| ehid | household identification number |
| epno | person number |
| ejhstat | labour force status code |
| ejhbgd | day labour force spell began |
| ejhbgm | month labour force spell began |
| ejhbgy | year labour force spell began |
| ejspno | spell number of labour force status |
| ejhsoc | occupation (soc): previous job |
| ejhsemp | employee or self-employed: previous job |
| ejhboss | had employees: previous job |
| ejhsect | employing organisation: previous job |
| ejhmngr | managerial duties: previous job |
| ejhpldf | change of workplace: previous job |
| ejhsic | industry (sic): previous job |
| ejhsize | no. employed at workplace: previous job |
| ejhpayl | pay at 1.9.94: previous job |
| ejhpylw | pay period (weeks) 1.9.94: previous job |
| ejhpylg | pay gross or net at 1.9.94: previous job |
| ejhstpy | reason for stopping previous job |
| ejblky | attraction of present job |
| ejhendd | day labour force spell ended |
| ejhendm | month labour force spell ended |
| ejhendy | year labour force spell ended |
| ejha9ly | whether job started after 1.9.94 |
| ejhseg | socio economic group: previous job |
| ejhgold | goldthorpe social class: previous job |
| ejhrgsc | rg social class: previous job |
| ejhisco | international soc : previous job |
| ejhcssm | cambridge scale males : previous job |
| ejhcssf | cambridge scale females : previous job |
| ejhhgs | hope – goldthorpe scale : previous job |
| ejhsec | socio-economic class: previous job |
| ejhspw | weeks in year to 1.9.95: prev job spell |
| ejhgpay | monthly gross pay: previous job |
| ejhnpay | monthly net pay: previous job |
| ejhgpayi | imputation flag – ejhgpay (derived) |
| ejhnpayi | imputation flag – ejhnpay (derived) |
| ejhbgy4 | year labour force spell began: 4 digit |
| ejhendy4 | year labour force spell ended: 4 digit |
| pid | cross-wave person identifier |
| pidp | Cross-wave person identifier (UKHLS) |
| ejhiscon | international soc (num): previous job |
| ejhsoc_cc | occupation (soc): previous job – condensed classification |
| ejhiscon_cc | international soc (num): previous job – condensed classification |
| ejhisco_cc | international soc : previous job – condensed classification |