |
| gdepchl | Whether dependent child: DSS definition |
| ghoh | Conventional Head of Household Indicator |
| grach16 | Whether responsible adult for child |
| gagei | Imputation flag – GAGE and GAGE12 |
| glrwght | Longitudinal respondent weight |
| glewght | Longitudinal enumerated individual weight |
| gxrwght | X-sectional respondent weight |
| gxewght | X-sectional enumerated individual weight |
| gmovest | Individual mover status |
| gsampst | Sample membership status |
| gxrwghte | ECHP X-sectional respondent weight |
| gxewghte | ECHP X-sectional enumerated indv weight |
| gsppid | Cross-wave person identifier of spouse |
| gfpid | Cross-wave person identifier of father |
| gmpid | Cross-wave person identifier of mother |
| grapid | X-wave person identifier of resp. adult |
| gdistmov | Distance of residential move |
| gbuid | BU identifier |
| gecstat1 | Econ.Status BU (HBAI defn), i |
| gecstat2 | Econ.Status BU (HBAI defn), ii |
| gfamtype1 | BU type (HBAI defn) |
| gfamtype2 | Family type – new HBAI definition |
| gbutype_mod | benefit unit type |