BHPS Documentation and Questionnaires

Note

See note for ISF36PF. RE = IHLSF(5A+5B+5C) Role Limitation due to emotional problems score = (RE/3)*100

Variable Occurrence

isf36sf

SF36 Social Functioning

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
87.08	23.24	0	100

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	160	1.0	1.1
Amount stated	1.00	14950	95.7	98.9
Missing or wild	-9.00	78	.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15110	Missing cases	513

Question Route

Uses IHLSF6 IHLSF9J on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

See note for ISF36PF. SF = IHLSF6 + IHLSF9J Social functioning score = ((SC-2)/9*100

Variable Occurrence

isf36mh

SF36 Mental Health

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
78.52	17.94	0	100

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	15	.1	.1
Amount stated	1.00	15108	96.7	99.9
Missing or wild	-9.00	65	.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15123	Missing cases	500

Question Route

Uses IHLSF9B IHLSF9C IHLSF9D IHLSF9F IHLSF9H on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

See note for ISF36PF. MH = IHLSF(9B+9C+9D+9F+9H) Mental health score = ((MH-5)/25)*100

Variable Occurrence

isf36ev

SF36 Energy/Vitality

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
60.63	22.13	0	100

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	116	.7	.8
Amount stated	1.00	15016	96.1	99.2
Missing or wild	-9.00	56	.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15132	Missing cases	491

Question Route

Uses IHLSF9A IHLSF9E IHLSF9G IHLSF9I on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

See note for ISF36PF. EV = IHLSF(9A+9E+9G+9I) Energy/vitality score = ((EV-4)/20)*100

Variable Occurrence

isf36p

SF36 Pain

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
79.19	26.83	0	100

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	217	1.4	1.4
Amount stated	1.00	14961	95.8	98.6
Missing or wild	-9.00	10	.1	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15178	Missing cases	445

Question Route

Uses IHLSF7 IHLSF8 on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

See note for ISF36PF. P=IHLSF7 + IHLSF8 Pain = ((P-2)/9)*100

Variable Occurrence

isf36ghp

SF36 General Health Perception

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
70.88	22.53	0	100

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	59	.4	.4
Amount stated	1.00	15034	96.2	99.6
Missing or wild	-9.00	95	.6	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15093	Missing cases	530

Question Route

Uses IHLSF1 IHLSF10A IHLSF10B IHLSF10C IHLSF10D on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

See note for ISF36PF. GHP = IHLSF(1+10A+10B+10C+10D) General health perceptions = ((GHP-5)/20)*100

Variable Occurrence

isf36ch

SF36 Change in Health

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
50.56	18.32	0	100

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	358	2.3	2.4
Amount stated	1.00	14824	94.9	97.6
Missing or wild	-9.00	6	.0	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15182	Missing cases	441

Question Route

Uses IHLSF2 on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

See note for ISF36PF. CH = IHLSF2 Change in health score=((CH-1)/4)*100

Variable Occurrence

ipayg

Gross rate of pay per month:last payment

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1248.07	958.40	0.88	20583.30

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1.00	7378	47.2	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	565	3.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	7245	46.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	7378	Missing cases	8245

Question Route

Uses IPAYGW IPAYGL IPAYNW IPAYNL ISPJB IMLSTAT ISEX IJBPENM IJBPEN IIVLYR on Record IINDRESP. Uses key linking variables on Record XWAVEID. Uses wJBPENM on all previous wINDRESP Records.

Index Terms

Note

Converts employees’ last wage or salary payment before tax and other deductions in current main job (IPAYGL) to monthly amount. If gross pay was missing, but net pay was present, then gross pay is estimated from net pay, on the basis of information about marital status, partner’s activity, and pension scheme membership.

Variable Occurrence

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ipayn

Net rate of pay per month: last payment

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
933.16	623.74	0.73	13000

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1.00	7378	47.2	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	565	3.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	7245	46.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	7378	Missing cases	8245

Question Route

Uses IIVFIO IPAYGW IPAYGL IPAYNW ISEX IMLSTAT IJBPENM ISPJB IAGE IJBPEN PID IIVLYR on Record IINDRESP. Uses key linking variables on Record XWAVEID. Uses wJBPENM on all previous wINDRESP Records.

Index Terms

Note

Converts employees’ last wage or salary payment after tax and other deductions in current main job (IPAYNL) to a monthly amount. If net pay was missing, but gross pay was present, then net pay is estimated from gross pay, on the basis of information about marital status, partner’s activity, and pension scheme membership.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ipaygu

Usual gross pay per month: current job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1218.53	937.40	0.88	20583.30

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1.00	7942	50.8	100.0
Inapplicable	-8.00	7246	46.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	7942	Missing cases	7681

Question Route

Uses IIVFIO IHGSPN IJBPENM IPAYUSL IPAYG IPAYUG IPAYU IPAYUW IPAYN IMLSTAT ISEX ISPJB IJBSEMP IAGE IJBPEN PID IIVLYR on Record IINDRESP. Uses key linking variables on Record XWAVEID. Uses wJBPENM on all previous wINRESP Records.

Index Terms

Note

Measures usual monthly wage or salary payment before tax and other deductions in current main job for employees. If last gross payment was the “usual”, this is used. If last gross pay was missing, but net pay was present, and this was given as “usual”, the gross pay was estimated from net pay, in the light of information about marital status, partner’s activity, and pension scheme membership. If last payment was not the “usual”, “usual payment” was given gross, this was used. If “usual payment” was net, this was converted as above at IPAYN. Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IPAYGUI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ipaynu

Usual net pay per month: current job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
915.68	626.14	0.73	17160

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1.00	7942	50.8	100.0
Inapplicable	-8.00	7246	46.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	7942	Missing cases	7681

Question Route

Uses IIVFIO IHGSPN IJBPENM IPAYUSL IPAYN IPAYG IPAYUG IPAYU IPAYUW IMLSTAT ISEX ISPJB IJBSEMP IAGE IJBPEN PID IIVLYR on Record IINDRESP. Uses key linking variables on Record XWAVEID. Uses wJBPENM on all previous wINDRESP Records.

Index Terms

Note

Measures usual monthly wage or salary payment after tax and other deductions in current main job for employees. If the last net payment was the usual, then this is used. If last net pay was missing, but gross pay was present, and this was usual, then net pay is estimated from gross pay, on the basis of information about marital status, partner’s activity, and pension scheme membership. If last payment was not the usual, then if usual payment is given net, this is used. Otherwise, if usual payment is given gross, then this is converted as above at IPAYN. Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IPAYNUI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or – 8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ipaygty

Usual monthly gross pay: Sept this year

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1234.83	1347.69	0	36500

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	60	.4	.7
Amount stated	1.00	8759	56.1	99.3
Missing or wild	-9.00	23	.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	6346	40.6	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	8819	Missing cases	6804

Question Route

Uses IIVFIO IJBSTAT IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSEMP IJSACCS IJBPROF IJSPAYG IJBPENM IMLSTAT ISEX IPAYGU IJTYID on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJHSTAT IJHGPAY on Record IJOBHIST

Index Terms

Note

Measures monthly gross payment of wage, salary or self- employment income received at 1.9.99. If current job spell started before this date, then for employees IPAYGU is used, and for the self-employed the current pay or profit. If current job spell started after 1.9.99, then this variable is equal to value of IJHGPAY for job spell at this date. Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IPAYGTI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ipaygly

Usual monthly gross pay: Sept year ago

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1192.17	1422.90	0	71059

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	26	.2	.3
Amount stated	1.00	8515	54.5	99.7
Inapplicable	-8.00	6647	42.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	8541	Missing cases	7082

Question Route

Uses IHGSPN IJBSTAT IJBPENM IMLSTAT ISEX IAGE IJBOFF IJBHAS IJBSEMP IJSACCS IJSPROF IJSPAYG IJSPRBM IJSPRBY4 IJSPREM IJSPAYL IJSPRBY4 IJSPREM IJSPREY4 IPAYLY IPAYLYW IPAYLYG ICJSBLY ISPJB IJLYID IPAYGU PID IIVLYR IIVFIO ICJSBLY on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJHSTAT IJHGPAY on Record IJOBHIST. Uses key linking variables on Record XWAVEID. Uses wPAYGTY on all previous wINDRESP Records.

Index Terms

Note

Measures monthly gross payment of wage, salary or self- employment income received at 1.9.98. If current job spell started before this date, then for employees IPAYLY is used, converted from net to gross where necessary, and for the self employed the current pay or profit. If current job spell started after 1.9.98, then this variable is equal to the value of IJHGPAY for job spell at this date. Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IPAYGLI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ipaynty

Usual monthly net pay: Sept this year

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
930.44	886.24	0	22420.80

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	60	.4	.7
Amount stated	1.00	8794	56.3	99.3
Missing or wild	-9.00	23	.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	6311	40.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	8854	Missing cases	6769

Question Route

Uses IIVFIO IJBSTAT IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSEMP IJSACCS IJBPROF IJSPAYG IJBPENM IMLSTAT ISEX ISPJB IPAYNU IJTYID on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJHSTAT IJHGPAY on Record IJOBHIST

Index Terms

Note

Measures monthly net payment of wage, salary or self- employment income received at 1.9.99. If current job spell started before this date, then for employees IPAYNU is used, and for the self-employed the current pay or profit, converted to a net amount. If the current job spell started after 1.9.99, then this variable is equal to the value of IJHNPAY for the job spell at this date. Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IPAYNTYI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ipaynly

Usual monthly net pay: Sept year ago

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
898.31	886.07	-55.17	41031.60

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	-55.17	1	.0	.0
	-27.50	1	.0	.0
	.00	26	.2	.3
Amount stated	1.00	8513	54.5	99.7
Inapplicable	-8.00	6647	42.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	8541	Missing cases	7082

Question Route

Uses PID IIVLYR IIVFIO ICJSBLY IHGSPN IJBSTAT IJBPENM IMLSTAT ISEX IJBOFF IJBHAS IJBSEMP IJACCS IJSPROF IJSPAYG IJSPRBM IJSPRBY4 IJSPREM IJSPAYL IJSPRBM IJSPREM IJSPREY4 IPAYLY IPAYLYW IPAYLYG ISPJB IJLYID IPAYNU IAGE on record IINDRESP. Uses IJHSTAT IJHNPAY ON Record IJOBHIST. Uses key linking variables and wIVFIO on Record XWAVEID. Uses wPAYNTY on all previous wINDRESP Records.

Index Terms

Note

Measures monthly net payment of wage, salary or self- employment income received at 1.9.98. If current job spell started before this date, then for employees answer to IPAYLY is used, converted from gross to net where necessary, and for the self-employed the current pay or profit, converted to a net amount. If current job spell started after 1.9.98, then this variable is equal to the value of IJHNPAY for job spell at this date. Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IPAYNLI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijsprof

Monthly self employed profit

Record Type

Employment: Self-Employment

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1375.25	3185.91	0	36500

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
inapplicable	-8	14345	91.82	Missing
proxy and/or phone	-7	435	2.78	Missing
[Value >= 0]		843	5.40	100.0
Total		15623	100.00

Valid cases	843	Missing cases	14780

Question Route

Uses IJBSEMP IJSACCS IJSPRF IJSPRBM IJSPRBY4 IJSPREM IJSPREY4 IJSPRLS on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

Computes a monthly self-employed profit variable for self- employed respondents who draw up profit and loss accounts. Inapplicable for those who are not self-employed, and the self employed who do not draw up accounts. (cf. IJSPAYG). Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable (here IJSPROFI) takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A. This variable only shows positive profits. Where the variable IJSPRLS indicates that the amount is a loss, then IJSPROF takes the value 0, and the compute amount is given at IJSLOSS.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijsloss

Amount: self-employment losses

Record Type

Employment: Self-Employment

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
4.62	43.64	0	666.67

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	393	2.5	97.5
Amount stated	1.00	10	.1	2.5
Missing or wild	-9.00	615	3.9	Missing
Not applicable	-8.00	14170	90.7	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	403	Missing cases	15220

Question Route

Uses IJBSEMP IJSACCS IJSPRF IJSPRBM IJSPRBY4 IJSPREM IJSPREY4 IJSPRLS IJSPROF on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

See note for IJSPROF.

Variable Occurrence

W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijspayg

Monthly self employed gross pay

Record Type

Employment: Self-Employment

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
773.82	683.25	14.99	3897

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
inapplicable	-8	15015	96.11	Missing
proxy and/or phone	-7	435	2.78	Missing
[Value >= 0]		173	1.11	100.0
Total		15623	100.00

Valid cases	173	Missing cases	15450

Question Route

Uses IJBSEMP IJSACCS IJSPAYU IJSPRBM IJSPRBY4 IJSPREM IJSPREY4 on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

Computes a monthly self-employed gross pay variable if a self-employed respondent does not draw up profit and loss accounts. Inapplicable for those who are not self employed, and the self employed who draw up accounts. (cf. IJSPROF). Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable (here IJSPAYG) takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

icjsten

Length (days) current labour market sp.

Record Type

Employment: Length of Job Tenure

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
2814.21	3428.51	0	29592

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	5	.0	.0
Amount stated	1.00	14949	95.7	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	234	1.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	14954	Missing cases	669

Question Route

Uses IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBBGD IJBBGM IJBBGY4 IJBSEMP IJSBGD IJSBGM IJSBGY4 ICJSBGD ICJSBGM ICJSBGY4 IDOID IDOIM on Record IINDRESP

Index Terms

Note

Measures the length of time in the current labour market spell, whether, employee, self employed or not employed in number of days. Where day is missing, this is assumed to be one. For years before 1998, where month is missing, this is assumed to be July.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

icjswk9

Weeks in current spell: year to 1.9.1999

Record Type

Employment: Length of Job Tenure

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
43.68	17.25	0	52.14

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	1094	7.0	7.2
Amount stated	1.00	14055	90.0	92.8
Missing or wild	-9.00	39	.2	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15149	Missing cases	474

Question Route

Uses IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSEMP IJBSTAT IJBBGD IJBBGM IJBBGY IJSBGD IJSBGM IJSBGY4 ICJSBGD ICJSBGM ICJSBGY4 ICJSBLY IJLYID IJTYID on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of weeks in current labour market spell which fell into reference year, that is the twelve months prior to the start of the interview period (1st Sept.) . Measure is exact (i.e. number of days divided by seven).

Variable Occurrence

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ijlid

Identifier of latest job

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Current job	0	9243	59.2	62.7
Job spell 1	1	572	3.7	3.9
Job spell 2	2	57	.4	.4
Job spell 3	3	1	.0	.0
Job spell 4	4	1	.0	.0
Last job – J36	12	1703	10.9	11.6
See AJLID	13	1351	8.6	9.2
See BJLID	14	145	.9	1.0
See CJLID	15	123	.8	.8
See DJLID	16	146	.9	1.0
See EJLID	17	137	.9	.9
See FJLID	18	164	1.0	1.1
See GJLID	19	764	4.9	5.2
See HJLID	20	330	2.1	2.2
Missing	-9	50	.3	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	149	1.0	Missing
Never had a job	-3	687	4.4	Missing

Valid cases	14737	Missing cases	886

Question Route

Uses IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSTAT ICJSBLY INJBS IJBHAD on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHSTAT on Record IJOBHIST. Uses wIVFIO on Record XWAVEID. Uses wJLID on all previous wINDRESP Records.

Index Terms

Note

Provides a means of identifying the latest job (i.e. the current job or the most recent if not currently employed).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijlyid

Identifier of job spell at 1.9.98

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Current job	0	11511	73.7	75.8
Job spell 1	1	2671	17.1	17.6
Job spell 2	2	699	4.5	4.6
Job spell 3	3	190	1.2	1.3
Job spell 4	4	74	.5	.5
Job spell 5	5	24	.2	.2
Job spell 6	6	9	.1	.1
Job spell 7	7	2	.0	.0
Job spell 8	8	5	.0	.0
Job spell 9	9	1	.0	.0
Missing	-9	2	.0	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15186	Missing cases	437

Question Route

Uses IJBSTAT ICJSBLY ICJSBGD ICJSBGM ICJSBGY4 IIVFIO on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Identifies the respondent’s labour market spell for 1 September 1998. (i.e. it identifies the current labour market spell if this started before 1.9.98, and the relevant IJOBHIST record if not).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijtyid

Identifier of job spell at 1.9.99

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Current job	0	14144	90.5	93.5
Job spell 1	1	916	5.9	6.1
Job spell 2	2	58	.4	.4
Job spell 3	3	9	.1	.1
Job spell 4	4	2	.0	.0
Missing	-9	59	.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15129	Missing cases	494

Question Route

Uses IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSEMP IJBSTAT IJBBGD IJBBGM IJBBGY IJSBGD IJSBGM IJSBGY4 ICJSBGD ICJSBGM ICJSBGY4 ICJSBLY on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHBGD IJHBGM IJHBGY4 IJHSTAT on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Identifies respondent’s labour market spell for 1 September 1999. (i.e. identifies current labour market spell if this started before 1.9.99, and relevant IJOBHIST record if not).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbseg

Socio economic group: present job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Employers,large	1	10	.1	.1
Managers,large	2	806	5.2	8.8
Employers,small	3	209	1.3	2.3
Managers,small	4	528	3.4	5.8
Professional Self-em	5	97	.6	1.1
Professional employe	6	390	2.5	4.3
Int. non-manual,work	7	1166	7.5	12.7
Int. non-man,foreman	8	340	2.2	3.7
Junior non-manual	9	1809	11.6	19.8
Personal service wrk	10	622	4.0	6.8
Foreman manual	11	393	2.5	4.3
Skilled manual wkrs	12	840	5.4	9.2
Semi-skilled manual	13	906	5.8	9.9
Unskilled manual wkr	14	380	2.4	4.2
Own account wkrs	15	487	3.1	5.3
Farmers – employers,	16	21	.1	.2
Farmers – own accoun	17	46	.3	.5
Agricultural workers	18	82	.5	.9
Members of armed for	19	14	.1	.2
Missing	-9	97	.6	Missing
Not Applicable	-8	6380	40.8	Missing

Valid cases	9146	Missing cases	6477

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

CASOC computes the Socio-Economic Group for jobs, based on the 3 digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), and employment status variables. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork, and Appendix in Volume A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbgold

Goldthorpe Social Class: present job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Service class,higher	1	1327	8.5	14.5
Service class,lower	2	1861	11.9	20.3
Routine non-manual e	3	1260	8.1	13.8
Personal service wor	4	805	5.2	8.8
Sml props w employee	5	192	1.2	2.1
Sml props w/o employ	6	465	3.0	5.1
Farmers,Smallholders	7	95	.6	1.0
Foreman,Technicians	8	670	4.3	7.3
Skilled manual worke	9	675	4.3	7.4
Semi,unskilled manua	10	1733	11.1	18.9
Agricultural workers	11	63	.4	.7
Missing	-9	97	.6	Missing
Not Applicable	-8	6380	40.8	Missing

Valid cases	9146	Missing cases	6477

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

CASOC computes the Goldthorpe social class classification for jobs, based on the 3 digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), and employment status variables. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork, and Appendix in Volume A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbrgsc

RG Social Class: present job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Professional occ	1	487	3.1	5.3
technic	2	2737	17.5	29.9
Skilled non-manual	3	2180	14.0	23.8
Skilled manual	4	1815	11.6	19.8
Partly skilled occ	5	1476	9.4	16.1
Unskilled occ	6	437	2.8	4.8
Armed forces	7	14	.1	.2
Missing or wild	-9	97	.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	6380	40.8	Missing

Valid cases	9146	Missing cases	6477

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

CASOC computes Registrar General’s Social Class for jobs based on the 3 digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), and employment status variables. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork, and Appendix in Volume A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbisco

International SOC : present job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	9146	Missing cases	6477

Index Terms

Employment: Sector and Duties

Note

This is a ‘STRING’ variable – an alphanumeric. Computed using CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork, and coding frame for ISCO in Appendix to Vol. A. International Labour Office (1990) `International Standard Classification of Occupations: ISCO 88. Geneva: International Labour Office.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbcssm

Cambridge Scale males : present job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
35.06	18.19	0.56	90.32

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1.00	9146	58.5	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	97	.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	6380	40.8	Missing

Valid cases	9146	Missing cases	6477

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

Computed using CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork Vol. A. See also Prandy K (1990) `The Revised Cambridge Scale of Occupations’, Sociology 24, pp 629-655.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbcssf

Cambridge Scale females : present job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
35.69	19.27	0.55	98.85

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1.00	9146	58.5	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	97	.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	6380	40.8	Missing

Valid cases	9146	Missing cases	6477

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

Computed using CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork Vol. A. See also Prandy K (1990) `The Revised Cambridge Scale of Occupations’, Sociology 24, pp 629-655.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbhgs

Hope – Goldthorpe Scale : present job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
46.27	16.15	0	82.05

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	13	.1	.1
Amount stated	1.00	9133	58.5	99.9
Missing or wild	-9.00	97	.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	6380	40.8	Missing

Valid cases	9146	Missing cases	6477

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

Computed using CASOC. See the Section on Data Collection and Fieldwork Vol. A. See also Goldthorpe, JH and Hope, K (1984) The Social Grading of Occupations: A New Approach and Scale, Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbsec

Socio-Economic Class: current job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Employers large org	10	12	.1	.1
Higher managerial	20	281	1.8	3.0
Higher prof tradn’l	31	353	2.3	3.8
Higher prof new emp	32	145	.9	1.6
High prof trad s.emp	33	92	.6	1.0
High prof new s.emp	34	10	.1	.1
Lower Prof trad emps	41	1048	6.7	11.3
Lower Prof new emps	42	50	.3	.5
Lwr Prof trad s.emp	43	85	.5	.9
Lower Prof new s.emp	44	15	.1	.2
Lower manag occupns	50	718	4.6	7.8
Hgher supervis occup	60	259	1.7	2.8
admin	71	758	4.9	8.2
serv	72	448	2.9	4.8
aux	73	123	.8	1.3
Intermed engineering	74	39	.2	.4
Emp,small (non-prof)	81	225	1.4	2.4
Emp,small (agricult)	82	20	.1	.2
Own acct wkrs(n.pro)	91	546	3.5	5.9
Own acct wkrs(agric)	92	64	.4	.7
Lwr supervis occups	100	647	4.1	7.0
Lwr technical craft	111	330	2.1	3.6
Lwr tech process op	112	74	.5	.8
Semi-routine sales	121	513	3.3	5.6
Semi-routine service	122	526	3.4	5.7
Semi-routine tech	123	91	.6	1.0
Semi-routine op	124	258	1.7	2.8
Semi-routine agric	125	37	.2	.4
Semi-routine cleri	126	88	.6	1.0
Semi-rtne childcare	127	61	.4	.7
serv	131	351	2.2	3.8
Routine production	132	150	1.0	1.6
Routine technical	133	387	2.5	4.2
Routine operative	134	421	2.7	4.6
Routine agricultrl	135	15	.1	.2
Missing	-9	3	.0	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	6380	40.8	Missing

Valid cases	9240	Missing cases	6383

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

injbwks

Annual weeks employed: year to Sept 1

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
29.66	25.02	0	52.29

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	5804	37.2	38.6
Amount stated	1.00	9249	59.2	61.4
Missing or wild	-9.00	135	.9	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15053	Missing cases	570

Question Route

Uses IJBHAS IJBOFF ICJSBLY ICJSWK9 IJLYID IJBSTAT on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHSTAT IJHSPW on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of weeks of employment in reference year (1.9.98 – 31.8.99). The measure is exact (i.e. number of days divided by seven).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

injuwks

Annual weeks unemployed: year to Sept 1

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1.61	8	0	52.14

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	14232	91.1	94.3
Amount stated	1.00	854	5.5	5.7
Missing or wild	-9.00	102	.7	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15086	Missing cases	537

Question Route

Uses IJBHAS IJBOFF ICJSBLY ICJSWK9 IJLYID IJBSTAT on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHSTAT IJHSPW on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of weeks of unemployment in reference year (1.9.98 – 31.8.99). Measure is exact (i.e. number of days divided by seven).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

injiwks

Annual weeks inactive: year to Sept 1

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
20.77	24.90	-0.15	52.14

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	-.15	1	.0	.0
	.00	8569	54.8	56.9
Amount stated	1.00	6495	41.6	43.1
Missing or wild	-9.00	123	.8	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15065	Missing cases	558

Question Route

Uses IJBHAS IJBOFF ICJSBLY ICJSWK9 IJLYID IJBSTAT on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHSTAT IJHSPW on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of weeks of economically inactive (i.e. not in employment or unemployed) in reference year (1.9.98 – 31.8.99). Measure is exact (i.e. number of days divided by seven).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

injbnew

No. different employers: year to Sept 1

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
None	0	5875	37.6	38.9
	1	8111	51.9	53.7
	2	974	6.2	6.4
	3	130	.8	.9
	4	26	.2	.2
	5	1	.0	.0
Missing or wild	-9	71	.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15117	Missing cases	506

Question Route

Uses IJLYID IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSTAT ICJSWK9 on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHSTAT IJHSPW on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of jobs with distinct employers, (or self- employment spells) held in reference year (1.9.98 – 1.9.99).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

injbsp

No. employment spells: year to Sept 1

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
None	0	5834	37.3	38.6
	1	7602	48.7	50.3
	2	1456	9.3	9.6
	3	187	1.2	1.2
	4	35	.2	.2
	5	2	.0	.0
	6	1	.0	.0
Missing or wild	-9	71	.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15117	Missing cases	506

Question Route

Uses IJLYID IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSTAT ICJSWK9 on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHSTAT IJHSPW on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of separate jobs (including self-employment spells) held in reference year (1.9.98 – 1.9.99). Different jobs held with the same employer are each counted.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

injusp

No. unemployment spells: year to Sept 1

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
None	0	14231	91.1	94.1
	1	805	5.2	5.3
	2	75	.5	.5
	3	6	.0	.0
Missing or wild	-9	71	.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15117	Missing cases	506

Question Route

Uses IJLYID IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSTAT ICJSWK9 on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHSTAT IJHSPW on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of separate unemployment spells in reference year (1.9.98 – 1.9.99).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

injisp

No. inactive spells: year to Sept 1

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
None	0	8793	56.3	58.2
	1	6139	39.3	40.6
	2	172	1.1	1.1
	3	10	.1	.1
	4	1	.0	.0
	6	1	.0	.0
	7	1	.0	.0
Missing or wild	-9	71	.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15117	Missing cases	506

Question Route

Uses IJLYID IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSTAT ICJSWK9 on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHSTAT IJHSPW on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Measures number of separate economically inactive (i.e. not in employment or unemployed) spells in reference year (1.9.98 – 1.9.99).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbstatl

Employment status on Sept 1, year ago

Record Type

Employment: Labour Force Status

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
missing or wild	-9	95	0.61	Missing
proxy and/or phone	-7	435	2.78	Missing
Self employed	1	1150	7.36	7.62
In paid employ	2	7137	45.68	47.29
Unemployed	3	509	3.26	3.37
Retired	4	3134	20.06	20.76
Maternity leave	5	62	0.40	0.41
Family care	6	1202	7.69	7.96
FT studt, school	7	1042	6.67	6.9
LT sick, disabld	8	663	4.24	4.39
Govt trng scheme	9	20	0.13	0.13
Something else	10	174	1.11	1.15
Total		15623	100.00

Valid cases	15093	Missing cases	530

Question Route

Uses IJLYID IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSTAT on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHSTAT IJHSEMP on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Equivalent to IJBSTAT, for 1.9.98. If IJLYID = 0, IJBSTATL is IJBSTAT, if IJLYID is greater than 0, then IJBSTAT is based on IJHSTAT for the job history spell referenced

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbstatt

Employment status on Sept 1, this year

Record Type

Employment: Labour Force Status

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
missing or wild	-9	62	0.40	Missing
proxy and/or phone	-7	435	2.78	Missing
Self employed	1	1001	6.41	6.62
In paid employ	2	7397	47.35	48.9
Unemployed	3	585	3.74	3.87
Retired	4	3263	20.89	21.57
Maternity leave	5	53	0.34	0.35
Family care	6	1149	7.35	7.6
FT studt, school	7	851	5.45	5.63
LT sick, disabld	8	677	4.33	4.48
Govt trng scheme	9	33	0.21	0.22
Something else	10	117	0.75	0.77
Total		15623	100.00

Valid cases	15126	Missing cases	497

Question Route

Uses IJTYID IJBHAS IJBOFF IJBSTAT on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJSPNO IJHSTAT on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Equivalent to IJBSTAT, for 1.9.99. If IJTYID = 0, IJBSTATT is IJBSTAT, if IJTYID is greater than 0, then IJBSTAT is based on IJHSTAT for the job history spell referenced

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijbsocly

Occupation (SOC): job on 1.9.98

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	8598	Missing cases	7025

Index Terms

Employment: Labour Force Status

Note

See Appendix to Vol. A for coding frame.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijlseg

Socio economic group: last job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Employers,large	1	6	.0	.4
Managers,large	2	91	.6	5.6
Employers,small	3	22	.1	1.4
Managers,small	4	63	.4	3.9
Professional Self-em	5	9	.1	.6
Professional employe	6	28	.2	1.7
Int. non-manual,work	7	138	.9	8.5
Int. non-man,foreman	8	54	.3	3.3
Junior non-manual	9	317	2.0	19.6
Personal service wrk	10	152	1.0	9.4
Foreman manual	11	90	.6	5.6
Skilled manual wkrs	12	171	1.1	10.6
Semi-skilled manual	13	212	1.4	13.1
Unskilled manual wkr	14	199	1.3	12.3
Own account wkrs	15	32	.2	2.0
Farmers – employers,	16	8	.1	.5
Farmers – own accoun	17	5	.0	.3
Agricultural workers	18	15	.1	.9
Members of armed for	19	3	.0	.2
Missing	-9	101	.6	Missing
Not Applicable	-8	13472	86.2	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	1615	Missing cases	14008

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

See notes for IJBSEG.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijlgold

Goldthorpe Social Class: last job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Service class,higher	1	136	.9	8.4
Service class,lower	2	211	1.4	13.1
Routine non-manual e	3	183	1.2	11.3
Personal service wor	4	201	1.3	12.4
Sml props w employee	5	22	.1	1.4
Sml props w/o employ	6	32	.2	2.0
Farmers,Smallholders	7	18	.1	1.1
Foreman,Technicians	8	156	1.0	9.7
Skilled manual worke	9	145	.9	9.0
Semi,unskilled manua	10	500	3.2	31.0
Agricultural workers	11	11	.1	.7
Missing	-9	101	.6	Missing
Not Applicable	-8	13472	86.2	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	1615	Missing cases	14008

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

See notes for IJBGOLD.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijlrgsc

RG Social Class: last job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Professional occ	1	37	.2	2.3
technic	2	330	2.1	20.4
Skilled non-manual	3	370	2.4	22.9
Skilled manual	4	362	2.3	22.4
Partly skilled occ	5	310	2.0	19.2
Unskilled occ	6	203	1.3	12.6
Armed Forces	7	3	.0	.2
Missing or wild	-9	101	.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	13472	86.2	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	1615	Missing cases	14008

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

See note for IJBRGSC.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijlisco

International SOC : last job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Valid cases	1615	Missing cases	14008

Index Terms

Note

This is a ‘STRING’ variable – an alphanumeric. See note for IJBISCO, and Notes on Derived Variables in Appendix and coding frame for ISCO in Appendix to Vol. A. International Labour Office (1990) `International Standard Classification of Occupations: ISCO 88. Geneva: International Labour Office.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijlcssm

Cambridge Scale males : last job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
28.59	17.29	0.57	88.35

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1.00	1615	10.3	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	101	.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	13472	86.2	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	1615	Missing cases	14008

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

See note for IJBCSSM. See Vol. A for details. See also Prandy K (1990) `The Revised Cambridge Scale of Occupations’, Sociology 24, pp 629-655.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijlcssf

Cambridge Scale females : last job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
28.89	17.87	0.60	90.18

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1.00	1615	10.3	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	101	.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	13472	86.2	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	1615	Missing cases	14008

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

See note for IJBCSSM. See Vol. A for details. See also Prandy K (1990) `The Revised Cambridge Scale of Occupations’, Sociology 24, pp 629-655.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijlhgs

Hope – Goldthorpe Scale : last job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
40.17	15.67	0	82.05

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	7	.0	.4
Amount stated	1.00	1608	10.3	99.6
Missing or wild	-9.00	101	.6	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	13472	86.2	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	1615	Missing cases	14008

Question Route

Done by CASOC.

Index Terms

Note

See note for IJBHGS. See Vol. A for details. See also Goldthorpe, JH and Hope, K (1984) The Social Grading of Occupations: A New Approach and Scale, Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ijlsec

Socio-Economic Class: last job

Record Type

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Employers large org	10	7	.0	.4
Higher managerial	20	28	.2	1.7
Higher prof tradn’l	31	23	.1	1.4
Higher prof new emp	32	2	.0	.1
High prof trad s.emp	33	8	.1	.5
Lower Prof trad emps	41	138	.9	8.2
Lower Prof new emps	42	7	.0	.4
Lwr Prof trad s.emp	43	2	.0	.1
Lower Prof new s.emp	44	1	.0	.1
Lower manag occupns	50	89	.6	5.3
Hgher supervis occup	60	27	.2	1.6
admin	71	102	.7	6.1
serv	72	71	.5	4.2
aux	73	34	.2	2.0
Intermed engineering	74	2	.0	.1
Emp,small (non-prof)	81	28	.2	1.7
Emp,small (agricult)	82	4	.0	.2
Own acct wkrs(n.pro)	91	38	.2	2.3
Own acct wkrs(agric)	92	8	.1	.5
Lwr supervis occups	100	153	1.0	9.1
Lwr technical craft	111	39	.2	2.3
Lwr tech process op	112	15	.1	.9
Semi-routine sales	121	130	.8	7.7
Semi-routine service	122	132	.8	7.8
Semi-routine tech	123	34	.2	2.0
Semi-routine op	124	43	.3	2.6
Semi-routine agric	125	9	.1	.5
Semi-routine cleri	126	23	.1	1.4
Semi-rtne childcare	127	5	.0	.3
serv	131	115	.7	6.8
Routine production	132	62	.4	3.7
Routine technical	133	90	.6	5.3
Routine operative	134	213	1.4	12.6
Routine agricultrl	135	2	.0	.1
Missing	-9	32	.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	13472	86.2	Missing
	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	1684	Missing cases	13939

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

inorgm

Number of organisations member of

Record Type

Social and Interest Group Membership

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
None	0	7295	46.7	48.2
	1	4634	29.7	30.6
	2	2112	13.5	13.9
	3	763	4.9	5.0
	4	243	1.6	1.6
	5	68	.4	.4
	6	22	.1	.1
	7	4	.0	.0
Missing or wild	-9	47	.3	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15141	Missing cases	482

Question Route

Uses IORGM IORGMA IORGMB IORGMC IORGMD IORGME IORGMF IORGMG IORGMH IORGMI IORGMJ IORGMK IORGML IORGMM on Record IINDRESP

Index Terms

Note

Measures membership in sixteen different types of organisation. Counts number of different types of organisation mentioned.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W9 W11 W13 W15 W17

inorga

Number of organisations active in

Record Type

Social and Interest Group Activity

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
None	0	8608	55.1	56.8
	1	4381	28.0	28.9
	2	1566	10.0	10.3
	3	460	2.9	3.0
	4	113	.7	.7
	5	27	.2	.2
	6	11	.1	.1
	7	2	.0	.0
Missing or wild	-9	20	.1	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15168	Missing cases	455

Question Route

Uses IORGA IORGAA IORGAB IORGAC IORGAD IORGAE IORGAF IORGAG IORGAH IORGAI IORGAJ IORGAK IORGAL IORGAM on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

Measures activity in sixteen different types of organisation. Counts number of different types of organisation mentioned.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W9 W11 W13 W15 W17

ivote

Political party supported

Record Type

Political Support and Behaviour

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Conservative	1	2968	19.0	22.4
Labour	2	5671	36.3	42.9
Lib Dem/Lib/SDP	3	1479	9.5	11.2
Scot Nat	4	681	4.4	5.1
Plaid Cymru	5	317	2.0	2.4
Green Party	6	162	1.0	1.2
Other Party	7	103	.7	.8
Other answer	8	53	.3	.4
None	10	1524	9.8	11.5
Can’t vote	11	271	1.7	2.0
Missing or wild	-9	1959	12.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	13229	Missing cases	2394

Question Route

Uses IVOTE1 IVOTE2 IVOTE3 IVOTE4 on record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Values, Opinions and Attitudes

Note

Not available at Wave 2 as a retrospective rather than prospective voting question was asked.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifiyrdic

Amount interest/dividends – computed

Record Type

Financial Management: Savings and Bank Accounts

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
332.63	1716.17	0	50000

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	0	9686	62.0	63.8
Amount stated	1	5502	35.2	36.2
Proxy respondent	-7	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses IIVFIO IFIYRDIA IFIYRDB1 IFIYRDB2 IFIYRDB3 IFIYRDB4 IFIYRDB5 IFIYRDB6 on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Incomes: Rents, Savings, Investments

Variable Occurrence

W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifimnp

Pension income: last month

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
59.46	231.55	0	11695.20

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	12803	81.9	84.3
Amount stated	1.00	2385	15.3	15.7
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses INF1 on Record IINDRESP. Uses IFICODE IFRVAL IFRW IFRNOW IFRJT on Record IINCOME.

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IFIMNPI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifimnb

Benefit income: last month

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
153.71	230.26	0	2598

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	7667	49.1	50.5
Amount stated	1.00	7521	48.1	49.5
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses INF1 on Record IINDRESP. Uses IFICODE IFRVAL IFRW IFRNOW IFRJT on Record IINCOME.

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IFIMNBI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifimni

Investment income: last month

Record Type

Incomes: Rents, Savings, Investments

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
35.97	229.66	0	19485

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	9579	61.3	63.1
Amount stated	1.00	5609	35.9	36.9
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses INF1 IFIYRDI on Record IINDRESP. Uses IFICODE IFRVAL IFRW IFRNOW IFRJT on Record IINCOME.

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IFIMNII takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifimnt

Transfer income: last month

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
11.89	107.31	0	9000

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	14529	93.0	95.7
Amount stated	1.00	659	4.2	4.3
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses INF1 on Record IINDRESP. Uses IFICODE IFRVAL IFRW IFRNOW IFRJT on Record IINCOME.

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IFIMNTI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifimnl

Labour income: last month

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
737.58	1197.53	0	36500

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
proxy and/or phone	-7	435	2.78	Missing
[Value >= 0]		15188	97.22	100.0
Total		15623	100.00

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses IJ2PAY IPAYGU IJBSEMP IJSACCS IJSPROF IJSPAYG IPRFITB IIVFIO

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IFIMNLI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifimnnl

Non-labour income: last month

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
261.03	435.60	0	19485

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	4337	27.8	28.6
Amount stated	1.00	10851	69.5	71.4
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses IFIMNP IFIMNB IFIMNT IFIMNI on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IFIMNNLI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifimn

Total Income: last month

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
998.61	1172.49	0	36500

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
proxy and/or phone	-7	435	2.78	Missing
[Value >= 0]		15188	97.22	100.0
Total		15623	100.00

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses IFIMNL IPAYGU IJBSEMP IJSACCS IJSPROF IJSPAYG IJ2PAY IPRFITB on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IFIMNTHI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifiyrl

Annual labour income (1.9.98-1.9.99)

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
8081.66	13782.50	0	480395.28

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	5889	37.7	38.8
Amount stated	1.00	9298	59.5	61.2
Missing or wild	-9.00	1	.0	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15187	Missing cases	436

Question Route

Uses IIVFIO IJBHAS IJBOFF ICJSBLY ICJSWK9 IJTYID IJLYID INJBWKS IPAYGU IPAYGTY IPAYGLY IPAYS IPAYSW IPAYSG ISEX IMLSTAT ISPJB IJBPENM IAGE on Record IINDRESP. Uses IJHSTAT IJHGPAY IJHSPW on Record IJOBHIST.

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IFIYRLI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifiyrnl

Annual non-labour income (1.9.98-1.9.99)

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
3040.76	5103.50	0	233820

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	4111	26.3	27.1
Amount stated	1.00	11077	70.9	72.9
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses IFIYRP IFIYRB IFIYRT IFIYRI on Record IINDRESP.

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IFIYRNLI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifiyrp

Annual pension income (1.9.98-1.9.99)

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
698.23	2742.58	0	140341.88

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	12790	81.9	84.2
Amount stated	1.00	2398	15.3	15.8
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses INF1 on Record IINDRESP. Uses IFICODE IFIM09L IFIM10L IFIM11L IFIM12L IFIM01T IFIM02T IFIM03T IFIM04T IFIM05T IFIM06T IFIM07T IFIM08T on Record IINCOME.

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is an individual level derived variable, the imputation flag variable IFIYRPI takes the value 1 if imputed, and 0 or -8 otherwise. See notes on Imputation in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

ifiyrb

Annual benefit income (1.9.98-1.9.99)

Record Type

Questionnaire

Derived Variable

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
1771.24	2666.02	0	29449.10

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.00	7464	47.8	49.1
Amount stated	1.00	7724	49.4	50.9
Proxy respondent	-7.00	435	2.8	Missing

Valid cases	15188	Missing cases	435

Question Route

Uses INF1 on Record IINDRESP. Uses IFICODE IFIM09L IFIM10L IFIM11L IFIM12L IFIM01T IFIM02T IFIM03T IFIM04T IFIM05T IFIM06T IFIM07T IFIM08T on Record IINCOME.

Index Terms