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ihid Household identification number
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 11944 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

ifid Fieldwork household identifier
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 11944 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

iivnadd Household found at new address in field
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Address corrections 1 1160 9.7 9.7
No corrections reqd. 2 9825 82.3 82.3
New address (known) 3 699 5.9 5.9
New addr unkwn/o-o-s 4 260 2.2 2.2
Valid cases 11944 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

iivia Interviewer area
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 11944 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

iivid Interviewer number
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 11944 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

iivlnc Total calls at last known address
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
2.76 2.23 0 26
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 312 2.6 2.8
Amount stated 1 10769 90.2 97.2
Missing or wild -9 863 7.2 Missing
Valid cases 11081 Missing cases 863
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

iivtnc Total calls at interview address
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum
1.34 1.62 0 14
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
0 339 2.8 35.4
Amount stated 1 618 5.2 64.6
Missing or wild -9 10987 92.0 Missing
Valid cases 957 Missing cases 10987
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

iiviam Area intrvw took place non-local movers
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Valid cases 11944 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

iivfho Final household interview outcome
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
All eligible HH intv 10 7500 62.8 62.8
Interviews + proxies 11 307 2.6 2.6
Interviews + refusal 12 927 7.8 7.8
Pxy at original addr 15 6 .1 .1
Phone pxy intvw only 16 55 .5 .5
Youth Interview only 17 2 .0 .0
Address not found 50 366 3.1 3.1
No HH member contact 51 346 2.9 2.9
Refus to Rsrch Cntre 60 147 1.2 1.2
Refusal to intviewer 61 1405 11.8 11.8
Language problems 62 5 .0 .0
No intv.: Age/health 63 238 2.0 2.0
Moved prev wave add 70 46 .4 .4
Out scope-institut’n 80 32 .3 .3
Moved out of scope 81 253 2.1 2.1
Whole HH deceased 90 50 .4 .4
No PSM’s resident 91 218 1.8 1.8
Adamant refusal 92 41 .3 .3
Valid cases 11944 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

iivosmrh No. OSMs – whole HH refusal to intervwr
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
missing or wild -9 1066 8.92 Missing
inapplicable -8 9813 82.16 Missing
Total 11944 100.00
Valid cases 1065 Missing cases 10879
Question Route IF (IIVFHO = 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

iivnsmrh No. new HH membs – whl HH ref to intvwr
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
missing or wild -9 268 2.24 Missing
inapplicable -8 11516 96.42 Missing
Total 11944 100.00
Valid cases 160 Missing cases 11784
Question Route IF (IIVFHO = 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

iivrrefh Reason for household refusal
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Interviewer Check
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Too ill 1 156 1.3 8.7
Too elderly 2 67 .6 3.7
Senile 3 23 .2 1.3
Speaks no English 4 5 .0 .3
Stressful fam sit 5 67 .6 3.7
Care of ill/old 10 5 .0 .3
Childcare 11 4 .0 .2
R. rarely home 12 18 .2 1.0
R. temp. absent 13 6 .1 .3
Too busy 14 258 2.2 14.4
No confidentiality 20 5 .0 .3
Q’s too personal 21 42 .4 2.3
Won’t bother 30 393 3.3 22.0
Nothing changed 31 1 .0 .1
Survey too long 32 10 .1 .6
Waste of time 33 80 .7 4.5
Prev bad exprnce 34 2 .0 .1
Probs gift voucher 35 1 .0 .1
HH mem says refuse 40 18 .2 1.0
Othr says refuse 41 42 .4 2.3
No HH member contact 94 96 .8 5.4
Other 96 25 .2 1.4
No reason given 99 466 3.9 26.0
Missing or wild -9 62 .5 Missing
Inapplicable -8 10092 84.5 Missing
Valid cases 1790 Missing cases 10154
Question Route IF (IIVFHO = 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

iivisst Coversheet issue status
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Yes 1 11134 93.2 93.2
No/inac’sble hhold 0 2 618 5.2 5.2
No/retiring hhold 0 3 50 .4 .4
No/inlgble splt-off 4 141 1.2 1.2
No/other split-off 5 1 .0 .0
Valid cases 11944 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

iivconv Refusal conversion attempted
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Conversion attempted 1 192 1.6 9.0
No convrsion attempt 2 1938 16.2 91.0
Inapplicable -8 9814 82.2 Missing
Valid cases 2130 Missing cases 9814
Question Route IF (IIVFHO = 60,61,62,63,80,92) 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

iivreis Re-issued to field
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Re-issued to field 1 141 1.2 6.6
No re-issue to field 2 1989 16.7 93.4
Inapplicable -8 9814 82.2 Missing
Valid cases 2130 Missing cases 9814
Question Route IF (IIVFHO = 60,61,62,63,80,92) 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

ihhdc Document check – h/hold quest’re comp?
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Cover Sheet
Question Number and Text Office Code
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non-int household 0 3137 26.3 26.3
Yes 1 8717 73.0 73.0
No 2 35 .3 .3
Telephone Q. only 3 55 .5 .5
Valid cases 11944 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

ihhorig Sample Origin: original BHPS or ECHP
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Original sample 1 6216 52.0 52.0
ECHP – SCPR 2 520 4.4 4.4
ECHP – ONS 3 474 4.0 4.0
ECHP – NI 4 145 1.2 1.2
Wales new sample 5 2191 18.3 18.3
Scotland new sample 6 2398 20.1 20.1
Valid cases 11944 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

ixhwght Household Weight
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 11944 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

iregion Region / Metropolitan area
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Inner London 1 206 1.7 1.9
Outer London 2 365 3.1 3.4
R. of South East 3 1096 9.2 10.1
South West 4 570 4.8 5.2
East Anglia 5 253 2.1 2.3
East Midlands 6 527 4.4 4.8
West Midlands Conurb 7 236 2.0 2.2
R. of West Midlands 8 327 2.7 3.0
Greater Manchester 9 272 2.3 2.5
Merseyside 10 125 1.0 1.1
R. of North West 11 276 2.3 2.5
South Yorkshire 12 152 1.3 1.4
West Yorkshire 13 215 1.8 2.0
Humber 14 216 1.8 2.0
Wear 15 145 1.2 1.3
R. of North 16 246 2.1 2.3
Wales 17 2524 21.1 23.2
Scotland 18 2978 24.9 27.4
Northern Ireland 19 145 1.2 1.3
Missing -9 1070 9.0 Missing
Valid cases 10874 Missing cases 1070
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

ihhmove Mover household indicator
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
Non mover HH 1 5331 44.6 72.5
Mover household 2 893 7.5 12.1
Part Mover HH 3 71 .6 1.0
Whole HH deceased 4 54 .5 .7
HH out of scope 5 42 .4 .6
No elig. HH members 6 215 1.8 2.9
Unknown status 8 705 5.9 9.6
All FINLOC=0 9 44 .4 .6
Inapplicable – new s -8 4589 38.4 Missing
Valid cases 7355 Missing cases 4589
Question Route Uses IIVNADD IIVIA IIVFHO on Record IHHSAMP.
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 IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 6216 Missing cases 5728
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

ixhwghte ECHP Household weight
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 11944 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note

See Vol. A on weighting.
Variable Occurrence W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ixhwtsw1 Household weight -inc Scotland/Wales
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 11944 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note

This weight is to be used for the combined analysis of all the BHPS samples, including the new Scottish and Welsh samples. See Volume A, Section V.2.5.
Variable Occurrence W9 W10

ixhwtsw2 Household weight -only Scotland/Wales
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 11944 Missing cases 0
Index Terms Sampling Factors
Note

This weight is to be used for analysis of data for Scotland or Wales on their own, including data from all the BHPS samples. See Volume A, Section V.2.5.
Variable Occurrence W9 W10

istrata Stratification class
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 10805 Missing cases 1139
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

ipsu Primary Sampling Unit
Record Type IHHSAMP
Questionnaire Derived Variable
Valid cases 10805 Missing cases 1139
Variable Occurrence W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

iregion2 Government Office Region
Record Type IHHSAMP
Value Label Value Frequency % Valid %
North East 1 313 2.6 2.9
North West 2 777 6.5 7.2
Yorkshire and the Hu 3 590 4.9 5.4
East Midlands 4 532 4.5 4.9
West Midlands 5 577 4.8 5.3
East of England 6 524 4.4 4.8
London 7 584 4.9 5.4
South East 8 860 7.2 7.9
South West 9 582 4.9 5.4
Wales 10 2534 21.2 23.3
Scotland 11 2994 25.1 27.6
Missing -9 1077 9.0 Missing
Valid cases 10867 Missing cases 1077
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