Mainstage Wave 01 Datafile
a_indall School details
This datafile has 87 associated Variables| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | a_hidp | household identifier (public release) |
| | a_pno | person number |
| | a_absflag | absent flag |
| | a_sex | sex |
| | a_ageest | estimate: age of member |
| | a_ageif | age last birthday |
| | a_dvage | age for whole sample, from birth or ageif |
| | a_absreason | reason member is absent |
| | a_marstat | legal marital status |
| | a_livesp | living with spouse |
| | a_livewith | living as part of a couple in household |
| | a_employ | employment status |
| | a_hgbiom | pno of biological mother - derived |
| | a_hgbiof | pno of biological father - derived |
| | a_hgadoptm | person number of adoptive mother - derived |
| | a_hgadoptf | person number of adoptive father - derived |
| | a_hgpart | pno of spouse/civil partner - derived |
| | a_respf16 | whether father of child under age 16 in hh |
| | a_respm16 | whether mother of child under age 16 in hh |
| | a_adresp15 | adult responsible for child aged 15 or under |
| | a_adresp17 | adult responsible for child aged 17 or under |
| | a_ethnic1 | indian |
| | a_ethnic2 | mixed indian |
| | a_ethnic3 | pakistani |
| | a_ethnic4 | bangladeshi |
| | a_ethnic5 | sri lanken |
| | a_ethnic6 | caribbean/west indian |
| | a_ethnic7 | mixed caribbean/west indian |
| | a_ethnic8 | north african |
| | a_ethnic9 | black african |
| | a_ethnic10 | african asian |
| | a_ethnic11 | chinese |
| | a_ethnic12 | far eastern |
| | a_ethnic13 | turkish |
| | a_ethnic14 | middle eastern/iranian |
| | a_ethnic96 | none of these |
| | a_lingua | language of translated interview required |
| | pidp | cross-wave person identifier (public release) |
| | a_ioutcome | final outcome code |
| | a_unprod | interviewer. please enter outcome code for name self completion |
| | a_reasref | interviewer: code main reason why name refused to take part. |
| | a_ivintlang | language individual questionnaire completed in |
| | a_ivwhoint | who conducted individual interview |
| | a_sampst | sample status |
| | a_ldaflag | lda flag for individual |
| | a_scflag | flag for self completion record |
| | a_birthy | year of birth |
| | a_birthm | month of birth |
| | a_month | month of sample issue |
| | a_country | country of residence |
| | a_emboost | ethnic minority boost flag |
| | a_gpcomp | general population sample comparison with em boost |
| | a_lda | low density area for ethnic minorities |
| | a_gor_dv | government office region |
| | a_ivfio_dv | individual response outcome |
| | a_hhresp_dv | household response status |
| | a_agegr5_dv | age group: 5 year intervals |
| | a_agegr10_dv | age group: 10 year intervals |
| | a_agegr13_dv | age group: 13 categories |
| | a_livesp_dv | lives with spouse in hh |
| | a_cohab_dv | lives with cohabitee in hh |
| | a_single_dv | single in hh |
| | a_mastat_dv | de facto marital status |
| | a_ppid | cross-wave person identifier of partner |
| | a_ppno | person number of partner |
| | a_sppid | cross-wave person identifier of spouse |
| | a_sppno | person number of spouse |
| | fpid | cross-wave person identifier of natural father |
| | a_fnpno | person number of natural father |
| | a_fnspid | cross-wave person identifier of natural/adoptive/step father |
| | a_fnspno | person number of natural/adoptive/step father |
| | mpid | cross-wave person identifier of natural mother |
| | a_mnpno | person number of natural mother |
| | a_mnspid | cross-wave person identifier of natural/adoptive/step mother |
| | a_mnspno | person number of natural/adoptive/step mother |
| | a_grfpno | person number of grandfather |
| | a_grmpno | person number of grandmother |
| | a_respf16_dv | whether natural/adoptive/step/foster father of child under 16 |
| | a_respm16_dv | whether natural/adoptive/step mother of child under 16 |
| | a_nchild_dv | number of own children in household |
| | a_rach16_dv | whether responsible for child under 16 |
| | a_adresp15_dv | pno of person responsible for child under 16 |
| | a_depchl_dv | whether dependent child: dwp definition |
| | a_buno_dv | benefit unit number |
| | a_psnenus_xd | all individual design weight |
| | a_psn5mus_xd | extra 5 minute sample design weight |
| | a_psnenus_xw | all individual cross-sectional weight |
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