| ppno | person number |
| pjhstat | labour force status code |
| pjhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| pjhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| pjhendy4 | year labour force spell ended |
| pjhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| pjhsoc00 | occupation (soc2000): previous job |
| pjhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| pjhboss | had employees: previous job |
| pjhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| pjhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| pjhsic92 | industry (sic92): previous job |
| pjhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| pjhpayl | pay at 1.9.2005: previous job |
| pjhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.2005 prev. job |
| pjhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.2005 prev. job |
| pjhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| pjblky | attraction of present job |
| phid | household identification number |
| pjspno | spell number of labour force status |
| pjhbgd | month employment spell began |
| pjhbgm | month employment spell began |
| pjhbgy4 | year employment spell began |
| pjha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.2005 |
| pjhlwai | whether spell derived from last wave dat |
| pjhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| pjhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| pjhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| pjhisco | international soc : previous job |
| pjhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| pjhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| pjhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| pjhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| pjhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.2005: prev job spel |
| pjhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| pjhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| pjhgpayi | imputation flag – pjhgpay (derived) |
| pjhnpayi | imputation flag – pjhnpay (derived) |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| pjhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| pjhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| pjhsoc00_cc | occupation (soc2000): previous job – condensed classification |
| pjhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| pjhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |