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hhid Household identification number
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 7295 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

hfid Fieldwork household identifier
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 7295 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

hivnadd Household found at new address in field
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Address corrections 1 660 9.0 9.0
No corrections reqd. 2 5782 79.3 79.3
New address (known) 3 627 8.6 8.6
New addr unkwn/o-o-s 4 226 3.1 3.1
Valid cases 7295 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

hivia Interviewer area
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 7295 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

hivid Interviewer number
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 7295 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

hivlnc Total calls at last known address
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
2.31 1.97 0 62
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 255 3.5 3.9
Amount stated 1 6302 86.4 96.1
Missing or wild -9 738 10.1 Missing
Valid cases 6557 Missing cases 738
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

hivtnc Number of calls at new address
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
1.29 1.59 0 10
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 308 4.2 37.0
Amount stated 1 524 7.2 63.0
Missing or wild -9 6463 88.6 Missing
Valid cases 832 Missing cases 6463
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

hiviam Area intrvw took place non-local movers
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 7295 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

hivfho Final household interview outcome
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
All eligible HH intv 10 5222 71.6 71.6
Interviews + proxies 11 253 3.5 3.5
Interviews + refusal 12 464 6.4 6.4
Pxy at original addr 15 5 .1 .1
Phone pxy intvw only 16 59 .8 .8
Youth Interview only 17 2 .0 .0
Docs missing or unus 39 5 .1 .1
Address not found 50 295 4.0 4.0
No HH member contact 51 53 .7 .7
Refus to Rsrch Cntre 60 73 1.0 1.0
Refusal to intviewer 61 93 1.3 1.3
Language problems 62 3 .0 .0
No intv.: Age/health 63 105 1.4 1.4
Moved prev wave add 70 37 .5 .5
Out scope-institut’n 80 29 .4 .4
Moved out of scope 81 222 3.0 3.0
Whole HH deceased 90 63 .9 .9
No PSM’s resident 91 271 3.7 3.7
Adamant refusal 92 41 .6 .6
Valid cases 7295 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

hivosmrh No. OSMs – whole HH refusal to intervwr
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
1 120 1.6 49.4
2 67 .9 27.6
3 24 .3 9.9
4 18 .2 7.4
5 8 .1 3.3
6 4 .1 1.6
7 2 .0 .8
Missing or wild -9 6 .1 Missing
Inapplicable -8 6960 95.4 Missing
Don’t know -1 86 1.2 Missing
Valid cases 243 Missing cases 7052
Question Route IF (HIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92) 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

hivnsmrh No. new HH membs – whl HH ref to intvwr
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 112 1.5 78.3
1 25 .3 17.5
2 5 .1 3.5
8 1 .0 .7
Missing or wild -9 6 .1 Missing
Inapplicable -8 6960 95.4 Missing
Don’t know -1 186 2.5 Missing
Valid cases 143 Missing cases 7152
Question Route IF (HIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92) 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

hivrrefh Reason for household refusal
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Too ill 1 31 .4 9.4
Too elderly 2 4 .1 1.2
Senile 3 8 .1 2.4
Speaks no English 4 2 .0 .6
Stressful fam sit 5 28 .4 8.5
Care of ill/old 10 1 .0 .3
Childcare 11 1 .0 .3
R. rarely home 12 10 .1 3.0
R. temp. absent 13 6 .1 1.8
Too busy 14 37 .5 11.2
No confidentiality 20 2 .0 .6
Q’s too personal 21 2 .0 .6
Won’t bother 30 37 .5 11.2
Nothing changed 31 3 .0 .9
Survey too long 32 4 .1 1.2
Waste of time 33 5 .1 1.5
Prev bad exprnce 34 1 .0 .3
Probs gift voucher 35 1 .0 .3
HH mem says refuse 40 1 .0 .3
Othr says refuse 41 14 .2 4.3
No HH member contact 94 57 .8 17.3
Other 96 7 .1 2.1
No reason given 99 67 .9 20.4
Missing or wild -9 6 .1 Missing
Inapplicable -8 6960 95.4 Missing
Valid cases 329 Missing cases 6966
Question Route IF (HIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92) 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

hivisst Coversheet issue status
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Yes 1 6571 90.1 90.1
No/inac’sble hhold 0 2 527 7.2 7.2
No/retiring hhold 0 3 65 .9 .9
No/inlgble splt-off 4 126 1.7 1.7
No/other split-off 5 6 .1 .1
Valid cases 7295 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

hivconv Refusal conversion attempted
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Conversion attempted 1 175 2.4 53.2
No convrsion attempt 2 154 2.1 46.8
Inapplicable -8 6966 95.5 Missing
Valid cases 329 Missing cases 6966
Question Route IF (HIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92) 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

hivreis Re-issued to field
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Re-issued to field 1 93 1.3 28.3
No re-issue to field 2 236 3.2 71.7
Inapplicable -8 6966 95.5 Missing
Valid cases 329 Missing cases 6966
Question Route IF (HIVFHO = 51,61,62,63,80,92) 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

hhhdc Document check – h/hold quest’re comp?
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non-int household 0 1285 17.6 17.6
Yes 1 5928 81.3 81.3
No 2 23 .3 .3
Telephone Q. only 3 59 .8 .8
Valid cases 7295 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

hhhorig Sample Origin: original BHPS or ECHP
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
ESSEX 1 6179 84.7 84.7
ECHP – SCPR 2 509 7.0 7.0
ECHP – ONS 3 468 6.4 6.4
ECHP – NI 4 139 1.9 1.9
Valid cases 7295 Missing cases 0
Question Route ALL
Index Terms Interview Characteristics and Conditions
Variable Occurrence W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

hxhwght Household Weight
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 7295 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

hregion Region / Metropolitan area
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Inner London 1 204 2.8 3.2
Outer London 2 366 5.0 5.8
R. of South East 3 1098 15.1 17.5
South West 4 564 7.7 9.0
East Anglia 5 262 3.6 4.2
East Midlands 6 533 7.3 8.5
West Midlands Conurb 7 242 3.3 3.9
R. of West Midlands 8 309 4.2 4.9
Greater Manchester 9 258 3.5 4.1
Merseyside 10 127 1.7 2.0
R. of North West 11 282 3.9 4.5
South Yorkshire 12 153 2.1 2.4
West Yorkshire 13 217 3.0 3.5
Humber 14 208 2.9 3.3
Wear 15 152 2.1 2.4
R. of North 16 239 3.3 3.8
Wales 17 340 4.7 5.4
Scotland 18 585 8.0 9.3
Northern Ireland 19 139 1.9 2.2
Missing -9 1017 13.9 Missing
Valid cases 6278 Missing cases 1017
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

hhhmove Mover household indicator
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non mover HH 1 5394 73.9 73.9
Mover household 2 860 11.8 11.8
Part Mover HH 3 80 1.1 1.1
Whole HH deceased 4 74 1.0 1.0
HH out of scope 5 20 .3 .3
No elig. HH members 6 268 3.7 3.7
Unknown status 8 550 7.5 7.5
All FINLOC=0 9 49 .7 .7
Valid cases 7295 Missing cases 0
Question Route Uses HIVNADD HIVIA HIVFHO on Record HHHSAMP.
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 HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6179 Missing cases 1116
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

hxhwghte ECHP Household weight
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 7295 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note These weights are to be used for combining the original BHPS sample with the ECHP subsample. See Volume A, Section V.2.4.
Variable Occurrence W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

hstrata Stratification class
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6179 Missing cases 1116
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

hpsu Primary Sampling Unit
Record Type HHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6179 Missing cases 1116
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

hregion2 Government Office Region
Record Type HHHSAMP
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
North East 1 311 4.3 4.9
North West 2 773 10.6 12.2
Yorkshire and the Hu 3 592 8.1 9.4
East Midlands 4 555 7.6 8.8
West Midlands 5 565 7.7 8.9
East of England 6 542 7.4 8.6
London 7 597 8.2 9.4
South East 8 861 11.8 13.6
South West 9 576 7.9 9.1
Wales 10 349 4.8 5.5
Scotland 11 604 8.3 9.5
Missing -9 970 13.3 Missing
Valid cases 6325 Missing cases 970
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