| rpno | person number |
| rjhstat | labour force status code |
| rjhbgd | month employment spell began |
| rjhbgm | month employment spell began |
| rjhbgy4 | year employment spell began |
| rjhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| rjhsoc00 | occupation (soc2000): previous job |
| rjhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| rjhboss | had employees: previous job |
| rjhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| rjhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| rjhsic92 | industry (sic92): previous job |
| rjhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| rjhpayl | pay at 1.9.2007: previous job |
| rjhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.2007 prev. job |
| rjhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.2007 prev. job |
| rjhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| rjblky | attraction of present job |
| rhid | household identification number |
| rjspno | spell number of labour force status |
| rjhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| rjhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| rjhendy4 | year labour force spell ended |
| rjha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.2007 |
| rjhlwai | whether spell derived from last wave dat |
| rjhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| rjhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| rjhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| rjhisco | international soc : previous job |
| rjhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| rjhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| rjhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| rjhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| rjhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.2007: prev job spel |
| rjhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| rjhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| rjhgpayi | imputation flag – rjhgpay (derived) |
| rjhnpayi | imputation flag – rjhnpay (derived) |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| rjhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| rjhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| rjhsoc00_cc | occupation (soc2000): previous job – condensed classification |
| rjhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| rjhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |