| hhid | household identification number |
| hpno | person number |
| hjhstat | labour force status code |
| hjhbgd | day labour force spell began |
| hjhbgm | month labour force spell began |
| hjhbgy4 | year labour force spell began |
| hjspno | spell number of labour force status |
| hjhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| hjhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| hjhboss | had employees: previous job |
| hjhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| hjhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| hjhpldf | change of workplace: previous job |
| hjhsic | industry (sic): previous job |
| hjhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| hjhpayl | pay at 1.9.97: previous job |
| hjhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.97: previous job |
| hjhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.97: previous job |
| hjhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| hjblky | attraction of present job |
| hjhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| hjhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| hjhendy4 | year labour force spell ended |
| hjha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.97 |
| hjhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| hjhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| hjhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| hjhisco | international soc : previous job |
| hjhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| hjhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| hjhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| hjhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| hjhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.98: prev job spell |
| hjhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| hjhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| hjhgpayi | imputation flag – hjhgpay (derived) |
| hjhnpayi | imputation flag – hjhnpay (derived) |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| hjhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| hjhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| hjhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| hjhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |