| rhid | Household identification number |
| rpno | Person number |
| rhgr2r | Relationship to reference person |
| rhgsex | Sex – HH grid |
| rhgbm | Month of birth – HH grid |
| rhgby | Year of birth – HH grid |
| rmastat | Marital status |
| rhgspn | PNO of spouse/partner |
| rhgemp | Employment status – HH Grid |
| rhgfno | PNO of father |
| rhgmno | PNO of mother |
| rhgra | Responsible adult |
| rcosano | PNO of adult giving consent |
| rcosh | Consent to link to health data given |
| rcoshf | Consent to flag follow-up on health reg’n |
| rcose | Consent to link to education data given |
| pid | Cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| riviolw | Interview outcome prev wave |
| rivstat1 | Interview status: previous waves |
| rhhmem | Household membership |
| rnewhy | New entrants – why living in HH |
| rnemnjn | New entrants – month joined HH |
| rneyrjn4 | New entrants – year joined HH |
| rivfio | Individual interview outcome |
| rivfho | Final household interview outcome |
| riodc | Individual document check |
| rmemorig | Sample Origin |
| rage | Age at Date of Interview |
| rage12 | Age at 1.12.2008 |
| rbutype | Benefit Unit Type |
| rbuno | Benefit Unit Number |
| rnchild | Number of own children in household |
| rdepchl | Whether dependent child: DSS definition |
| rhoh | Conventional Head of Household Indicator |
| rrach16 | Whether responsible adult for child |
| ragei | Imputation flag – RAGE and RAGE12 |
| rlrwght | Longitudinal respondent weight |
| rlewght | Longitudinal enumerated individual weight |
| rxrwght | X-sectional respondent weight |
| rxewght | X-sectional enumerated individual weight |
| rmovest | Individual mover status |
| rsampst | Sample membership status |
| rxrwtuk1 | X-sect’l resp. weight inc all samples |
| rxewtuk1 | X-sect’l enum. weight inc all samples |
| rxrwtuk2 | X-sect’l resp. weight within UK estimates |
| rxewtuk2 | X-sect’l enum. weight within UK estimates |
| rlrwtsw1 | Longit’l resp. weight inc Scot-Welsh |
| rlewtsw1 | Longit’l enum. weight inc. Scot-Welsh |
| rlrwtsw2 | Longit’l resp. weight only Scot-Welsh |
| rlewtsw2 | Longit’l enum. weight only Scot-Welsh |
| rlrwtuk1 | Longit’l resp. weight inc all samples |
| rlewtuk1 | Longit’l enum. weight inc all samples |
| rlrwtuk2 | Longit’l resp. weight within UK estimates |
| rlewtuk2 | Longit’l enum. weight within UK estimates |
| rsppid | Cross-wave person identifier of spouse |
| rfpid | Cross-wave person identifier of father |
| rmpid | Cross-wave person identifier of mother |
| rrapid | X-wave person identifier of resp. adult |
| rcosapid | PID of adult giving consent |
| rdistmov | Distance of residential move |
| rbuid | BU identifier |
| recstat1 | Econ.Status BU (HBAI defn), i |
| recstat2 | Econ.Status BU (HBAI defn), ii |
| rfamtype1 | BU type (HBAI defn) |
| rfamtype2 | Family type – new HBAI definition |
| rbutype_mod | benefit unit type |