| ghid | household identification number |
| gpno | person number |
| gjhstat | labour force status code |
| gjhbgd | day labour force spell began |
| gjhbgm | month labour force spell began |
| gjhbgy4 | year labour force spell began |
| gjspno | spell number of labour force status |
| gjhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| gjhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| gjhboss | had employees: previous job |
| gjhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| gjhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| gjhpldf | change of workplace: previous job |
| gjhsic | industry (sic): previous job |
| gjhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| gjhpayl | pay at 1.9.96: previous job |
| gjhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.96: previous job |
| gjhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.96: previous job |
| gjhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| gjblky | attraction of present job |
| gjhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| gjhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| gjhendy4 | year labour force spell ended |
| gjha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.96 |
| gjhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| gjhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| gjhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| gjhisco | international soc : previous job |
| gjhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| gjhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| gjhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| gjhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| gjhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.97: prev job spell |
| gjhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| gjhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| gjhgpayi | imputation flag – gjhgpay (derived) |
| gjhnpayi | imputation flag – gjhnpay (derived) |
| gjhepflg | flag: echp spell ended on/before 1.9.96 |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| gjhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| gjhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| gjhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| gjhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |