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Personal Well-being Survey User Guide: 2013

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1. 56 YPTJOB Reason for part time job ececeeceeecceeeeeeeseeeeceeeeeeeaeeaecaeesaeeaecaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeaesaeseeseeeeaesaeseeseaeeaees 56 EMPLOY ED SELFLEMPLOY ED 56 SELF 1 4 Other methods of payment aside from receiving a salary or wage direct from an employer56 SOLOR Self employed with or without employees 56 WHETHER MANAGER NUMBER OF STAFF 58 SUPVIS Responsible for supervising cceccececeeeeeeceeeeeeaecaeceeeeaeeaecaeeaeseaeeaesaeseeseaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseeseaeeateas 58 WHEN EEE LAS TIO 58 DURUNZ Duration of 58 WN2LFT11 When left last 58 WNELEFT 11 When left last nininini 59 LEFTYR Year lett last ra TAA N A 59 LEFTM Month left last Job 59 INDUSTRY INILAST 62007 E 59 INDSO7L Industry Section in last 22 59 INDSO7M Industry section main 22 222 60 INDEO7M Industry sectors
2. 21 NTLN11 1 6 Description of National Identity ec eee eeceeeeeeeeeneeeneeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeseaeseaeeeaeseaeeeaeeeaeeeaeenas 22 NTLS11 1 6 Description of National Identity cccccceceeeeceeceeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeaeeaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeesaesaeseseeeeateaes 22 NTLW11 1 6 Description of National Identity eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeseaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeenas 22 CONEY tact tics 23 ETH11EW Ethnic group England amp Wales 1 23 115 Ethnic group Scotland LFS ccccceccecceseeeeceeeeseeeeceeceeeeaesaesaeceeeeeeeaecaeseeseaesaesaeseseaeeaesaeseeseaeeaees 23 ETH11NI Ethnic group Northern Ireland 23 ETHWHE Ethnic group England White LF S cccescesceeceeeeseeeceeceeeeeeeaecaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeaesaesaeseeeeaseates 23 ETHWHW Ethnic group Wales White LFS ccceceeceseeeeeceeeeeeeeeceeceeeaeeaecaeseeseaesaesaeseeseaeeaesaeseeseaseaees 24 ETHWSC Ethnic group Scotland White LFS ccecceseseeeeeeeeeeceeceeseeeeaeceeceeeeeesaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaseates 24 ETHMX11 Ethnic group Mixed not Scotland LFS cccceccecceseeeeceeceeeeeeeaeceeseeeeaesaesaeseeseaesaesaeseeeeateaees 24 ETHAS11 Ethnic group Asian ERS saawds a Ata ea ete 24 115 Ethnic group Asia
3. 68 BTCTH11 1 4 And do you have any BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualifications below level 68 BTE11 Is your highest BTEC BEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL 69 BTLEV Was level was your Award Certificate Diploma BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification 69 CMBDEGN 01 12 Nursing subject ArC S cecceeeeeeceeceeeeseceeceeeeeeeaecaeeeeseaesaecaeeeeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseneeateas 69 CMBHD 01 12 Higher degree subject areas 00 cececceseeseeeeceeeeeeeaeeaeeeeeeaeeaesaeeeeeeaeeaesaeseeseaeeaeseeseneeaneas 70 CMBHDMA Higher degree main subject area eececeeeceeeeceeceeeeeeeaecaeeeeseaeeaecaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseeseeetateas 70 CMBMAINN Nursing main subject area cecceceeeeeeeceeceeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeaesaeeeeeeaesaecaeseeseaesaesaeseeeeaeeaeseseaeeaeeas 71 DEGCLS7 Class of first degree achieved eseececeeceeseeeceeeeeeeeeaecaeceeeeaeeaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeaesaesaeseeeeaeeates 71 UK GAINED QUALIFAG TIONS 71 GCSEFUL 1 5 of GCSE or equivalent held above grade 1 71 GSQUAL 1 31 Qualification from Government SCHEME ceceeeeeeeeeseeeceeeeeeeaeeaeseeseeeeaeeaeseeseaeeateas 72 HDSINCOM Whether higher degree is single or combined 72 HIGHO Type
4. 88 QHEALTH1 How is the respondents health 88 LNGLIM Whether health problem lasting more than 12 88 LIMITK Whether health problem affects the kind of paid work respondent might have done 88 LIMITA Whether health problem affects the amount of paid work that can be 88 LERND Learning difficulty or learning disability cccecceceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaecaeseeeaesaesaeeeeesaesaesaeeeeeeaeeaes 89 HEALTH Main health problem 89 HEALIM Whether health problem limits 89 ILLLNG For how long has your ability to carry out normal day to day activities been reduced 90 90 SMOKEVER Ever Smoked sj aaa a a a aaa Daae Saa AASS 90 CIGNOW Smokeat all 90 CIGSMKT SMOKING Statuss 90 91 COSS OOM E a E a a
5. 63 PAIDHRU Paid hours based on usual hours 63 POTHR Usual hours of paid overtime ececcecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeceeeeaeeaesaecaeseaeeaesaeseeseaesaesaeseseaesaesaeseeteaeeaees 64 TOTAC1 Total actual hours worked NO OVEStIME ceccecceeeeeeeeeceeeeeeceeceeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseeseeesaesaeseeseateaees 64 TOTAC2 Actual hours worked including paid and Unpaid 64 TOTHRS Total hours worked in reference week ccccecceseeeeeeeceeeeaeeaeceeeeaecaecaeseeeeaesaeseeseeesaesaeseeseaeeaees 64 TOTUS1 Total usual hours worked excluding lunch breaks 65 TOTUS2 Usual hours worked including overtime cccecceeceeeeeececeeeeeeeceeeeaeeaecaeseeeeaeeaesaeseeetaesaeeeeteateaees 65 TTACHR Total actual hours worked in main job in reference 65 TTUSHR Total usual hours worked in main job including 65 UNDEMP Whether would like to work longer hours at current basic rate of pay given the opportunity66 USUHR Usual hours worked excluding OVErtiMe ccecceeeceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaecaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaeeaesaeeneseaeeaes 66 VARYHR Whether weekly hours tend tO Vary eeceeec
6. 81 STCOT11 1 5 And do you have any SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualifications below level 81 UNIQUAL 1 31 Qualifications from University College 81 WOQUAL 01 31 Qualification related to work ccceecceeeceeeeeeeceeeeeeeaesaeceeeeaesaesaeseeeaesaesaeseaesaesaeseeseaeeaees 82 YERQAL1 When obtained highest Qualification cccecssececeeceeeeeeceeeeeecaecaeeeeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseeeeaeeaees 83 POREIGN QUALIFICATIONS TEE 83 FORQUAL Whether gained foreign qualification cccccccceceeceeseeeeceeceeeeeeeaecaeceeeeaeeaeeaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeateaees 83 UK GAINED QUALIFICATIONS CURRENT 5 83 QULNOW Whether working or studying towards qualification 83 QULHI11 What qualifications studying for e ee eececeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeseeaeeaeeeeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseaeeatens 84 TCNW11 level of BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL being studied 84 SCNOW 11 you studying for a SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC 84 NVQLE11 What is the highest level of NVQ SVQ that you are working 85 ENROLCOR Whether enrolled education COUISEC ececceceeteeeeceeceee
7. 2 2 15 NATIONALITY NATIONAL IDENTITY COUNTRY OF BIRTH 0 ccc cccccssseeeeeessseeeessseees 16 NINETY 12 Nationally EREEREER 16 NATOX7 Nationality Other 16 CRYOX7 Country of birth 18 CAMEYR Which year did you first arrive in the UK ceceseeeeceeeeeeeceeeeeeeaesaeeaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseeteaeeaneas 20 CAMEYR2 Year of last arrival the 20 CAMEMT Month of last arrival the UK ccecceceeseeeeceeceeeeseeeeceeeeeeeaecaeeaeeeaeeaecaeseeseaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseteneeaneas 20 NATIDE11 English National Identity ec ee eecceeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeesas 20 NATIDS11 Scottish National 20 NATIDW11 Welsh National 1 21 NATIDB11 British National 21 NATIDNI Northern Irish National 21 NATIDO11 Other National Identity 21 NTLE11 111 116 Description of National 9
8. wave3 4 2 wave3 1 wave 2 cohort a1 cohort a2 cohort a3 cohort a4 cohort a5 The size of the total APS achieved sample is approximately 310 000 people April 2013 to March 2014 field period and all these cases are present on the microdata file Approximately 47 of the achieved sample comes from waves 1 and 5 of the LFS and 53 from the LLFS although this split varies from area to area The 12 month Personal Well being annual APS dataset may be thought of as a sub set of the general APS file However it is important to note that the size of the achieved sample of the personal well being questions within the dataset is approximately 170 000 people for the field period April 2013 to March 2014 This reduction is due to the personal well being questions being only asked of persons aged 16 and above who gave a personal interview proxy answers are not accepted As a result some caution should be used when using analysis of responses to personal well being questions at detailed geography areas and also in relation to any other variables where respondent numbers are relatively small It is recommended that for lower level geography analysis the variable UACNTY09 is used It is not possible to combine other single year APS Personal Well being datasets together to carry out longitudinal analysis The Personal Well being datasets are not designed for longitudinal analysis e g they are not desi
9. 77 NVQSVQ Whether respondent has any full NVQs 05 78 QGCSE41 45 Type of GCSE or equivalent held below grade 1 78 QLYR11 01 11 Qualification gained in last 12 78 QULCH11 1 6 Source of qualification 79 QULCHUK 1 6 Source of qualification ececceceeseceeceeeeseeeeeeeceeeeeeeaecaeeaeseaesaecaeeeeseaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseseneeaneas 79 SCACD Was your highest SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 79 SCLEV Was level was your Award Certificate Diploma SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC QUAIITICATION A tinea Mie eared 80 SCQUAL 01 25 Qualification gained from 80 SCTVC11 Is your highest SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 80 SINCOMN Whether nursing qualification is single or combined 81 SNGDEGN Coding frame for single subject nursing 81 SNGHD Coding frame for single subject higher
10. Agriculture forestry amp fishing Energy amp water Manufacturing Construction Distribution hotels amp restaurants Transport amp communication Banking finance amp insurance etc Public admin educ amp health Other services 60 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on college based schemes NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable is derived from INDSCO7M INDEO7R Industry sectors in job made redundant from 1 Agriculture forestry amp fishing 2 C amp E Energy amp water D Manufacturing F Construction 5 G H Distribution hotels amp restaurants I Transport amp communication 7 J K Banking finance amp insurance etc N Public admin educ amp health 9 Other services FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 09 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents made redundant in the three months prior to interview NOTES This variable is derived from REDUND EVERWK INDDO7L REDIND INDDO7M This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets AVAILIBILITY TO START WORK WAIT Whether waiting to take up job 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents not looking for a place on a government scheme in the last four weeks or were not looking for work in the last
11. COVERAGE Applies to all respondents doing unpaid work but not away from a job business or waiting to take up a new job business already obtained the reference week JBAWAY 2 or 3 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets The variables OWNBUS and RELBUS are used to identify unpaid family workers RELBUS Whether doing unpaid work for relative s business 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS 47 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents doing unpaid work but not away form a job business or waiting to take up a new job business already obtained but didn t work for own business in the reference week OWNBUS 2 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets The variables OWNBUS and RELBUS are used to identify unpaid family workers EVERWK Ever had a paid job or place on scheme 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no paid or unpaid work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business in which they are employed or own RELBUS 2 or YTETJB 2 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable excludes casual and holiday jobs PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLICR Whether working in public or private sector reported 1 Private sector 2 Public sector FREQUENCY F
12. main JOD 60 INDEO7R Industry sectors in job made redundant from 61 AVAILIBILITY TO START WORK 61 WAIT Whether waiting to take JOD 0 eeceeceeeceeseeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseaesaeesaeeseeeseeeseeseeeseeeteeeseeeseeeeeaes 61 LIKEWK Whether would like Work 61 NOLOWA 01 10 Reasons for not looking for work in last 4 61 START Whether could start work government scheme within the next two WEES 62 YSTART Reason could not start work within two weeks cecceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeaeeaesaeseeetaesaeseeseateaees 62 DETAILS OF JOB SEARGH lectern A E 62 LKTIMA How long looking IO WOR EREEREER 62 LKTIMB How long looking tor WOK 63 LKWFWM Main method of looking for work in the last four 63 PAG ONY OR eae be ce cadens ho paar aac ee dah ee daa eRe aeons 63 UALDWK Place of Work tian nti tian tia nibh aha tla atin 63 HOURS WORKED MAIN JOB
13. First degree foundation degree Other degree NVQ level 4 Level 6 Diploma Level 6 Certificate Level 7 Award Diploma in higher education Level 5 Diploma Level 5 Certificate Level 6 Award HNC HND BTEC higher etc Teaching D further education Teaching secondary education Teaching D primary education Teaching D foundation stage Teaching D level not stated Nursing etc RSA higher diploma Other higher education below degree Level 4 Diploma Level 4 Certificate Level 5 Award NVQ level 3 Advanced Progression 14 19 Diploma Level 3 Diploma Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate GNVQ GSVQ advanced A level or equivalent RSA advanced diploma OND ONC BTEC SCOTVEC National etc City amp Guilds Advanced Craft Part 1 Scoitish 6 year certificate CSYS SCE higher or equivalent Access qualifications AS level or equivalent Trade apprenticeship Level 3 Certificate Level 4 Award NVQ level 2 or equivalent 73 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Intermediate Welsh Baccalaureate GNVQ GSVQ intermediate RSA diploma City amp Guilds Craft Part 2 BTEC SCOTVEC First or General diploma etc Higher 14 19 Diploma Level 2 Diploma Level 2 Certificate O level GCSE grade A C or equivalent Level 3 Award NVQ level 1 or equiva
14. 11 1 4 67 UE 68 BTLEV 68 35 19 19 19 CASE outta ake 92 33 89 5 1 89 CMBDEGN 01 12 68 CMBHD 01 12 69 69 CMBMAINN 70 29 5 85 CRYOXZT 17 84 D DEGCLSZ 70 2 57 13 39 96 EDAGECOR 67 EMPLEN 49 50 84 2 24 1 22 22 22 24 ETHAS 1 23 119 23 ETHBL1 24 24 NOLOWA 01 10 ear ae 99 CONTACTS This guide For information about the content of
15. 18UB East Devon 18UC Exeter 18UD Mid Devon 18UE North Devon 18UG South Hams 18UH Teignbridge 18UK Torridge 18UL West Devon 19UC Christchurch 19UD East Dorset 19UE North Dorset 19UG Purbeck 19UH West Dorset 19UJ Weymouth and Portland 21UC Eastbourne 21UD Hastings 21UF Lewes 21UG Rother 21UH Wealden 22UB Basildon 22UC Braintree 22UD Brentwood 22UE Castle Point 22UF Chelmsford 22UG Colchester 22UH Epping Forest 22UJ Harlow 22UK Maldon 22UL Rochford 22UN Tendring 22UQ Uttlesford 23UB Cheltenham 23UC Cotswold 23UD Forest of Dean 23UE Gloucester 23UF Stroud 23UG Tewkesbury 24UB Basingstoke and Deane 24UC East Hampshire 24UD Eastleigh 24UE Fareham 24UF Gosport 24UG Hart 24UH Havant 24UJ New Forest 24UL Rushmoor 24UN Test Valley 24UP Winchester 26UB Broxbourne 26UC Dacorum 26UD East Hertfordshire 26UE Hertsmere 26UF North Hertfordshire 26UG St Albans 26UH Stevenage 26UJ Three Rivers 26UK Watford 26UL Welwyn Hatfield 29UB Ashford 29UC Canterbury 29UD Dartford 29UE Dover 29UG Gravesham 29UH Maidstone 29UK Sevenoaks 29UL Shepway 29UM Swale 29UN Thanet 29UP Tonbridge and Malling 29UQ Tunbridge Wells 30UD Burnley 30UE Chorley Fylde 30UG Hyndburn 30UH Lancaster 30UJ Pendle 30UK Preston 3001 Ribble Valley 30UM Rossen
16. 2 Between six months and 12 months 3 Twelve months or more FREQUENCY New question from AJ11 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have indicated that their health problems or disabilities substantially limit their ability to carry out normal day to day activities This variable is available on the GSS client dataset SMOKING SMOKEVER Ever Smoked 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 18 and over NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Includes only ordinary tobacco which is smoked Exclude any reference to snuff tobacco or tobacco products that are chewed or sucked or herbal tobaccos By ever smoked we mean even just once in their life CIGNOW Smoke at all nowadays 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 18 and over and when response in SmokE ver is Yes NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Includes only ordinary tobacco which is smoked Exclude any reference to snuff tobacco or tobacco products that are chewed or sucked or herbal tobaccos CIGSMK1 Smoking Status 1 Current cigarette smoker 2 Ex cigarette smoker 3 Never smoked 6 Child proxy NI 8 Don t know refusal 9 DNA FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 18 and over
17. 4 Don t know but under 25 5 25 49 6 50 249 7 250 499 8 Don t know but between 50 and 499 9 500 or more FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents currently in work or who have worked in the last 8 years NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable refers to the total number of employees at the respondent s workplace not just the particular section department People employed by employment services who may work during the course of a week at a number of locations are required to refer to the place where they worked the longest number of hours during the reference week MPNLRO2 Number of employees last job reported 1 1 10 2 11 19 3 20 24 4 Don t know but under 25 5 25 49 6 50 249 7 250 499 8 Don t know but between 50 and 499 9 500 or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 02 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents currently in work or who have worked in the last 8 years NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit MPNLRO2 supersedes the variables 2 amp 502 The filter EVERWK 1 is applied to the questionnaire variables MPNO amp MPN to distinguish between current last job MPNRO2 is number of employees in current job as reported MPNLRO2 is number of employees in last job as reported This variable is derived from EVERWK STAT amp SOLO This variable is a
18. 9 Nine times a year 10 Ten times a year 13 Three months 13 weeks 26 Six months 26 weeks 52 year 12 months 52 weeks 90 Less than one week 95 One off lump sum 97 None of these FREQUENCY Each quarter on the APS survey COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving a figure for either their actual last payment as an employee or on a government scheme or a figure for the payment which they expect 91 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets GRSSWK Gross weekly pay in main job Amount FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and those on a government scheme NOTES This variable is derived from STAT EVERWK INCNOW NEWDEA10 GRSPRD GRSEXP amp GROSS99 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 788 GRSSWK2 Gross weekly in second job Amount FREQUENCY Each quarter from Winter 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees in a second job NOTES This variable is derived from STAT2 INCNOW SECGRO SECGA SECGB SECEX amp BANDG This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 788 Net Income NET99 What is take home p
19. Child 6 Data brought forward from previous quarter 7 Economically inactive 70 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is used mainly to identify whether responses obtained were given personally or by proxy Some analysis of LFS data may be particularly affected by proxy responses e g subjective questions whether someone would like to work or questions that are particularly difficult for proxy respondents to answer e g number of actual unpaid overtime hours worked in reference week Results of this variable therefore should be treated with caution With regard to proxy responses there are some common sense rules A study of proxy responses is contained in the LFS User Guide Volume 1 Background and Methodology Generally the questions can be asked of the main respondent provided that they are able to supply the required information and are related to the individual concerned However it is also acceptable for a Co habitees to supply information about each other b Anyone whom the HOH spouse personally asks to provide the information e g a young person whose parents wish them to be the respondent c A relative friend or health visitor may also give information where a person living alone is too old sick or deaf to be interviewed but only with their permission and preferably in their presence and d Children to be used as an interpreter if the parents do not speak English
20. QG West Dunbartonshire QH Dumfries amp Galloway QJ Dundee City QK East Ayrshire QL East Dunbartonshire QM East Lothian QN East Renfrewshire QP City of Edinburgh QQ Falkirk QR Fife QS City of Glasgow QT Highland QU Inverclyde QW Midlothian QX Moray QY North Ayrshire QZ North Lanarkshire RB Perth amp Kinross RC Renfrewshire RE South Ayrshire RF South Lanarkshire RG Stirling RH West Lothian 460 Northern Ireland 35 5 5 years but less than 10 years 6 10 years or longer FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets RESMTH Months at this address 1 11 Months FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have lived at their address less than 12 months RESTME 1 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets RESMTH and RESBBY are used to identify babies born less than 3 months ago i e between survey waves RESBBY Whether respondent is baby 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have lived at their address less than 3 months RESMTH lt 3 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets RESMTH and RESBBY are used to identify babies born less
21. e g 95 for 1995 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets WAVEND Wave at which household was first found 1 5 Wave number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES The household can change between waves because people move during their time in the survey This variable allows a change of household to be identified This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets 95 INTRTYPE Telephone or face to face interview 1 2 Telephone Face to face FREQUENCY First contact on APS NOTES datasets This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License PROXY Interview in person or by proxy 1 2 In person By proxy or under 16 FREQUENCY First contact on APS NOTES datasets This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License 96 ADDRESS FEATURES BLOCK HALLRES2 Whether living in a hall of residence 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents apart from APS where it applies to respondents aged 16 or over NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This is an interviewer check question not asked of the respondent to confirm whether there are any household members currently living in a hall of residence and
22. variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 80 POTHR Usual hours of paid overtime 0 96 Hours of overtime 97 97 or more 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who may work paid or unpaid overtime EVEROT 1 NOTES As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets TOTAC1 Total actual hours worked no overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 and over 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who never work overtime and actually worked in reference week NOTES Those respondents who did not work in the reference week even though they had a job i e on holiday or sick are coded as 0 This variable excludes meal breaks As hours not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 80 TOTAC2 Actual hours worked including paid and unpaid overtim
23. 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were looking for work or a place on a government scheme in the last 4 weeks those waiting to start a new job those not seeking but would like a job and those who are seeking an additional or different paid job NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets YSTART Reason could not start work within two weeks 1 Must complete education 2 Cannot leave present job within 2 weeks 3 Looking after the family home 4 Temporarily sick injured 5 Long term sick injured 6 Other reason FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are not available to start work or take up a place ona government scheme in the 2 weeks after the reference week START 2 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable only includes people in employment and inactive people DETAILS OF JOB SEARCH LKTIMA How long looking for work 1 Not yet started 2 Less than 1 month 3 1 month but less than 3 months 4 3 months but less than 6 months 5 6 months but less than 12 months 6 12 months but less than 18 months 7 18 months but less than 2 years 8 2 years but less than 3 years 9 3 years but less than 4 years 10 4 years but less than 5 years 11 5 years or more FREQUENCY First contact on
24. 116 CAMBODIA 156 CHINA 158 CHINA TAIWAN 626 EAST TIMOR 344 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 356 INDIA 360 INDONESIA 364 IRAN 368 IRAQ 376 ISRAEL 392 JAPAN 400 JORDAN 398 KAZAKHSTAN 408 KOREA NORTH 410 KOREA SOUTH 414 KUWAIT 417 KYRGYZSTAN 418 LAOS 422 LEBANON 446 MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 458 MALAYSIA 462 MALDIVES 983 Middle East and Asia NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 496 MONGOLIA 524 NEPAL 512 OMAN 586 PAKISTAN 608 PHILIPPINES 634 QATAR 682 SAUDI ARABIA 702 SINGAPORE 144 SRI LANKA 760 SYRIA 762 TAJIKISTAN 764 THAILAND 795 TURKMENISTAN 784 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 860 UZBEKISTAN 704 VIETNAM 275 WEST BANK INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM AND GAZA STRIP FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client and Special License datasets This variable is not on other datasets for confidentiality reasons This variable is derived from CRY12 amp CRYO 887 YEMAN ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA 16 AMERICAN SAMOA 10 ANTARCTICA 989 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 36 AUSTRALIA 74 BOUVET ISLAND 86 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 162 CHRISTMAS ISLAND 166 COCOS KEELING ISLANDS 184 COOK ISLANDS 242 FIJI 258 FRENCH POLYNESIA 260 FRENCH S
25. 90 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable is derived from SMOKEVER and CIGNOW INCOME Gross Income GROSS99 Gross pay before deductions 1 99994 1 to 99994 self assessment 99995 Paid 99995 or more self assessment 99996 No pay yet received 99998 Don t know 99999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter on the APS survey COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and those on a government scheme NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 41000 GROSSINCBAND Gross weekly pay band 1 Less than 100 per week 2 100 but less than 200 3 200 but less than 300 4 300 but less than 400 5 400 but less than 500 6 500 but less than 600 7 600 but less than 700 8 700 but less than 800 9 800 but less than 900 10 900 but less than 1000 11 over 1000 per week FREQUENCY Each quarter on the APS survey COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees and those on a government scheme NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets GRSPRD Period covered by last gross 1 One week 2 Two weeks 3 Three weeks 4 Four weeks 5 Calendar month 7 Two calendar months 8 Eight times a year
26. APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are looking for paid work or a place on a government scheme but not waiting to take up a new job business already obtained NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets 62 LKTIMB How long looking for work 1 Not yet started 2 Less than 1 month 3 1 month but less than 3 months 4 3 months but less than 6 months 5 6 months but less than 12 months 6 12 months but less than 18 months 7 18 months but less than 2 years 8 2 years but less than 3 years 9 3 years but less than 4 years 10 4 years but less than 5 years 11 5 years or more FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who were waiting to start a new job business or take up a place on a government scheme already obtained NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This question relates to how long the respondent was looking for paid work before getting a job business LKWFWM Main method of looking for work the last four weeks 1 Visit a Jobcentre Jobmarket or Training and Employment Agency office 2 Visit a Careers office 3 Visit a Jobclub 4 Have your name on the books of a private employment agency 5 Advertise for jobs in newspapers and journals 6 Answer advertisements in newspapers and journals 7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers or jo
27. Bracknell Forest UA MB West Berkshire UA MC Reading UA MD Slough UA ME Windsor and Maidenhead UA MF Wokingham UA MG Milton Keynes UA ML Brighton and Hove UA MR Portsmouth UA MS Southampton UA MW Isle of Wight UA NA Isle of Anglesey NC Gwynedd NE Conwy FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 00 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets It is derived using UALAD99 NG Denbighshire NJ Flintshire NL Wrexham NN Powys NQ Ceredigion NS Pembrokeshire NU Carmarthenshire NX Swansea NZ Neath Port Talbot PB Bridgend PD The Vale of Glamorgan PF Rhondda Cynon Taff PH Merthyr Tydfil PK Caerphilly PL Blaenau Gwent PM Torfaen PP Monmouthshire PR Newport PT Cardiff QA Aberdeen City QB Aberdeenshire QC Angus QD Argyll amp Bute QE Scottish Borders QF Clackmannanshire QG West Dunbartonshire QH Dumfries amp Galloway QJ Dundee City QK East Ayrshire QL East Dunbartonshire QM East Lothian QN East Renfrewshire QP City of Edinburgh QQ Falkirk QR Fife QS City of Glasgow QT Highland QU Inverclyde QW Midlothian QX Moray QY North Ayrshire QZ North Lanarkshire RB Perth amp Kinross RC Renfrewshire RE South Ayrshire RF South Lanarkshire RG Stirling RH West Lothian 460 Northern Ireland Fr
28. Caribbean Black British 12 Arab 13 Other ethnic group FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over living within Great Britain 26 NOTES datasets This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License ETHEWEUL Ethnicity 16 categories England and Wales level 1 2 3 4 16 White British White Irish Other White White and Black Caribbean White and Black African White and Asian Other Mixed multiple ethnic background Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Other Asian background Black African Black Caribbean Other Black African Caribbean background Other ethnic group includes respondents in England and Wales identifying themselves as White Gypsy or Irish Traveller includes respondents in England and Wales identifying themselves as Arab FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES datasets Every quarter from AJ11 onwards Applies to respondents aged 16 and over living in England and Wales This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License ETHEW18 Ethnicity 18 categories England and Wales level FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES White British White Irish White Gypsy or Irish Traveller Other White White and Black Caribbean White and Black African White and Asian Other Mixed multiple ethnic background Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Other A
29. LUCIA 16 666 ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON 670 ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 740 SURINAM 780 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 796 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 840 UNITED STATES 850 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 858 URUGUAY 862 VENEZUELA AFRICA 982 AFRICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 12 ALGERIA 24 ANGOLA 204 BENIN 72 BOTSWANA 854 BURKINA 108 BURUNDI 120 CAMEROON 912 CANARY ISLANDS 132 CAPE VERDE 140 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 148 CHAD 174 COMOROS 178 CONGO 180 CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 262 DJIBOUTI 818 EGYPT 226 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 232 ERITREA 231 ETHIOPIA 266 GABON 270 GAMBIA THE 288 GHANA 324 GUINEA 624 GUINEA BISSAU 384 IVORY COAST 404 KENYA 426 LESOTHO 430 LIBERIA 434 LIBYA 450 MADAGASCAR 454 MALAWI 466 MALI 478 MAURITANIA 480 MAURITIUS 175 MAYOTTE 504 MOROCCO 508 MOZAMBIQUE 516 NAMIBIA 562 NIGER 566 NIGERIA 638 REUNION 646 RWANDA 678 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 686 SENEGAL 690 SEYCHELLES 694 SIERRA LEONE 706 SOMALIA 710 SOUTH AFRICA 654 ST HELENA 736 SUDAN 748 SWAZILAND 834 TANZANIA 768 TOGO 788 TUNISIA 800 UGANDA 732 WESTERN SAHARA 894 ZAMBIA 716 ZIMBABWE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA 4 AFGHANISTAN 984 ASIA EXCEPT MIDDLE EAST NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 48 BAHRAIN 50 BANGLADESH 64 BHUTAN 96 BRUNEI 104 BURMA 116
30. License and End User License datasets 57 WHETHER MANAGER NUMBER OF STAFF SUPVIS Responsible for supervising 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees STAT 1 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets WHEN LEFT LAST JOB DURUN2 Duration of unemployment 1 Less than 3 months 2 3 months but less that 6 months 3 6 months but less than 12 months 4 12 months but less than 18 months 5 18 months but less than 2 years 6 2 years but less than 3 years 7 3 years but less than 4 years 8 4 years but less than 5 years 9 5 years or more FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are unemployed NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets It shows the minimum of the length of time looking for work and the length of time since the respondent s last job It is derived from SCHMO08 LKTIMA LKTIMB DVAGE WRKING JBAWAY COUNTRY TECLEC4 YTETMP YTETJB NEWDEA4 RELBUS OWNBUS START LOOK4 LKYT4 WAIT amp WNLEFT2 WN2LFT11 When left last job 1 Less than 3 months 2 3 months but less than 6 months 3 6 months but less than 12 months 4 12 months but less than 18 months 5 18 months but less than 2 years 6 2 years but less than 3 years 7 3 years but less than 4 years 8 4 years but less
31. RELIGE English Religion question ccccecceseeseeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeceeeeaeeaesaeceeseaeeaecaesaeeeaeeaesaesaeeeaeeaesaeseeeeateates 28 RELIGW Welsh Religion Question ccccecceceeeeeeeceeeeeeeaecaeceeteaeeaeeaeceeseaeeaesaeeaeseaesaesaesaeseaesaesaeseeteaeeaees 28 RELIGS Scottish Religion question c ceccecceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaecaeceeeeaecaesaeceeseaesaecaeseeseaesaesaeseseaesaesaeseeeeateates 29 RELIG11 Religion GB level NI 22 29 SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING dein deta 29 SATIS How satisfied are you with your life nowadays 22 29 WORTH To what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are 29 HAPPY How happy did you feel yesterday cccceccecceceesecseceeeeseeaecaeceeeeaeeaecaeseeeaeeaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeseaeeats 29 ANXIOUS Hhow anxious did you feel yesterday 22 30 GEOGRAPHIES amp RESIDENTIAL 30 COUNTRY Country Within UK 30 GORA Government Office Regions 12 30 GOR Government Office Regions 13 Categories 0 ccccesccecceceeseseeceeeeeeeeeeaecaeceeeeaesaeseeseeeeaesaeseeseaeeateas 30 UALA
32. Subject 2 Combined Subject in one subject area 3 Combined Subject in more than one subject area FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have an undergraduate or first degree NOTES SINCOMN FDSINCOM and HDSINCOM replaced in SINCOM in JM12 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets SNGDEGN Coding frame for single subject nursing qualifications FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents whose undergraduate degree is a single subject NOTES SNGDEGN FDSNGDEG and SNGHD replaced SNGDEG in JM12 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License SNGHD Coding frame for single subject higher degrees FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents whose undergraduate degree is a single subject NOTES SNGDEGN FDSNGDEG and SNGHD replaced SNGDEG in JM12 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets STCOT11 1 5 And do have SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualifications below level 1 a full National Certificate level 3 2 a first diploma or general diploma level 2 3 a first certificate or general certificate below level 2 4 modules towards a National Certificate 5 other SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 6 None of these 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent
33. a more detailed Special Licence version of microdata held at the Data Archive On receipt of an application to use the Special Licence the Data Archive will contact the ONS Access to Data team to authorise approved researcher access Government department customers who know which data they require and users whose requests cannot be satisfied by the either the End User or Special Licence version of the personal well being dataset can contact ONS direct using the following email address socialsurveys ons gov uk Weights A single set of weights are included for use with the personal well being dataset the non proxy well being person weight np132R11 The principle of using weights is to make analyses representative of the target population and to lessen potential biases which may be present when using un weighted data Such un weighted analysis would be subject to the effects of non response and other non sampling errors which weighting tries to overcome When no weights are applied to the dataset the analysis results will be based on the actual number of cases within the dataset Switching the well being weight on will produce results based on estimates of the number of cases within the UK population aged 16 and over Applying the well being weight will cause the total number of cases in the dataset to be grossed up to the estimated UK population of adults aged 16 and over as at the middle month of the period covered by the d
34. aged 16 and over and in person not by proxy NOTES This question was first asked in April 2011 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets GEOGRAPHIES amp RESIDENTIAL STATUS COUNTRY Country within UK 1 England 2 Wales 3 Scotland 4 Scotland North of Caledonian Canal 5 Northern Ireland COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets GORA Government Office Regions 12 Categories A North East B North West including Merseyside D Yorkshire and The Humber E East Midlands F West Midlands G East of England H London J South East K South West W Wales X Scotland Y Northern Ireland COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets GOR Government Office Regions 13 Categories 1 North East 2 North West 3 Merseyside 4 Yorkshire amp Humberside 5 East Midlands 6 West Midlands 7 Eastern 8 London 9 South East 10 South West 11 Wales 30 12 Scotland 13 Northern Ireland FREQUENCY Each quarter from 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable conforms to the standard presentation of Government Office Regions It is derived from UALAD99 Merseyside is generally included in the North West regi
35. available on the GSS client Special License and End User License SCACD Was your highest SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification an 1 2 3 4 FREQUENCY COVERAGE SCTVC11 NOTES Award Certificate Diploma Don t know Each quarter from JM11 Applies if respondent s SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC is categorised as OTHER at This variable is available on the GSS client dataset 79 SCLEV Was level was your Award Certificate Diploma SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 10 FREQUENCY COVERAGE SCTVC11 NOTES Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Entry level Don t know Each quarter from JM11 Applies if respondents SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC is categorised as OTHER at This variable is available on the GSS client dataset SCQUAL 01 25 Qualification gained from School You said that you have qualifications from school or home schooling Thinking about ALL of these qualifications which qualifications do you think you have gained in the UK from school or homeschooling starting with the highest 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES dataset BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level A Level Vocat l A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent Ne
36. available on the GSS client dataset CMBDEGN 01 12 Nursing subject areas Medicine Medical related Subjects Biological Sciences Agricultural Sciences Physical Environmental Sciences Mathematical Sciences and Computing Engineering Technology Agriculture and related subjects Social Sciences including Law Business and Financial Studies Librarianship and Information Studies Linguistics English Celtic and Ancient Languages European Languages Other Languages Humanities 69 17 18 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Arts Education Each quarter from JM12 Applies to respondents whose undergraduate degree is a combined subject in one or more subject areas NOTES In JM12 CMBDEGN FDCMBD and CMBHD replaced CMBDEG This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets CMBHD 01 12 Higher degree subject areas FREQUENCY COVERAGE Medicine Medical related Subjects Biological Sciences Agricultural Sciences Physical Environmental Sciences Mathematical Sciences and Computing Engineering Technology Agriculture and related subjects Social Sciences including Law Business and Financial Studies Librarianship and Information Studies Linguistics English Celtic and Ancient Languages European Languages Other Languages Humanities Arts Education Each quarter from JM12 Applies to respondents whose undergraduate degree is a combined subject in one or more s
37. ft pt study 8 Receiving help setting up as self employed 9 Work experience or practical training 10 Other employment training 11 Other situation not listed 97 Don t know FREQUENCY First contact on APS NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets SCHM12 Government training scheme 1 Work club 2 New enterprise allowance 3 Work experience 4 Work trial 5 Work programme 6 Training for success NI only option 7 Steps to work NI only option 8 Training for work 9 Ready for work 50 Other training scheme 66 None of these 97 Just 16 and non response FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys NOTES This variable is available on the ONS research GSS client Special Licence and End User Licence datasets This variable replaces SCHM08 and was introduced in January 2012 Applies to respondents aged 16 to 64 YTETJB Whether had paid job in addition to scheme 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all men aged 16 64 and women aged 16 62 on a government scheme or at college or at a training centre NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Respondents with a paid job in addition to a place on a scheme are included in the Government employment amp training programmes category of economic activity not as employees or self employed 4
38. had two jobs in the reference week only because they changed jobs that week and those who held two jobs at the same time The first group are not asked details of their second job The second group however are asked for more information about their second job This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets JOBTYP2 Permanency of second job 1 Permanent 2 Some way not permanent 67 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a regular additional job and didn t change jobs during the reference week NOTES Permanency relates to the job itself rather than to the individual who does the job Someone who is being made redundant retiring going on maternity leave or taking up another job may not regard their job as permanent but they are still coded as 1 permanent job Respondents who have short term contracts are coded according to whether they consider their job to be of a permanent nature This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets SUPVIS2 Supervisory responsibility in second job 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have an additional regular job STAT2 1 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets EDUCATION AND TRAINING Qualifications EDAGECOR Age when complet
39. has a SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification NOTES This variable replaces STECOTH This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets UNIQUAL 1 31 Qualifications from University or College You said that you have qualifications from college or university Thinking about ALL of these qualifications which qualifications do you think you have gained in the UK from college or university starting with the highest 1 Degree level qualif incl foundation degrees graduate memb ship of a profess institute PGCE or higher 81 2 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES dataset Diploma in Higher Education HNC HND ONC OND BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC Teaching qualif excl PGCE Nursing or other medical qualif not yet mentioned Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level A Level Vocat l A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent New Diploma Welsh Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate NVQ SVQ GNVQ GSVQ AS level Vocat l AS Level or equiv Certificate of 6th Yr Studies CSYS or equiv Access to HE O Level or equiv Standard Ordinary O Grade Lower Scotland GCSE Vocat l GCSE CSE Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland RSA OCR City and Guilds YT Certificate Key skills Core skills Scotland Basic skills Skills for life literacy numeracy lang Entry Level Qualifications Award Certificate or Diplo
40. level and Levels 1 to 8 31 Any other professional work related qualification FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has UK gained qualifications from Government Schemes NOTES This variable replaces QULS10 01 20 This variable is available on the GSS client dataset HDSINCOM Whether higher degree is single or combined subject 1 Single Subject 2 Combined Subject in one subject area 3 Combined Subject in more than one subject area FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have a higher qualification NOTES SINCOMN FDSINCOM and HDSINCOM replaced in SINCOM in JM12 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets HIGHO Type of higher degree 1 Doctorate 72 2 3 4 5 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Masters Postgraduate Certificate in Education Other postgraduate degree or professional qualification Don t know Each quarter from Spring 93 Applies to all respondents who have a higher degree qualification Spring 93 to Winter 95 QUAL 1 Spring 96 to Winter 03 DEGREE 1 From Spring 04 DEGREE4 1 From 7 DEGREE7 1 NOTES datasets This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License HIQUAL11 Highest qualification trade apprenticeship Higher degree NVQ level 5 Level 8 Diploma Level 8 Certificate Level 7 Diploma Level 7 Certificate Level 8 Award
41. or enrolled on a full time part time course ENROLCOR 1 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets CUREDS8 Current education received 1 At school full time 2 Sandwich course 3 Full time at university or college 4 Part time at school 5 Training in nursing 6 Part time at university or college 7 Open college 8 Open University 85 9 Other correspondence course 10 Course not stated 11 Enrolled but not attending 12 Enrolled but not stated if attending 13 Not enrolled on course FREQUENCY Each quarter from 8 COVERAGE Up until JM08 this variable applied to all respondents who were in employment or of working age From JMO8 it applies only to those aged between 16 and 69 NOTES This variable is derived from AGE SEX WRKING JBAWAY OWNBUS RELBUS COURSE ENROLL amp ATTEND DNAs are quite variable over time This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets STUCUR Whether full time student 1 Full time student 2 Not full time student FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are defined as full time students CURED 1 2 or 3 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Nursing physiotherapy etc includes those who may normally work in a hospital at the same time Part time courses in
42. qualif s Scotland RSA OCR City and Guilds YT Certificate Key skills Core skills Scotland Basic skills Skills for life literacy numeracy lang Entry Level Qualifications Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry level and Levels 1 to 8 Any other professional work related qualification First contact on APS Applies if respondent is currently studying towards a qualification This variable replaces QULHIY This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets TCNW11 level of BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL being studied for FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Level 4 or above higher level Level 3 National Certificate or National Diploma level Level 2 First general diploma level Below Level 2 First general certificate level Other Don t know Each quarter from JM12 Applies if respondent is currently studying for BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable replaced TCNW10 JM 2012 SCNOW11 Are you studying for SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC 1 2 3 4 5 at higher level level 4 for full National Certificate level 3 at first diploma or general diploma level level 2 at first certificate or general certificate level below level 2 modules towards a National Certificate 84 6 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if r
43. recognised Civil Partnership and separated his her civil partner 8 Formerly a civil partner the Civil Partnership now legally dissolved 9 A surviving civil partner his her partner having since died FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTE This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License file categories 6 to 9 are amalgamated into currently or previously in civil partnership MARDY6 Married cohabiting 1 Married cohabiting civil partner 2 Non married FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is derived from MARSTA MARCHK amp LIVWTH This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Non married include those who are under 16 single widowed divorced or separated from their spouse LIVWTH Whether living together as couple 1 Yes 2 No 3 Same sex couple but not in a formal registered Civil Partnership FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 in multi person households not married and living with spouse MARSTA 2 or MARSTA 6 or MARSTA 8 AND DVAGE gt 16 NOTES This question will apply to all households containing more than one person and to all respondents who do not describe themselves as married living with a spouse Th
44. termini This variable is available on the GSS client datasets GORWK2R Region of workplace for second job reported 1 Tyne amp Wear 2 Rest of North East 3 Greater Manchester 4 Merseyside 5 Rest of North East 6 South Yorkshire 7 West Yorkshire 8 Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside 9 East Midlands 10 West Midlands met county 11 Rest of West Midlands 12 East of England 52 13 Central London 14 Inner London 15 Outer London 16 South East 17 South West 18 Wales 19 Strathclyde 20 Rest of Scotland 21 Northern Ireland 22 Workplace outside of UK FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Autumn 93 to Autumn 97 Each quarter from Spring 98 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit GORWK2R supersedes the variable GORWkz2 This variable is derived from STAT2 HOME2 GOVTOR UALAD99 LADWAD UALDWK2 amp WKPL299 From Spring 2000 UALDWkz2 is used in the derivation of this variable prior to this LADWk2 was used This variable is based on Government Office Regions Central London is defined by the Department of Transport as the area within the bounds of the main London British Rail train termini This variable is available on the GSS client dataset LOOK4 Whether looking for paid work in last four weeks 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did unp
45. this guide Contact the Social Surveys Data Advice Relation Team 01633 455678 socialsurveys ons gov uk The Data Archive The UK Data Archive is based at the University of Essex and will hold a copy of the subjective Well being twelve month dataset 01206 882001 info data archive ac uk www data archive ac uk 100
46. this variable was called NUMHLD on SPSS datasets This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets 93 HHLD Household reference 1 81 Household reference FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets At some addresses more than one household can be found NUMHHLD identifies the number of occupied households at a particular address whereas HHLD identifies which household including vacant households at that address the data refers to HOUTAPS Household outcome code 11 Full interview 12 Economically inactive 20 Partially co operating household 31 Refusal to HQ letter 36 Outright refusal 37 Circumstantial refusal 41 Non contact 51 No trace of address 52 Not yet built or under construction 53 Demolished or derelict 54 Vacant or being refurbished 55 Non residential or business only 56 Institution 57 Temporary accommodation second residence 59 Directed not to sample at this address 60 Holiday home 61 Household no longer resident 62 Previously ineligible now eligible 89 Household not finished with FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets IOUTCOME Individual outcome 1 Personal response 2 Proxy response 3 Non response 4
47. to the reasons behind inactivity This variable is the standard economic activity variable and should be used for consistency with current ONS practice as it gives the International Labour Organisation ILO standard definitions of employment unemployment and economic activity and inactivity This variable is derived from DVAGE SCHM08 TECLEC4 NEWDEA4 YTETMP WRKING JBAWAY OWNBUS RELBUS STAT LOOK4 LKYT4 START WAIT LIKEWK YSTART NOLWM amp SEX These categories are taken from the Labour Force Survey LFS however due to the IHS imputation process there will be no results for category 22 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets The variable is top coded into 26 categories on the end user License dataset ILODEFR Basic economic activity ILO definition reported 1 2 3 4 In employment ILO unemployed Inactive Under 16 45 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable is derived from DVAGE amp INECACO5 This variable amalgamates the main headings of INECACO5 TYPSCH12 Government training schemes 1 Working for an employer 2 Temporarily away from an employer 3 Voluntary or charity organisation 4 Other vouluntary 5 Environmental taskforce 6 Full time or part time study 7 Temp away for
48. 07 K National Statistics Personal Well being Survey User Guide 2013 2014 Dataset September 2014 Editors Timothy Vizard and Gareth Rusgys Office for National Statistics Personal Well being Survey User Guide 2013 2014 Dataset A National Statistics publication National Statistics are produced to high professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics They are produced free from political influence About us The Office for National Statistics The Office for National Statistics ONS is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority a non ministerial department which reports directly to Parliament ONS is the UK government s single largest statistical producer It compiles information about the UK s society and economy and provides the evidence base for policy and decision making the allocation of resources and public accountability The Director General of ONS reports directly to the National Statistician who is the Authority s Chief Executive and the Head of the Government Statistical Service The Government Statistical Service The Government Statistical Service GSS is a network of professional statisticians and their staff operating both within the Office for National Statistics and across more than 30 other government departments and agencies Contacts This publication For information about the content of this publication contact Social Surveys Data Ad
49. 1 EUROPE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 234 FAROE ISLANDS 268 GEORGIA 292 GIBRALTAR 352 ICELAND 438 LIECHTENSTEIN 807 MACEDONIA 498 MOLDOVA 492 MONACO 499 MONTENEGRO 578 NORWAY 643 RUSSIA 674 SAN MARINO 688 SERBIA 974 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 744 SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN 756 SWITZERLAND 792 TURKEY 804 UKRAINE 972 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 336 VATICAN CITY 973 YUGOSLAVIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN 660 ANGUILLA 28 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 32 ARGENTINA 533 ARUBA 44 BAHAMAS THE 52 BARBADOS 84 BELIZE 60 BERMUDA 68 BOLIVIA 76 BRAZIL 92 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 124 CANADA 988 CARIBBEAN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 136 CAYMAN ISLANDS 986 CENTRAL AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 152 CHILE 170 COLOMBIA 188 COSTA RICA 192 CUBA 212 DOMINICA 214 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 218 ECUADOR 222 EL SALVADOR 238 FALKLAND ISLANDS 254 FRENCH GUIANA 304 GREENLAND 308 GRENADA 312 GUADELOUPE 320 GUATEMALA 328 GUYANA 332 HAITI 340 HONDURAS 388 JAMAICA 474 MARTINIQUE 484 MEXICO 500 MONTSERRAT 530 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 558 NICARAGUA 985 NORTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 591 PANAMA 600 PARAGUAY 604 PERU 630 PUERTO RICO 987 SOUTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 659 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 6
50. 1 4 Other methods of payment aside from receiving a salary or wage direct from an employer 1 Paid a salary or a wage by an agency 2 A sole director of your own limited business 3 Running a business or a professional practice 4 A partner in a business or a professional practice 5 Working for yourself 6 A sub contractor 7 Doing free lance work 8 None of the above FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are self employed or those not directly paid by their employers STAT 2 OR 2 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets SOLOR Self employed with or without employees reported 1 On own with partner s but no employees 56 2 With employees FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents currently in work or who have worked in the last 8 years NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit SOLOR supersedes the variables NSOLO amp SOLO The filter EVERWK 9 is applied to the questionnaire variable SOLO to distinguish between current last job SOLOR is whether self employed with without employee in current job as reported SOLOLR is whether self employed with without employee in last job as reported Self employed people who use only other self employed people in the business they run e g builders are coded 1 This variable is available on the GSS client Special
51. 19 O level or equivalent 20 Standard Ordinary O Grade Lower Scotland 21 GCSE Vocational GCSE 22 CSE 78 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES datasets Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualifications Scotland RSA OCR City amp Guilds YT Certificate Key Skills Core Skills Scotland Basic Skills Skills for life literacy numeracy language Entry Level Qualifications Any other professional work related foreign qualifications None in last 12 months Each quarter from JM 2010 Applies to respondents who have given a response at QULS10 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License QULCH11 1 6 Source of qualification COVERAGE NOTES datasets School homeschooling College university Related to work Government schemes Gained in leisure self taught Some other way No qualifications DK Applies to respondents aged 16 and 64 or those age 65 who are working This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License QULCHUK 1 6 Source of qualification 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 COVERAGE NOTES datasets School homeschooling College university Related to work Government schemes Gained in leisure self taught Some other way No qualifications DK Applies to respondents aged 16 and 64 or those age 65 who are working This variable is
52. 6 MAIN JOB WORKING IN REFERENCE WEEK WRKING Whether did paid work in reference week 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents 16 not on a government training scheme those on New Deal for lone parents disabled and men aged 65 and women aged 63 SCHM08 66 OR TECLEC4 3 OR NDTYPE4 1 or 3 OR SEX 1 and DVAGE 65 OR SEX 2 and DVAGE 63 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets JBAWAY Whether temporarily away from paid work 1 Yes 2 No 3 Waiting to take up new job business already obtained FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no paid work in the reference week WRKING 2 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets People temporarily away from paid work are still defined as in employment JOBBEG Whether will be starting new job 1 Within three months 2 Later than three months FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who were waiting to take up a job already obtained WAIT 1 OR JBAWAY 3 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable identifies when a person is due to begin their new job OWNBUS Whether doing unpaid work for own business 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS
53. 62 ST LUCIA 666 ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON 670 ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 740 SURINAM 780 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 796 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 840 UNITED STATES 850 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 858 URUGUAY 862 VENEZUELA AFRICA 982 AFRICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 12 ALGERIA 24 ANGOLA 204 BENIN 72 BOTSWANA 854 BURKINA 108 BURUNDI 18 120 CAMEROON 912 CANARY ISLANDS 132 CAPE VERDE 140 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 148 CHAD 174 COMOROS 178 CONGO 180 CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 262 DJIBOUTI 818 EGYPT 226 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 232 ERITREA 231 ETHIOPIA 266 GABON 270 GAMBIA THE 288 GHANA 324 GUINEA 624 GUINEA BISSAU 384 IVORY COAST 404 KENYA 426 LESOTHO 430 LIBERIA 434 LIBYA 450 MADAGASCAR 454 MALAWI 466 MALI 478 MAURITANIA 480 MAURITIUS 175 MAYOTTE 504 MOROCCO 508 MOZAMBIQUE 516 NAMIBIA 562 NIGER 566 NIGERIA 638 REUNION 646 RWANDA 678 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 686 SENEGAL 690 SEYCHELLES 694 SIERRA LEONE 706 SOMALIA 710 SOUTH AFRICA 654 ST HELENA 736 SUDAN 748 SWAZILAND 834 TANZANIA 768 TOGO 788 TUNISIA 800 UGANDA 732 WESTERN SAHARA 894 ZAMBIA 716 ZIMBABWE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA 4 AFGHANISTAN 984 ASIA EXCEPT MIDDLE EAST NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 48 BAHRAIN 50 BANGLADESH 64 BHUTAN 96 BRUNEI 104 BURMA
54. 8 Introduction The Annual Population Survey APS is a combined survey of households in United Kingdom Its purpose is to provide information on key social and socio economic variables between the ten yearly censuses with particular emphasis on providing information relating to small geographical areas Besides personal well being employment and unemployment topics covered in the survey include housing ethnicity religion health and education In this guide to the third 12 month APS personal well being dataset we provide a little background information to the APS readers may wish to consult the Labour Force Survey User Guides for further information The main differences between the personal well being datasets and the equivalent APS datasets are the inclusion of a well being weight and the four personal well being variables and the removal of non responders Each APS dataset comprises data from four quarterly Labour Force Survey LFS periods waves one and five for the UK Plus data from the annual Local Area Labour Force Survey LLFS also known as the LFS boost for England Scotland and Wales Respondent interviews are conducted at quarterly intervals in the LFS annual intervals on the LLFS and this wave pattern ensures no person appears more than once in an APS dataset APS 12 month Well being dataset structure Q2 2013 Q3 2013 042013 012014 LFS cohort 1 cohort 2 cohort 3 cohort 4 cohort 5 cohort 6 cohort 7 cohort 8
55. Amber Valley 17UC Bolsover 17UD Chesterfield 17UF Derbyshire Dales 17UG Erewash 17UH High Peak 17UJ North East Derbyshire 17UK South Derbyshire 18UB East Devon 18UC Exeter 18UD Mid Devon 18UE North Devon 18UG South Hams 18UH Teignbridge 18UK Torridge 18UL West Devon 19UC Christchurch 19UD East Dorset 19UE North Dorset 19UG Purbeck 19UH West Dorset 19UJ Weymouth and Portland 21UC Eastbourne 21UD Hastings 21UF Lewes 21UG Rother 21UH Wealden 22UB Basildon 22UC Braintree 22UD Brentwood 22UE Castle Point 22UF Chelmsford 22UG Colchester 22UH Epping Forest 22UJ Harlow 22UK Maldon 22UL Rochford 22UN Tendring 22UQ Uttlesford 23UB Cheltenham 23UC Cotswold 23UD Forest of Dean 23UE Gloucester 23UF Stroud 23UG Tewkesbury 24UB Basingstoke and Deane 24UC East Hampshire 24UD Eastleigh 24UE Fareham 24UF Gosport 24UG Hart 24UH Havant 24UJ New Forest 24UL Rushmoor 24UN Test Valley 24UP Winchester 26UB Broxbourne 26UC Dacorum 26UD East Hertfordshire 26UE Hertsmere 26UF North Hertfordshire 26UG St Albans 26UH Stevenage 26UJ Three Rivers 26UK Watford 26UL Welwyn Hatfield 29UB Ashford 29UC Canterbury 29UD Dartford 29UE Dover 29UG Gravesham 29UH Maidstone 29UK Sevenoaks 29UL Shepway 29UM Swale 29UN Thanet 29UP Tonbridge and Malling 29UQ Tunbridge We
56. Anglesey OONC Gwynedd OONE Conwy OONG Denbighshire 00 Flintshire OONL Wrexham OONN Powys OONQ Ceredigion OONS Pembrokeshire OONU Carmarthenshire OONX Swansea OONZ Neath Port Talbot 00 Bridgend OOPD The Vale of Glamorgan OOPF Rhondda Cynon Taff OOPH Merthyr Tydfil OOPK Caerphilly OOPL Blaenau Gwent 00 Torfaen OOPP Monmouthshire OOPR Newport OOPT Cardiff 000 Aberdeen City 00QB Aberdeenshire 00QC Angus 0080 Argyll amp Bute 000 Scottish Borders OOQF Clackmannanshire 00QG West Dunbartonshire 00QH Dumfries amp Galloway 00QJ Dundee City 00 East Ayrshire 00801 East Dunbartonshire 00QM East Lothian OOQN East Renfrewshire 00QP Edinburgh City of 00QQ Falkirk 00QR Fife 00QS Glasgow City 00QT Highland 0080 Inverclyde 00QW Midlothian 00QX Moray O0QY North Ayrshire 00QZ North Lanarkshire OORA Orkney Islands OORB Perth amp Kinross OORC Renfrewshire 00RD Shetland Islands OORE South Ayrshire OORF South Lanarkshire OORG Stirling OORH West Lothian OORJ Eilean Siar 11UB Aylesbury Vale 11UC Chiltern 11UE South Bucks 11UF Wycombe 12UB Cambridge 12UC East Cambridgeshire 38 12UD Fenland 12UE Huntingdonshire 12UG South Cambridgeshire 16UB Allerdale 16UC Barrow in Furness 16UD Carlisle 16UE Copeland 16UF Eden 16UG South Lakeland 17UB
57. CAMBODIA 156 CHINA 158 CHINA TAIWAN 626 EAST TIMOR 344 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 356 INDIA 360 INDONESIA 364 IRAN 368 IRAQ 376 ISRAEL 392 JAPAN 400 JORDAN 398 KAZAKHSTAN 408 KOREA NORTH 410 KOREA SOUTH 414 KUWAIT 417 KYRGYZSTAN 418 LAOS 422 LEBANON 446 MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHIINA 458 MALAYSIA 462 MALDIVES 983 Middle East NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 496 MONGOLIA 524 NEPAL 512 OMAN 586 PAKISTAN 608 PHILIPPINES 634 QATAR 682 SAUDI ARABIA 702 SINGAPORE 144 SRI LANKA 760 SYRIA 762 TAJIKISTAN 764 THAILAND 795 TURKMENISTAN 784 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 860 UZBEKISTAN 704 VIETNAM 275 WEST BANK INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM AND GAZA STRIP 887 YEMEN ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA 16 AMERICAN SAMOA 10 ANTARCTICA 989 ANTARCTICA AND OCEANIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 36 AUSTRALIA 74 BOUVET ISLAND 86 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 162 CHRISTMAS ISLAND 166 COCOS KEELING ISLANDS 184 COOK ISLANDS 242 FIJI 258 FRENCH POLYNESIA 260 FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES 316 GUAM 334 HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS 296 KIRIBATI 584 MARSHALL ISLANDS 583 MICRONESIA 520 NAURU 540 NEW CALEDONIA 554 NEW ZEALAND 570 NIUE 574 NORFOLK ISLAND 580 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 585 PALAU 598 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 612 PITCAIRN H
58. COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who said that they had taken part in job related education training in the last 4 weeks NOTES On the job training means learning by example and practice while actually doing the job Any training conducted a classroom or training section even if on the employer s premises is not on the job training This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets LEARNS3M Whether any learning undertaken within the past 3 months 1 Yes some form of learning in the last 3 months 2 No learning in the last 3 months FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets LEARN4 Whether any learning undertaken within the past 4 weeks 1 Yes some form of learning in the last 4 weeks 2 No learning in the last 4 weeks 87 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets HEALTH Health Problems QHEALTH1 How is the respondents health 1 very good 2 good 3 fair 4 bad 5 or very bad FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents over 15 DVAGE gt 15 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This question was introduced to the APS in July 2009 LNGLIM Whether health problem lasting more than 12 months 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY APS
59. D 234 FAROE ISLANDS 268 GEORGIA 292 GIBRALTAR 352 ICELAND 891 KOSOVA AND METOHIA 438 LIECHTENSTEIN 807 MACEDONIA 498 MOLDOVA 492 MONACO 499 MONTENEGRO 578 NORWAY 643 RUSSIA 674 SAN MARINO 688 SERBIA 974 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 744 SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN 756 SWITZERLAND 792 TURKEY 804 UKRAINE 972 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 336 VATICAN CITY 973 YUGOSLAVIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN 660 ANGUILLA 28 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 32 ARGENTINA 533 ARUBA 44 BAHAMAS THE 52 BARBADOS 84 BELIZE 60 BERMUDA 68 BOLIVIA 76 BRAZIL 92 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 124 CANADA 988 CARIBBEAN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 136 CAYMAN ISLANDS 986 CENTRAL AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 152 CHILE 170 COLOMBIA 188 COSTA RICA 192 CUBA 212 DOMINICA 214 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 218 ECUADOR 222 EL SALVADOR 238 FALKLAND ISLANDS 254 FRENCH GUIANA 304 GREENLAND 308 GRENADA 312 GUADELOUPE 320 GUATEMALA 328 GUYANA 332 HAITI 340 HONDURAS 388 JAMAICA 474 MARTINIQUE 484 MEXICO 500 MONTSERRAT 530 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 558 NICARAGUA 985 NORTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 591 PANAMA 600 PARAGUAY 604 PERU 630 PUERTO RICO 987 SOUTH AMERICA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 659 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 662 ST
60. DGBO9 Unitary Authorities and LADs of Great Britain 2009 31 NUTS2 Nuts geography level 2 codes cecceceeseeeeeeececeeseeaeceeseaeeaecaecaeseaeeaesaesaeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeseaeeats 33 NUTS Nuts geography level codes 33 OAGODE Gensus output areas ae 33 SOA1 Lower layer Super output area codes 33 SOA2 Middle layer super output area COCES eceececcecceceeseeeeceeeeeeeaecaeeaeeeaeeaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaeeeeseaeeateas 33 ETWA Travelito work area 33 CASWARD Census area ward statistics ccceccesceecceececeeeeeeeceeeeaeeaecaeeaeesaeeaecaesaeseaeeaesaeseeeaesaeseeeeseaeias 34 URINDEW Urban Rural indicators England amp Wales 34 URINDSC Urban Rural indicators 34 UALAOS9 Unitary Authority Local Authority 2009 34 RESTME2 Length of time at this address 000 ceeeeececeecceeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeaeceeeeaeeaecaeseeeeaesaesaeseseaesaesaeseeseaeeaees 35 RESMTH Months at this address eccecceccecceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaecaeceeeeaeeaecaeeaeseaeeaesaeseeseaesaesaesees
61. ENDERSON DUCIE AND OENO ISLANDS 882 SAMOA 90 SOLOMON ISLANDS 239 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 772 TOKELAU 776 TONGA 798 TUVALU 581 UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 548 VANUATU 876 WALLIS AND FUTUNA OTHER COUNTRIES 991 AT SEA 992 IN THE AIR 17 FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client Special Licence and End User Licence datasets This variable is not on other datasets for confidentiality reasons It is derived from NTNLTY12 NATO7 CRY12 and CRYO See notes in NATO CRYOX7 Country of birth other EUROPE 926 UNITED KINGDOM 40 AUSTRIA 56 BELGIUM 100 BULGARIA 901 CYPRUS EUROPEAN UNION 203 CZECH REPUBLIC 971 CZECHOSLOVAKIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 208 DENMARK 233 ESTONIA 246 FINLAND 250 FRANCE 276 GERMANY 300 GREECE 348 HUNGARY 372 IRELAND 380 ITALY 428 LATVIA 440 LITHUANIA 442 LUXEMBOURG 470 MALTA 528 NETHERLANDS 616 POLAND 620 PORTUGAL 642 ROMANIA 703 SLOVAKIA 705 SLOVENIA 911 SPAIN EXCEPT CANARY ISLANDS 913 SPAIN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 752 SWEDEN 248 ALAND ISLANDS 8 ALBANIA 20 ANDORRA 51 ARMENIA 31 AZERBAIJAN 112 BELARUS 70 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 191 CROATIA 902 CYPRUS NON EUROPEAN UNION 903 CYPRUS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 98
62. GSCE This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets GSQUAL 1 31 Qualification from Government Scheme You said that you have qualifications from a Government Scheme Thinking about ALL of these qualifications which qualifications do you think you have gained in the UK from a Government Scheme starting with the highest 1 Degree level qualif incl foundation degrees graduate memb ship of a profess l institute PGCE or higher 2 Diploma in Higher Education 3 HNC HND 4 ONC OND 5 BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL 6 SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 7 Teaching qualif excl PGCE 8 Nursing or other medical qualif not yet mentioned 9 Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level 10 A Level Vocat l A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent 11 New Diploma 12 Welsh Baccalaureate 13 International Baccalaureate 14 NVQ SVQ 15 GNVQ GSVQ 16 AS level Vocat l AS Level or equiv 17 Certificate of 6th Yr Studies CSYS or equiv 18 Access to HE 19 O Level or equiv 20 Standard Ordinary O Grade Lower Scotland 21 GCSE Vocat l GCSE 22 CSE 23 Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland 24 RSA OCR 25 City and Guilds 26 YT Certificate 27 Key skills Core skills Scotland 28 Basic skills Skills for life literacy numeracy lang 29 Entry Level Qualifications 30 Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry
63. Month left last job 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents did no work in the reference week and who left their last job within eight years of the reference week LEFTYR lt 8 NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets INDUSTRY IN LAST JOB SIC2007 INDSO7L Industry section in last job 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Agriculture forestry and fishing Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Electricity gas air cond supply Water supply sewerage waste Construction Wholesale retail repair of vehicles Transport and storage Accommodation and food services Information and communication gt 59 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES CAPVOVOLENA Financial and insurance activities Real estate activities Prof scientific technical activities Admin and support services Public admin and defence Education Health and social work Arts entertainment and recreation Other service activities Households as employers Extraterritorial organisations First contact on APS Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but ha
64. NEME ceccecceseeeeceeceseeeeeeeceeeeeeeaecaeeaeeeaesaecaeeeeseaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseeseaeeaeeas 46 Whether had paid job in addition to scheme 46 MAIN OB a 47 WORKING IN REFERENCE WEEK 47 WRKING Whether did paid work in reference week cccccecceceeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeaeeaeeeeeeaesaesaeseeesaeeaeeeeseateaees 47 JBAWAY Whether temporarily away from Paid WOFrK cecceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseeeseeeseeteaeeeeeteeeeeeeeaees 47 JOBBEG Whether will be starting job ceceeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeaecaeseeeeaesaecaeseeeeaesaeseeseaetaesaeseeseaeeaees 47 OWNBUS Whether doing unpaid work for OWN DUSINGSS ceccecceeeeeeeeeeeseeeecaeeeeeeaeeaesaeseeeeaesaeseteaeeatens 47 RELBUS Whether doing unpaid work for relative s business ceccecceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeseeeeaesaesaeeeeeeaeeaees 47 EVERWK Ever had a paid job or place SCHEME 48 PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SEGTOR 48 PUBLICR Whether working in public or private sector 48 SECTOR Whether working for private firm business cecceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeaesaeeeeeeaeeaeeeeteneeatens 48 SECTROO3 of non private OrganiSation ccccecc
65. Number of dependent children in family aged between 2 amp 4 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES The notes for NUMCH18 apply to this variable This variable was introduced to the GSS Client and Special License datasets from winter 2010 FDPCH9 Number of dependent children in family aged between 5 and 9 0 10 Number of dependent children in family aged between 5 amp 9 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES The notes for NUMCH18 apply to this variable This variable was introduced to the GSS Client and Special License datasets from winter 2010 44 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY BASIC ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 5 Basic economic activity ILO definition reported 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 34 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Employee Self employed Government employment amp training programmes Unpaid family worker ILO unemployed Inactive seeking unavailable student Inactive seeking unavailable looking after family home Inactive seeking unavailable temporarily sick or injured Inactive seeking unavailable long term sick or disabled Inactive seeking unavailable other reason Inactive seeking unavailable no reason given Inactive not seeking would like work waiting results of job application Inactive not seekin
66. OUTHERN TERRITORIES 316 GUAM 334 HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS 296 KIRIBATI 584 MARSHALL ISLANDS 583 MICRONESIA 520 NAURU 540 NEW CALEDONIA 554 NEW ZEALAND 570 NIUE 574 NORFOLK ISLAND 580 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 585 PALAU 598 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 612 PITCAIRN HENDERSON DUCIE AND OENO ISLANDS 882 SAMOA 90 SOLOMON ISLANDS 239 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 772 TOKELAU 776 TONGA 798 TUVALU 581 UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 548 VANUATU 876 WALLIS AND FUTUNA OTHER COUNTRIES 991 AT SEA 992 IN THE AIR 19 Which year did you first arrive in the Answer given as year FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are not born in UK Britain CRY12 NE 921 924 923 922 926 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets The question is used to help identify those who have settled in the UK more than once Arrival means for any purpose including holiday trips Text labels are not available for this variable Arrive refers to the date of arrival to take up residence If preceded by a holiday to this country and there is no break between the holiday and staying on the date of arrival for the holiday is included If there is a break before taking up residence the holiday arrival date is not included If the respond
67. POSITION 41 19 Number of dependent children in household aged under 19 41 LLORD Landlord of accommodation 41 NUMCH15 Number of dependent children in family aged between 10 and 15 41 NUMCH16 Number of dependent children in family aged under 16 42 NUMCH18 Number of dependent children in family aged under 19 42 HRPID Respondent accommodation responsibility 2 0 2 ee eeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeas 42 Main job industry code ceccecceceeeeeeeceeceeeeseeaeceeeeaeeaecaesaeseaesaesaeceeseaesaesaeseeseassaesaeseseaesaesaeseeseateaees 42 TENI Accommodation details senecon 42 TIED Accommodation tied JOD oo cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeaeeeaeesaeesaaesaeesaeeseeeseeeseeeseeseedseaeteeeteeeeeeteaees 42 FURN Whether accommodation 43 NRMS2 Number of 43 FAMILY GHARAGCTERIS TGS asian aan 43 A EINE 43 AOFL16 Age of
68. RAGE Applies to all respondents who are not looking for a different or additional job DIFJOB 2 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets USUHR Usual hours worked excluding overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 and over 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who may work paid or unpaid overtime EVEROT 1 NOTES This variable excludes meal breaks and any overtime worked As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 80 VARYHR Whether weekly hours tend to vary 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 98 to Spring 2000 Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in work and whose usual hours were not worked in reference week but variable hours not previously stated NOTES Applies particularly to self employed people or shift workers It also includes respondents working flexible hours in a flexi time system if they said that their hours varied It may also be due to the respondent working varying amounts of paid or unpaid overtime This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User Lice
69. S Applies to all respondents in England This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets RELIGE is asked of proxy as well as personal respondents This variable was introduced in January 2011 RELIGW Welsh Religion Question FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES No religion Christian all denominations Buddhist Hindu Jewish Muslim Sikh Any other religion First contact on APS Applies to all respondents in Wales This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License and End User datasets RELIGW is asked of proxy as well as personal respondents This variable was introduced in January 2011 28 RELIGS Scottish Religion question 1 No religion 2 Church of Scotland 3 Roman Catholic 4 Other Christian 5 Buddhist 6 Hindu 7 Jewish 8 Muslim 9 Sikh 10 Any other religion FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Scotland NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User datasets RELIGS is asked of proxy as well as personal respondents This variable was introduced in January 2011 RELIG11 Religion GB level NI excluded 1 No Religion 2 Christian all denominations 3 Buddhist 4 Hindu 5 Jewish 6 Muslim 7 Sikh 8 Any other Religion 9 No Answer FREQUENCY Each quarter JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Great Britain A new
70. TES This variable is only available on the GSS client dataset TTWA Travel to work area 001 243 Range of codes 45UC Arun 45UD Chichester 45UE Crawley 45UF Horsham 45UG Mid Sussex 45UH Worthing 47UB Bromsgrove 47UC Malvern Hills 47UD Redditch 47UE Worcester 47UF Wychavon 47UG Wyre Forest 460 Northern Ireland FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 99 to Spring 00 Spring amp Autumn quarters only from Spring 01 All quarters from Spring 2005 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents 33 NOTES This variable is only available on ONS datasets up to Spring 2005 and is available on all but public datasets from Spring 05 This variable is available on the GSS client dataset CASWARD Census area ward statistics FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client dataset URINDEW Urban Rural indicators England amp Wales 1 Eng and Wales Urban gt 10k sparse 2 Eng and Wales Urban Town amp Fringe sparse 3 Eng and Wales Urban Village sparse 4 Eng and Wales Hamlet amp lsolated Dwelling sparse 5 Eng and Wales Urban gt 10k less sparse 6 Eng and Wales Urban Town amp Fringe less sparse 7 Eng and Wales Urban Village less sparse 8 Eng and Wales Hamlet amp lsolated Dwelling less sparse FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on t
71. UH Waveney 43UB Elmbridge 43UC Epsom and Ewell FREQUENCY First contact on APS 43UD Guildford 43UE Mole Valley 43UF Reigate and Banstead 43UG Runnymede 43UH Spelthorne 43UJ Surrey Heath 43UK Tandridge 43UL Waverley 430 Woking 44UB North Warwickshire 44UC Nuneaton and Bedworth 44UD Rugby 44UE Stratford on Avon 44UF Warwick 45UB Adur COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This is updated to include 2009 boundary changes N I regions are available on the research file This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets NUTS2 Nuts geography level 2 codes FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client dataset NUTS3 Nuts geography level 3 codes FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client dataset OACODE Census output areas FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client dataset 1 Lower layer super output area codes FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client dataset 2 Middle layer super output area codes FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NO
72. Y QULNOW Whether working or studying towards a qualification 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Spring quarters only from Spring 93 to Spring 94 Spring and Autumn quarters from Spring 95 to Autumn 99 Each quarter from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment or of working age NOTES This variable replaced TRGAIN It identifies those respondents who are working towards a qualification This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets 83 QULHI11 What qualifications are you studying for 1 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Degree level qualif incl foundation degrees graduate memb ship of a profess l institute PGCE or higher Diploma in Higher Education HNC HND ONC OND BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC Teaching qualif excl PGCE Nursing or other medical qualif not yet mentioned Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level A Level Vocat l A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent New Diploma Welsh Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate NVQ SVQ GNVQ GSVQ AS level Vocat l AS Level or equiv Certificate of 6th Yr Studies CSYS or equiv Access to HE O Level or equiv Standard Ordinary O Grade Lower Scotland GCSE Vocat l GCSE CSE Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access
73. address first entered survey eee eeceeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeaeeseeeeaeeseeeteeseeeseeeteeeteeeseeeeeaes 93 QRTR Quarter that address first entered Survey ceccesceseeeeceeeeeeeaeceeeeeeeaeeaecaeeeeseaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseteaeeateas 93 NUMHHLD Number of households at sampled address ee eeceeeceeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeas 93 HALD Household regente onneen TA NEATA 94 HOUTAPS Household OUtCOME sipsi 94 IOUTCOME Individual 94 1 vin eine 95 THISWV Wave to which data refers ccecceseccceceeseeseceeceeeeaeeaeceeeaeeaeeaecaeeaeeaecaesaeeeaeeaesaeseaeeaeeaeseeeeaseaees 95 REFDTE Reference date for current INtErVICW eeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeatenas 95 REFWKD Reference day for current INtErVICW eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeenas 95 REFWKM Reference month for current interview cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeas 95 REFWKY Reference year for Current INtCrViGW ecceceeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeesas 95 WAVEND Wave at which household was firs
74. aid work in the reference week or have no current job EVERWK 1 or 2OR OWNBUS 1 OR RELBUS 1 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets LOOKM11 Why were you looking for another job 1 Present job may come to an end 2 Present job is to fill in time before finding another job 3 Pay unsatisfactory in present job 4 Journey to work unsatisfactory in present job 5 Respondent wants to work longer hours than in present job 6 Respondent wants to work shorter hours than in present job 7 Other aspects of present job unsatisfactory 8 Respondent wants to change occupation 9 Respondent wants to change sector 10 Other reasons FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent looking a replacement for main job in ref wk NOTES Respondents may give to three responses This variable replaces LOOKMB8 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets MANAGLR Managerial status last job reported 1 Manager 2 Foreman or supervisor 3 Not manager or supervisor FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees 53 NOTES MANAGLR is managerial status in last job as reported This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets MPNEO2 Number of employees at workplace 1 1 10 2 11 19 3 20 24
75. am 00CQ Coventry 00CR Dudley 00CS Sandwell 00CT Solihull 00 Walsall OOCW Wolverhampton 00CX Bradford 00 Calderdale 00CZ Kirklees 00DA Leeds OODB Wakefield OOEB Hartlepool 00 Middlesbrough OOEE Redcar and Cleveland OOEF Stockton on Tees OOEH Darlington 00 County Durham OOEM Northumberland 00 Cheshire East OOET Halton OOEU Warrington OOEW Cheshire West Chester 00 Blackburn with Darwen OOEY Blackpool OOFA Kingston upon Hull City of OOFB East Riding of Yorkshire OOFC North East Lincolnshire OOFD North Lincolnshire OOFF York OOFK Derby OOFN Leicester OOFP Rutland OOFY Nottingham 00 Herefordshire County of OOGF Telford and Wrekin 00609 Shropshire OOGL Stoke on Trent OOHA Bath and North East Somerset OOHB Bristol City of OOHC North Somerset OOHD South Gloucestershire OOHE Cornwall 00HG Plymouth OOHH Torbay OOHN Bournemouth OOHP Poole 00 Swindon 00HY Wiltshire 00 Peterborough 00 Luton 00 Bedford OOKC Central Bedfordshire 00 Southend on Sea 00KG Thurrock OOLC Medway OOMA Bracknell Forest OOMB West Berkshire OOMC Reading OOMD Slough OOME Windsor and Maidenhead OOMF Wokingham OOMG Milton Keynes OOML Brighton and Hove OOMR Portsmouth 00 5 Southampton OOMW Isle of Wight OONA Isle of
76. and it is felt that the child is capable of understanding and interpreting 94 the questions This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets IOUTDATE Interview date DD MM YYYY where D is day M is month Y is year FREQUENCY Each quarter NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets THISWV Wave to which data refers 1 5 Wave number FREQUENCY Each quarter NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets REFDTE Reference date for current interview DDMMYYYY where D is day M is month Y is year e g 25121996 for 25 December 1996 FREQUENCY All cases NOTES This variable is an alternative presentation of the information contained in REFWKD REFWKM amp REFWKY This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets REFWKD Reference day for current interview 1 31 Day number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets REFWK M Reference month for current interview 1 12 Month number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets REFWKY Reference year for current interview Two digits corresponding to last two digits of year
77. ard 69 Other qualification 70 No qualification 71 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age 16 69 or those in employment with qualifications including respondents aged 70 99 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable was called HHT YPE between 2000 and 2006 LEVQUL11 Level of highest qualification held 1 Level 4 and above 2 NQF Level 3 3 Trade Apprenticeships 4 NQF Level 2 5 Below NQF Level 2 6 Other Qualifications 7 No Qualifications FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 or those in employment with qualifications NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets NUMAL Number of A levels or equivalent 1 One A level or equivalent 2 Or more than one 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have an A level qualification Spring 93 to Winter 95 QUAL 10 Spring 96 to Winter 03 QUALS 10 From Spring 04 QUALS4 10 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NUMAS Number of A S levels 1 1 A S level 2 2 or 2 A S levels 3 4 or more passes at this level 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a AS
78. arthenshire OONX Swansea OONZ Neath Port Talbot OOPB Bridgend OOPD The Vale of Glamorgan OOPF Rhondda Cynon Taff OOPH Merthyr Tydfil OOPK Caerphilly OOPL Blaenau Gwent 00 Torfaen OOPP Monmouthshire 31 0 Newport 00PT Cardiff 00 Aberdeen City 00QB Aberdeenshire 00QC Angus 0000 Argyll amp Bute 000 Scottish Borders 00QF Clackmannanshire 00QG West Dunbartonshire 00QH Dumfries amp Galloway 00QJ Dundee City 000 East Ayrshire 0001 East Dunbartonshire 00QM East Lothian OOQN East Renfrewshire 00QP Edinburgh City of 00QQ Falkirk 00 Fife 00QS Glasgow City 00QT Highland 0000 Inverclyde 00QW Midlothian 00QX Moray 000 North Ayrshire 00QZ North Lanarkshire OORA Orkney Islands OORB Perth amp Kinross OORC Renfrewshire 00RD Shetland Islands OORE South Ayrshire 00RF South Lanarkshire 00RG Stirling 00RH West Lothian 00RJ Eilean Siar 11UB Aylesbury Vale 11UC Chiltern 11UE South Bucks 11UF Wycombe 12UB Cambridge 12UC East Cambridgeshire 12UD Fenland 12UE Huntingdonshire 12UG South Cambridgeshire 16UB Allerdale 16UC Barrow in Furness 16UD Carlisle 16UE Copeland 16UF Eden 16UG South Lakeland 17UB Amber Valley 17UC Bolsover 17UD Chesterfield 17UF Derbyshire Dales 17UG Erewash 17UH High Peak 17UJ North East Derbyshire 17UK South Derbyshire
79. ataset For this April 2013 to March 2014 dataset the population total is the estimated September 2013 UK population as there is an even number of months the half way point is taken end of September On the APS the personal well being questions are only asked of persons aged 16 and above who gave a personal interview proxy answers are not accepted The well being weight is therefore calculated for each individual and is zero for respondents who were under 16 years of age or who were not present in person for the interview Cases with weights of zero will not count towards analysis of results In this dataset the variable named np132R11 stores the values of the Well being weight To turn on the well being weight within SPSS select Data then Weight Cases and in the dialog box choose the variable np132R11 as the weight variable When running SPSS datasets weighted by np132R11 a warning message will be generated as SPSS has encountered these zero weights although this will not affect the results of any analysis In effect SPSS is filtering the dataset for values of np132R11 greater than zero Earlier personal well being datasets also included household and earnings weights As the personal well being dataset is prepared for the person level analysis of personal well being questions it is inappropriate to use this dataset for the primary analysis of household level or earnings variables The full APS dataset prepared for responding and non respon
80. ay after deductions 1 99994 1 to 99994 99995 99995 or more 99997 Same as Gross 99998 Don t know 99999 Refusal FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving a figure for their actual last gross pay as an employee or on a government scheme and those who did not know the amount NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 41000 NETPRD Period covered by last net pay 1 One week 2 Two weeks 3 Three weeks 4 Four weeks 5 Calendar month 7 Two calendar months 8 Eight times a year 9 Nine times a year 10 Ten times a year 13 Three months 13 weeks 26 Six months 26 weeks 52 year 12 months 52 weeks 90 Less than one week 95 One off lump sum 97 None of these FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 99 Waves 1 and 5 only 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents giving a figure for their actual last payment as an employee or on a government scheme NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets SYSTEM VARIABLES CASE Anonymised case number FREQUENCY First contact on APS NOTES This variable is randomised but does incorporate household number HH and person number PP allowing household level analysis to be performed This variabl
81. ble on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets QGCSE41 45 Type of GCSE or equivalent held below grade C 1 1 GCSE s below grade 2 CSE s below grade 1 3 Standard grades 4 7 O grades below 4 Scottish NQ s Intermediate 1 below grade A 5 Scottish NQ s Intermediate 2 below grade D 6 None of these FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 04 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a standard O grades GCSE CSE or Scottish National qualifications QUALS4 20 or 21 or 22 or TYPHST 2 or 3 NOTES This variable replaces QGCS This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets QLYR11 01 11 Qualification gained in last 12 months 1 Degree level qualification including foundation degrees graduate membership of a professional institute PGCE or higher 2 Diploma in higher education 3 HNC HND 4 ONC OND 5 BTEC BEC TEC EdExcel LQL 6 SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 7 Teaching qualification excluding PGCE 8 Nursing or other medical qualification not yet mentioned 9 Other higher education qualification below degree level 10 A level Vocational A level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent 11 New Diploma 12 Welsh Baccalaureate 13 International Baccalaureate 14 NVQ SVQ 15 GNVQ GSVQ 16 AS level Vocational AS level or equivalent 17 Certificate of sixth year studies CSYS or equivalent 18 Access to HE
82. clude those who are working during the reference week Also included are those studying in the evening and those on a course for less than 3 months An evening course could be held in a school college polytechnic or university DNAs include those who are enrolled on but not attending their course COURSCOR Type of course all persons are enrolled 1 School full time 2 School part time 3 A sandwich course 4 Studying at university polytechnic college full time 5 Training for a qualification in nursing physiotherapy or a similar medical subject 6 Part time course at university polytechnic or college including day release and block release 7 Open college 8 Open University 9 Any other correspondence course 10 Any other self open learning course FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are still attending school 6th form college or a course of some kind or they are waiting for term to re start ATTENCOR 1 or 2 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets A sandwich course includes those working or studying at college during the reference week Studying at University etc includes those studying for a degree in medicine and those studying at a Tertiary College Full time courses must last 3 months or more APPRENTICESHIP APPR12 Recognised apprenticeship 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know 86 FREQUENCY Each qua
83. cottish Northern Irish British Irish Gypsy or Irish Traveller Any Other White background First contact on LFS in England if ETH11EW White Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets 23 ETHWHW Ethnic group Wales White LFS FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Welsh English Scottish Northern Irish British Irish Gypsy or Irish Traveller Any Other White background First contact on LFS in Wales if ETH11EW White Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets ETHWSC Ethnic group Scotland White LFS 1 2 3 4 5 6 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Scottish Other British Irish Gypsy Traveller Polish Any Other White ethnic group First contact on LFS in Scotland if 115 White Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets ETHMX11 Ethnic group Mixed not Scotland LFS FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES White and Black Caribbean White and Black African White and Asian Any other Mixed multiple ethnic background First contact on LFS and ETH11 mixed or ETH11EW Mixed or EthNI11 Mixed Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets ETHAS11 Ethnic group Asian LFS 1 2 3 4 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Indian Pakistan
84. dale South Ribble 30UP West Lancashire 30UQ Wyre 31UB Blaby 31UC Charnwood 31UD Harborough 31UE Hinckley and Bosworth 31UG Melton 31UH North West Leicestershire 31UJ Oadby and Wigston 32UB Boston 32UC East Lindsey 32UD Lincoln 32UE North Kesteven 32UF South Holland 32UG South Kesteven 32UH West Lindsey 33UB Breckland 33UC Broadland 33UD Great Yarmouth 33UE King s Lynn and West Norfolk 33UF North Norfolk 33UG Norwich 33UH South Norfolk 340 Corby 34UC Daventry 34UD East Northamptonshire 34UE Kettering 34UF Northampton 3409 South Northamptonshire 34UH Wellingborough 36UB Craven 36UC Hambleton 36UD Harrogate 36UE Richmondshire 36UF Ryedale 3600 Scarborough 36UH Selby 37UB Ashfield 37UC Bassetlaw 3700 Broxtowe 37UE Gedling 37UF Mansfield 37UG Newark and Sherwood 37UJ Rushcliffe 380 Cherwell 38UC Oxford 38UD South Oxfordshire 38UE Vale of White Horse 38UF West Oxfordshire 40UB Mendip 40UC Sedgemoor 40UD South Somerset 40UE Taunton Deane 40UF West Somerset 41UB Cannock Chase 41UC East Staffordshire 41UD Lichfield 32 41UE Newcastle under Lyme 41UF South Staffordshire 41UG Stafford 41UH Staffordshire Moorlands 41UK Tamworth 42UB Babergh 42UC Forest Heath 42UD Ipswich 42UE Mid Suffolk 42UF St Edmundsbury 42UG Suffolk Coastal 42
85. ded that that the placement of the overall monitoring questions would be fairly early on in the questionnaire after the basic questions on household and individual demographics This allows time for rapport to be built up between the interviewer and the respondent by the time the personal well being questions are asked without allowing later questions such as those on employment to influence response to the personal Well being questions The importance of the ordering of the personal well being questions themselves also needs to be taken into consideration when designing personal Well being question modules Any changes year to year could affect the ability to examine changes in personal well being over time as some of the observed change could be due to ordering effect Currently within the IHS the question life satisfaction is followed by the worthwhile question which is then followed up with the negative effect question Question wording We also know that in any survey question the wording of the question can have an impact on the answer that is received from respondents Personal well being questions are no exception We know that it is not only response scales that differ from survey to survey but also question wording including the use of time frames ONS 2010 It will be important as we go forward to ascertain the impact these differences have on any estimates particularly when thinking through the extent to which question wordin
86. derived variable which amalgamates the responses at RELIGE W S to give a GB indicator NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING SATIS How satisfied are you with your life nowadays 0 10 Range of values from nought to ten FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over and in person not by proxy NOTES This question was first asked in April 2011 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets WORTH To what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile 0 10 Range of values from nought to ten FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over and in person not by proxy NOTES This question was first asked in April 2011 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets HAPPY How happy did you feel yesterday 0 10 Range of values from nought to ten 29 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over and in person not by proxy NOTES This question was first asked in April 2011 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets ANXIOUS Hhow anxious did you feel yesterday 0 10 Range of values from nought to ten FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to respondents
87. ding individuals in responding households is a more appropriate dataset to use for analysis of household level variables There are several other ONS datasets which now include the four ONS personal well being questions including the Living Costs and Food Survey LCF Family Resources Survey FRF and the Wealth and Assets Survey WAS which are more appropriate datasets to use for the analysis of personal well being and earnings Using the Data The ONS Statistical Bulletin Personal Well being in the UK 2013 14 available from the ONS website provides an overview of the initial analyses of UK personal well being data for 2013 14 The bulletin also includes a section on how personal well being data can be used When using the data one way of comparing two given subgroups is to determine whether the respective confidence intervals overlap Although this will lead to a valid conclusion in most cases a better method is to construct a confidence interval for the difference in estimates and determine whether this includes zero An approximate confidence interval for the difference between estimates in any two given subgroups A and B may be constructed as A B 1 96 SQRT SE A 2 SE B 2 and in some cases this would lead to a different conclusion For example suppose two subgroups have estimates that differ by 0 24 7 60 and 7 84 for example and that each has a standard error 0 07 The respective confidence intervals of 7 46 7 74 a
88. e 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 and over 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who work overtime and actually worked in reference week NOTES Those respondents who did not work in the reference week even though they had a job i e on holiday or sick are coded as 0 As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 80 TOTHRS Total hours worked in reference week 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 and over 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment 64 NOTES This variable is derived from AGE TOTAC1 2 JBAWAY YTETMP ILLWK ILDAYS ACTWKDY ACTHR2 amp EVEROT This variable includes any hours worked in a second job As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 80 TOTUS1 Total usual hours worked excluding lunch breaks no overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 and
89. e MARCON Only informants who are living together with their partner in THIS household are coded as living together as a couple If the interviewer has already been informed that two people are living together as a couple then there is no need to ask this question However in most other situations the question should be asked It should always be asked where there are unrelated people within the household Same sex couples can be identified at this question ONLY if the information is volunteered by the informants This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets LIVWTH Whether living together as couple 1 Yes 2 No 3 Same sex couple but not in a formal registered Civil Partnership FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 in multi person households not married and living with spouse MARSTA 2 or MARSTA 6 or MARSTA 8 AND DVAGE gt 16 NOTES This question will apply to all households containing more than one person and to all respondents who do not describe themselves as married living with a spouse This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets As it is potentially disclosive this variable is not included on the EUL HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HDPCH19 Number of dependent children in household aged under 19 0 10 Number of dependent children in household aged under 19 FREQUENCY Applies to all households COVERAGE Applies to all
90. e is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets QUOTA Stint number where interview took place 1 960 Stint number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES The LFS sample is divided into 960 stints each week to be allocated to face to face interviews See LFS User Guide volume 1 Background and Methodology for further information This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets WEEK Week number when interview took place 1 13 Week number FREQUENCY First contact on APS NOTES There are 13 weeks in each APS quarter and this variable identifies which week in the quarter the interview took place This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets W1YR Year that address first entered survey Single digit number corresponds to last digit of year e g 9 for 2009 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets QRTR Quarter that address first entered survey 1 January March 2 April June 3 July September 4 October December FREQUENCY First contact on APS NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NUMHHLD Number of households at sampled address 1 81 Household number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 NOTES From Spring 92 to Summer 94
91. eaesaesaeseeseateaees 36 RESBBY Whether respondent iS baby cecceeeeeceeeeeeeseeeeceeeeeeeaecaeceeeeaeeaecaeseeeeaesaesaeseeseaeeaesaeseeeeateaees 36 CAIND Child Adult indicator ceceececceeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeaeceeeeeeeaecaecaesaeeaecaeseeseaesaecaeseeseaesaesaeseeeeaeeaeseeseaseaeeas 36 SAMELAD Whether lives and works in same Local Authority District 36 UACNTYO09 County Level 2009 DOUNCALY eccceceeceeceeeeeeceeceeseeeeaecaeceeseaesaecaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaeeaesaeseeseaeeaes 36 UALADGBO9 Unitary Authorities and LADs of Great Britain 2009 37 HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS 40 40 MARCHK Whether spouse is household 40 DVHRPNUM Person number of HRP 40 FMPLUS Total number of family units with more than person 40 Household reference person eecceeccesceeseeeneeeneeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeas 40 LIVTOG Whether living together as 22 40 LIVWTH Whether living together as couple eee eeceeeeeeeeeneeeneceaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeseaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeas 41 HOUSEHOLD COM
92. ecceseseeceeceeeeeceeeeeseaesaecaeseeseaesaeseeseeeeaesaeseeteneeateas 48 OCCUPATION aaa 49 SC10LMJ Major occupation group last 2 49 SC10MMN Minor occupation group main job 0 0 ceceeeceeseeeeceeeeeeeaecaeeeeeaeeaecaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaeeaeseeeaeeaeeas 49 SC10MMJ Major occupation group MAIN 49 SOC10A Occupation in apprenticeship cecceceeeeeeeceeceeeeeceeceeeeeeeaecaeseeseaesaesaeseseaesaesaeseeeeaeeaeseeseeeeaneas 50 SOC10L Major occupation group last job e cece seceeceeeeseceeceeeeeeeeecaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeesaesaeseseeeeaneas 50 SOC10M Occupation main 50 SOC10S Occupation second job eeeeeeeecceceeeeeeeeeceeceeecaeeaeceeeeeeeaecaeeaeseaesaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaeeaeseeseaeeateas 50 EMPLOYMENT STATUS 50 STATR Employment status in main job repOrted cecesceeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeaesaeceeeeaeeaeseeseeeeaesaeeeseneeaeeas 50 EMPLEN Length of time continuously 50 EMPMON Months continuously employed cccceceeceeceeeeceeceeeeeeeaecaeeeeeeaesaecaeseeseaesaesaeseeseaesaesaeseeeeateaees 51 FTPTW Whether working full or part time empl
93. ed from AGE TOTAC1 TOTAC2 EVEROT JBAWAY YTETMP IILWK ILLDAYS amp ACTWKDAY TTACHR includes any paid or unpaid overtime worked the reference week Those respondents who did not work in the reference week even though they hada job i e on holiday or sick are coded as 0 As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 80 TTUSHR Total usual hours worked in main job including overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 and over 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on college based schemes 65 NOTES This variable is derived from AGE TOTUS1 TOTUS2 amp EVEROT TTUSHR includes paid and unpaid overtime As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 80 UNDEMP Whether would like to work longer hours at current basic rate of pay given the opportunity 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVE
94. ed full time education 0 95 Age left school 96 Still in education 97 Never had education FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment or of working age NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets The variable is top coded into age bands and categories 96 amp 97 for the end user License dataset Education refers to continuous full time education that is education without a break Holiday jobs do not count as a break provided that the person intended to complete the course In addition a gap of up to a year between going to school and going to college or university would not count as a break in continuous full time education Similarly National Service between school or college would not count as a break A sandwich course begun immediately after school finishes would be counted as continuous full time education Nursing training and similar vocational training undertaken while receiving a wage are not counted as part of the continuous education process BTACD Was your highest BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification an 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies if respondent s BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL is categorised as OTHER at BTE11 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client dataset BTCTH11 1 4 And do you have any BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualifications bel
95. ee 91 GROSS9Q9 Gross before deductions cceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeceeeeeeeaecaeeeeeeaeeaesaeseeeeaesaeseeseeeeaesaeeaeseneeateas 91 GROSSINCBAND Gross weekly D amp nd eccesceecceceeesececeeeeseeaecaeeeeeeaecaecaeeeeseaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseeseaeeateas 91 GRSPRD Period covered by last gross pay cscceceeeeseeeeeeeceeeeeeeaecaeeeeeeaeeaecaeeeeeeaesaesaeseeseaesaeseseeeeateas 91 GRSSWK Gross weekly main JOD cececeeseeeeeeeceeeeeeceeceeeeeeeaecaeeaeseaecaesaeseeseaesaeseeseeeeaesaesaeseaeeateas 92 GRSSWk2 Gross weekly pay in second jOD eecceccececeeseeeeceeceeeeaeeaeeeeeeaeeaecaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseseaeeateas 92 Netlhcome aha a any Sua anc ornate aes area 92 NET99 What is take home pay after 92 NETPRD Period covered by last net pay 92 SYS TEM VARIABLES 93 CASE case ceccecceeceecceceeeeeeeceeeeceeaeeaecaeesaeeaecaeeaesaeeaecaecaeseaeeaeseeseeseaeeaeseeseaseaeas 93 QUOTA Stint number where interview took 93 WEEK Week number when interview place 00 eeceeeceseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeteeeeeeeteeeeeeeeaaes 93 W1YR Year that
96. eeeeaecaeceeeeaeeaesaeseeeeaeeaesaeseeeeaeeaees 85 ATTENCOR Whether still attending education course 22 85 CUREDS Current education reCeived ceeccccecceceeseeeeceeceeeesecaeceeeaeeaecaecaeeaeeaecaeeaeeeaeeaesaeseeseaeeaeseeeeaseatas 85 STUCUR Whether full time 5 86 COURSCOR Type of course all persons are 86 APPRENTIGESHIP A E mutans 86 APPR12 Recognised apprenticeship ce ceeceeeceesceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeseeeseeseeeeeseeeseeeeeeeseeeseeeeeaes 86 APPRCURR Current apprenticeships 87 APPSAM Apprenticeship part Of main jOD cececcceeeceececeeeeeeeeeceeeeaecaeceeeeaecaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeesaeeaeseeteateaees 87 ON OFF JOB TRAINING 87 JOBTRN Education amp training Off job cceeeeseeeceeeeceeeeeeeceeeeeeeaeceeceeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeesaeeaeseeseaeeaees 87 LEARN3M Whether any learning undertaken within the past 87 LEARN4 Whether any learning undertaken within the past 4 87 88 Health Problems
97. eesceeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeetaeeeaeesaeeeaeesaeesaeeeaeesaeeeeeeaees 66 HOME WORKERS MAIN JOB airia 66 HOME Whether working from home main jOD ce eeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeaecaeeeeeeaesaesaeseeeaesaesaeseeteaeeate 66 venta eo 66 REDPAID Left paid job in last MONTHS 20 eee cece eeee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeseaeeeaeeeaeseaeseaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeas 67 REDUND Whether made redundant in last three months 67 SEGOND OB E 67 SECJOB Whether had second job reference 67 Y2JOB Whether had 2 jobs because of a change of job in reference 67 JOBTYP2 of second 67 SUPVIS2 Supervisory responsibility second job cecceeceececeeseeeeeeeeeeeaeeaecaeeeeeeaesaesaeseeeeaeeaeeaeseaeeatas 68 10 EDUCATION AND TRAINING 68 68 EDAGECOR when completed full time 68 BTACD Was your highest BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification
98. ent takes up residence in this country leaves the country to live elsewhere before returning to take up permanent residence again it is the first date of arriving in this country that is required Anyone who arrived more than 99 years ago is coded as if it was exactly 99 years ago Users are advised to filter in CRYOX7 as people who said their country of birth is Ireland part not stated Channel Islands or Isle of Man are not coded as UK GB in the variable CRY12 CAMEYR2 Year of last arrival in the UK Answer given as year FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have not lived continuously in the UK CONTUK 2 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Arrive refers to the date of arrival to take up residence APS calls this variable CAMEYR2 CAMEMT Month of last arrival in the UK 1 12 Number for the month e g 1 for January 2 for February etc FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Applies to respondents who entered the UK within the last two years It appears if the response to either CAMEYR or CAMEYR2 is less than 2 years from the current year NATIDE11 English National Identity 1 English 2 Welsh 3 Scottish 4 Northern Irish 5 British 6 Other FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module sur
99. er Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets SC10MMN Minor occupation group main job 111 927 Range of Occupation Codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on college based schemes NOTES This variable replaces SC2KMMN and is derived from SOC10M LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable is derived from SOC2KM SC10MMJ Major occupation group main job 1 Managers Directors And Senior Officials 2 Professional Occupations 3 Associate Professional And Technical Occupations 4 Administrative And Secretarial Occupations 5 Skilled Trades Occupations 6 Caring Leisure And Other Service Occupations 7 Sales And Customer Service Occupations 8 Process Plant And Machine Operatives 9 Elementary Occupations FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on college based schemes NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets 49 SOC10A Occupation in apprenticeship 1111 9279 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE A
100. eracy numeracy lang 29 Entry Level Qualifications 30 Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry level and Levels 1 to 8 31 Any other professional work related qualification FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has UK gained qualifications related to work NOTES This variable replaces QULS10 01 20 This variable is available on the GSS client dataset YERQAL1 When obtained highest qualification 1 Answer given as age 2 Answer given as year FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents with qualifications Spring 01 to Winter 03 QUALCH 1 2 3 or 5 AND QUALS RESPONSE From Spring 04 to Winter 04 QUALCH4 1 2 3 4 or 6 AND QUALS4 RESPONSE From Spring 05 QUALCH5 1 2 3 4 5 or 7 AND QUALS4 RESPONSE NOTES Respondents may reply by either giving the age at which they achieved their highest qualification or in what year they did so This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets FOREIGN QUALIFICATIONS FORQUAL Whether gained foreign qualification The next section is about education learning and training Do you have any qualifications gained from outside of the UK 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Every quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to those aged between 16 and 64 or those aged 65 who are working NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client dataset UK GAINED QUALIFICATIONS CURRENT STUD
101. espondent is currently studying for SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC NOTES This variable replaced SCNOW This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NVQLE11 What is the highest level of NVQ SVQ that you are working towards 1 Level 1 2 Level 2 3 Level 3 4 Level 4 5 Level 5 6 Other 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM 2011 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has or is currently working towards an NVQ SVQ NOTES This variable replaces NVQLE2 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets ENROLCOR Whether enrolled on education course 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are in employment or of working age NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets The aim is to check that the respondent is not only enrolled but still actually attending the course For distance learning going to means taking part or using Respondents who have enrolled on a course but have not started at the time of interview are coded 2 Waiting for term to re start Those who on holiday breaks are coded 1 ATTENCOR Whether still attending education course 1 Still attending 2 Waiting for term to re start 3 Stopped going FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are currently at school
102. espondents who are employees self employed and unpaid family workers plus those on work based government training schemes plus those currently unemployed or inactive who have had a previous job within the last 8 years NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets GORWKR Region of place of work 1 Tyne amp Wear 2 Rest of North East 3 Greater Manchester 4 Merseyside 5 Rest of North East 6 South Yorkshire 7 West Yorkshire 8 Rest of Yorkshire amp Humberside 9 East Midlands 10 West Midlands met county 11 Rest of West Midlands 12 East of England 13 Central London 14 Inner London 15 Outer London 16 South East 17 South West 18 Wales 19 Strathclyde 20 Rest of Scotland 21 Northern Ireland 22 Workplace outside of UK FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Spring 95 to Autumn 96 Each quarter from Spring97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment NOTES With the removal of the Census Matrix Edit GORWKR supersedes the variable GORWK This variable is derived from STAT2 2 GOVTOR UALAD99 LADWAD UALDWk2 amp WKPL299 This variable is based on Government Office Regions From Spring 2000 UALDWK is used in the derivation of this variable prior to this LADWK was used Central London is defined by the Department of Transport as the area within the bounds of the main London British Rail train
103. evel 7 Diploma Level 7 Certificate Level 8 Award First degree Other degree NVQ level 4 Level 6 Diploma Level 6 Certificate Level 7 Award Diploma in higher education Level 5 Diploma Level 5 Certificate Level 6 Award HNC HND BTEC higher etc Teaching qualification Nursing OCR higher Other higher education below degree Level 4 Diploma Level 4 certificate Level 5 award NVQ level 3 Progression or advanced diploma Level 3 Diploma Advanced Welsh Bac International Bac A level or equivalent OCR advanced Ond onc btec scotvec national level etc City amp Guilds advanced craft part 3 Scoitish sixth year certificate SCE higher or equivalent Access to Higher Education A S level or equivalent Trade apprenticeship Level 3 certificate Level 4 award NVQ level 2 or equivalent Intermediate Welsh baccalaureate OCR intermediate City and Guilds craft part 2 Btec scotvec first or general diploma etc Higher Diploma 14 19 Level 2 diploma Level 2 certificate O level GCSE or equiv Level 3 award NVQ level 1 or equiv Foundation Welsh baccalaureate Foundation Diploma Level 1 Diploma Btec scotvec first or general certificate etc Scotvec modules or equiv OCR basic City and Guilds foundation part 1 Level 1 certificate Level 2 award Key skills qualification Basic skills qualification Entry level qualification Entry level diploma 75 66 Entry level certificate 67 Level 1 award 68 Entry level aw
104. family units NOTES This variable is derived using DVAGE and CAIND This variable is available on the GSS client dataset LLORD Landlord of accommodation 1 LA council Scottish homes 2 Housing association charitable trust or local housing company 3 Employing organisation 4 Another organisation 5 Relative friend of household member 6 Individual employer 7 Other individual private landlord FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents to rent their accommodation or live their rent free TEN1 4 or 5 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NUMCH15 Number of dependent children in family aged between 10 and 15 0 10 Number of dependent children in family aged between 10 amp 15 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES The notes for NUMCH18 apply to this variable This variable was introduced to the GSS Client and Special License datasets from winter 2010 41 NUMCH16 Number of dependent children in family aged under 16 0 10 Number of dependent children in family aged under 16 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES The notes for NUMCH18 apply to this variable This variable was introduced to the GSS Client and Special License datasets from winter 2010 NUMCH18 Number of dependent children in family aged under 19 0 10 Number of dependen
105. fordshire 40 Somerset 41 Staffordshire 42 Suffolk 43 Surrey 44 Warwickshire 45 West Sussex 47 Worcestershire 48 Eilean Siar Orkney amp Sheltand 49 Tyne amp Wear Met County 50 Greater Manchester Met county 51 Merseyside Met County 52 South Yorkshire Met County 53 West Yorkshire Met County 54 West Midlands Met County 55 Inner London 56 Outer London EB Hartlepool UA EC Middlesbrough UA EE Redcar and Cleveland UA EF Stockton on Tees UA EH Darlington UA EJ County Durham UA EM Northumberland UA EQ Cheshire East UA ET Halton UA EU Warrington UA EW Chester West and Chester UA EX Blackburn with Darwen UA EY Blackpool UA FA City of Kingston upon Hull UA FB East Riding of Yorkshire UA FC North East Lincolnshire UA FD North Lincolnshire UA FF York UA FK Derby UA FN Leicester UA FP Rutland UA FY Nottingham UA GA County of Herefordshire UA GF Telford and Wrekin UA GG Shropshire UA GL Stoke on Trent UA HA Bath and North East Somerset UA HB City of Bristol UA HC North Somerset UA HD South Gloucestershire UA HE Cornwall UA HG Plymouth UA HH Torbay UA HN Bournemouth UA HP Poole UA HX Swindon UA HY Wiltshire UA JA Peterborough UA KA Luton UA KB Bedford UA KC Central Bedfordshire UA KF Southend on Sea UA KG Thurrock UA LC Medway UA MA
106. four weeks and are aged between 16 and 69 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This question identifies people who although not looking for work were waiting to take up a job already obtained These people are classed as unemployed on the ILO definition if available to start work within 2 weeks LIKEWK Whether would like work 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 69 who are not looking for work or a place ona government scheme in the last 4 weeks and not waiting to start work NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NOLOWA 01 10 Reasons for not looking for work in last 4 weeks 1 Waiting for the results of an application for a job being assessed by an ET training agent 2 Student 3 Looking after the family home 4 Temporarily sick or injured 5 Long term sick or disabled 6 Believes no jobs available 7 Not yet started looking 8 Doesn t need employment 61 9 Retired from paid work 10 Any other reason FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 69 who are not waiting to take up a job already obtained WAIT 2 NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets START Whether could start work government scheme within the next two wees
107. g would like work student Inactive not seeking would like work looking after family home Inactive not seeking would like work temporarily sick or injured Inactive not seeking would like work long term sick or disabled Inactive not seeking would like work believes no jobs available Inactive not seeking would like work not yet started looking Inactive not seeking would like work does not need or want employment Inactive not seeking would like work retired from paid work Inactive not seeking would like work other reason Inactive not seeking would like work no reason given Inactive not seeking not like work waiting results of job application Inactive not seeking not like work student Inactive not seeking not like work looking after family home Inactive not seeking not like work temporarily sick or injured Inactive not seeking not like work long term sick or disabled Inactive not seeking not like work believes no jobs available Inactive not seeking not like work not yet started looking Inactive not seeking not like work does not need or want employment Inactive not seeking not like work retired from paid work Inactive not seeking not like work other reason Inactive not seeking not like work no reason given Under 16 First contact on APS Applies to all respondents The inactive categories for this variable have been expanded to give a better indication as
108. g should be harmonised in order to gain comparable results Just how sensitive personal Well being estimates are to question wording is an important methodological consideration Scales ONS decided that an 11 point scale from 0 10 where 0 is not at all and 10 is an absolute value such as completely should be used for all the IHS personal well being questions The reason for this decision was to ensure that the scales between the questions are consistent in order to help respondents answer the questions more easily and also to aid analysis across the separate questions Further to this 11 point scales of this nature are commonly used across other surveys of interest particularly internationally and using the same type of scale will aid comparisons with these estimates Personal Well being Questions and Preamble Next would like to ask you four questions about your feelings on aspects of your life There are no right or wrong answers For each of these questions like you to give an answer a scale of nought to 10 where nought is not at all and 10 is completely 68 Satis UK Overall how satisfied are you with your life nowadays Interviewer instruction where nought is not at all satisfied and 10 is completely satisfied Scale from 0 to 10 Asked if PersProx INPERSON DVAge 16 69 Worth UK Overall to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile Inte
109. gned to track individuals over time National Statistics Designation The UK Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics meet identified user needs are well explained and readily accessible are produced according to sound methods are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed Access to Microdatasets The personal well being dataset is available on three levels an end user license dataset special user license dataset and Government Statistical Service GSS dataset The process for accessing microdata is different for different types of users Most users requirements for personal well being microdata can be satisfied by the supply of End User Licence or Special Licence versions of the dataset by the UK Data Archive under licensed access arrangements The end user license is an agreement between the user and the University of Essex to provide users with the right to use the anonymised microdata held at the Data Archive The special license agreement between the user and the University of Essex provide users with the right to use
110. he GSS client Special License and End User License datasets DVAGE Age of respondent 0 Age of respondent FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is calculated from DTEOFBTH or AGEIF if Date Of Birth is not given This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets MF5964 Working age 1 Male 16 64 2 Female 16 59 9 Not of Working Age FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is derived from SEX amp DVAGE This variable has been renamed from WRKAGE following changes in state female pension age On IHS datasets from Winter 2010 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets 14 MF1664 Working age 1 Aged 16 to 64 2 Not aged 16 to 64 FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is derived from SEX amp DVAGE This variable is the same as Wkage1664 On IHS datasets from Winter 2010 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets MARSTA Marital status 1 Single that is never married 2 Married and living with your husband wife 3 Married and separated from your husband wife 4 Divorced 5 Widowed 6 A civil partner in a legally recognised Civil Partnership 7 In a legally
111. he GSS client and Special License datasets URINDSC Urban Rural indicators Scotland 1 Scoiland large urban area 2 Scoiland other urban area 3 Scotland accessible small town 4 Scotland remote small town 5 Scotland very remote small town 6 Scotland accessible rural 7 Scotland remote rural 8 Scotland very remote rural FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets UALAO9 Unitary Authority Local Authority 2009 boundary 11 Buckinghamshire 12 Cambridgeshire 16 Cumbria 17 Derbyshire 18 Devon 19 Dorset 21 East Sussex 22 Essex 23 Gloucestershire 24 Hampshire 26 Hertfordshire 29 Kent 30 Lancashire 31 Leicestershire 32 Lincolnshire 33 Norfolk 34 Northamptonshire 36 North Yorkshire 37 Nottinghamshire 38 Oxfordshire 40 Somerset 41 Staffordshire 42 Suffolk 43 Surrey 44 Warwickshire 45 West Sussex 47 Worcestershire 48 Eilean Siar Orkney amp Sheltand AB Barking and Dagenham AC Barnet AD Bexley AE Brent AF Bromley AG Camden AH Croydon AJ Ealing AK Enfield AL Greenwich AM Hackney AN Hammersmith and Fulham AP Haringey AQ Harrow AR Havering AS Hillingdon AT Hounslow AU Islington AW Kensington and Chelsea AX Kingston upon Thames AY Lambeth AZ Lew
112. hire Moorlands 41UK Tamworth 42UB Babergh 42UC Forest Heath 42UD Ipswich 42UE Mid Suffolk 42UF St Edmundsbury 42UG Suffolk Coastal 42UH Waveney 43UB Elmbridge 43UC Epsom and Ewell 43UD Guildford 43UE Mole Valley 43UF Reigate and Banstead 43UG Runnymede 43UH Spelthorne 43UJ Surrey Heath 43UK Tandridge 43UL Waverley 43UM Woking 44UB North Warwickshire 44UC Nuneaton and Bedworth 44UD Rugby 44UE Stratford on Avon 44UF Warwick 45UB Adur 45UC Arun 45UD Chichester 45UE Crawley 45UF Horsham 45UG Mid Sussex 45UH Worthing 47UB Bromsgrove 47UC Malvern Hills 47UD Redditch 47UE Worcester 47UF Wychavon 47UG Wyre Forest 39 460 Northern Ireland FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This is updated to include 2009 boundary changes N I regions are available on the research file This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS Structure MARCHK Whether spouse is household member 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are married and living with husband wife MARSTA 2 or in a Civil Partnership MARSTA 6 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets DVHRPNUM Person number of HRP FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respo
113. hnic groups 4 Indian 5 Pakistani 6 Bangladeshi 7 Chinese 8 Any other Asian background 9 Black African Caribbean Black British 10 Arab 11 Other ethnic group FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over living within the UK NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets ETHGBEUL Ethnicity 11 categories GB level 1 White British 2 White Irish 3 Other White 4 Mixed Multiple ethnic groups 5 Indian 6 Pakistani 7 Bangladeshi 8 Chinese 9 Any other Asian background 10 Black African Caribbean Black British 11 Other ethnic group includes respondents in all GB countries identifying themselves as White Gypsy or Irish Traveller and respondents in Scotland identifying themselves as White Polish includes respondents in all GB countries identifying themselves as Arab FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over living within Great Britain NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets ETHGB 13 Ethnicity 13 categories GB level 1 White British 2 White Irish 3 Other White 4 Gypsy or Irish Traveller 5 Mixed Multiple ethnic groups 6 Indian 7 Pakistani 8 Bangladeshi 9 Chinese 10 Any other Asian background 11 Black African
114. i Bangladeshi Another Asian background First contact on LFS and ETH11 Asian or ETH11EW Asian or EthNI11 Asian Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets ETHAS11S Ethnic group Asian in Scotland LFS FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Pakistani Pakistani Scottish Pakistani British Indian Indian Scottish Indian British Bangladeshi Bangladeshi Scottish Bangladeshi British Chinese Chinese Scottish Scottish British Another Asian ethnic group First contact on LFS and ETH11S Asian Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client dataset only 24 ETHBL11 Ethnic group Black LFS 1 African 2 Caribbean 3 Any other Black African Caribbean background FREQUENCY First contact on LFS ETH11EW Black or EthNl11 Black COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets ETHAFS Ethnic group African in Scotland LFS 1 African African Scottish African British 2 Any other African ethnic group FREQUENCY First contact on LFS and 115 African COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client dataset only ETHCBS Ethnic group Caribbean in Scotland LFS 1 Caribbean Caribbean Scoitish Caribbean British 2 Black Black Scottish Black British 3 Any other Caribbean or Black e
115. id work that can be done 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents with health problems and those of working age or pensioners looking for work or wanting work 88 NOTES APS only This question records whether a disability affects the amount of paid work undertaken or might be undertaken by the respondent Again this is not restricted to the respondent s current job nor to respondents who are currently employed This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets LERND Learning difficulty or learning disability 1 Learning difficulty 2 Learning disability 3 Both FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2006 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have said that they have a severe or specific learning difficulty at HEAL i e HEAL 14 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client dataset HEALTH Main health problem 01 Problems or disabilities including arthritis or rheumatism connected with arms or hands 02 legs or feet 03 back or neck 04 Difficulty in seeing while wearing spectacles or contact lenses 05 Difficulty in hearing 06 A speech impediment 07 Severe disfigurement skin conditions allergies 08 Chest or breathing problems asthma bronchitis 09 Heart blood pressure or blood circulation problems 10 Stomach liver kidney or digestive problems 11 Diabetes 12 Depressi
116. irst contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable identifies the split between the public and private sector SECTOR Whether working for private firm or business 1 A private firm or business or a limited company 2 Some other kind of organisation FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents currently in work or on work training NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable is used to help identify the split between public and private sector employment SECTROO3 Type of non private organisation 1 Public company 2 Nationalised industry or state corporation 3 Central Government Civil Service 4 Local government or council incl police fire services amp local authority controlled schools or colleges 5 University or other grant funded educational establishment 6 Health authority or NHS trust 7 Charity voluntary organisation or trust 8 Armed forces 9 Other kind of organisation FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who don t work for a private firm or business or a limited company SECTOR 2 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets 48 This variable expands on Other kind
117. is variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets As it is potentially disclosive this variable is not included on the EUL 15 NATIONALITY NATIONAL IDENTITY COUNTRY OF BIRTH NTNLTY12 Nationality 926 UK British 372 Irish Republic 356 India 586 Pakistan 616 Poland 997 Other FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client Special Licence and End User Licence datasets This question replaces NTNLTY and was introduced in January 2012 NATOX7 Nationality other EUROPE 926 UNITED KINGDOM NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 40 AUSTRIA 56 BELGIUM 100 BULGARIA 901 CYPRUS EUROPEAN UNION 203 CZECH REPUBLIC 971 CZECHOSLOVAKIA NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 208 DENMARK 233 ESTONIA 246 FINLAND 250 FRANCE 276 GERMANY 300 GREECE 348 HUNGARY 372 IRELAND REPUBLIC 380 ITALY 428 LATVIA 440 LITHUANIA 442 LUXEMBOURG 470 MALTA 528 NETHERLANDS 616 POLAND 620 PORTUGAL 642 ROMANIA 703 SLOVAKIA 705 SLOVENIA 911 SPAIN EXCEPT CANARY ISLANDS 913 SPAIN NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 752 SWEDEN 248 ALAND ISLANDS 8 ALBANIA 20 ANDORRA 51 ARMENIA 31 AZERBAIJAN 112 BELARUS 70 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 191 CROATIA 902 CYPRUS NON EUROPEAN UNION 903 CYPRUS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 981 EUROPE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIE
118. isham BA Merton BB Newham BC Redbridge BD Richmond upon Thames BE Southwark BF Sutton BG Tower Hamlets BH Waltham Forest 34 BJ Wandsworth BK Westminster BL Bolton BM Bury BN Manchester BP Oldham BQ Rochdale BR Salford BS Stockport BT Tameside BU Trafford BW Wigan BX Knowsley BY Liverpool BZ St Helens CA Sefton CB Wirral CC Barnsley CE Doncaster CF Rotherham CG Sheffield CH Gateshead CJ Newcasile upon Tyne CK North Tyneside CL South Tyneside CM Sunderland CN Birmingham CQ Coventry CR Dudley CS Sandwell CT Solihull CU Walsall CW Wolverhampton CX Bradford Calderdale CY Calderdale CZ Kirklees DA Leeds DB Wakefield EB Hartlepool UA EC Middlesbrough UA EE Redcar and Cleveland UA EF Stockton on Tees UA EH Darlington UA EJ County Durham UA EM Northumberland UA EQ Cheshire East UA ET Halton UA EU Warrington UA EW Cheshire West and Chester UA EX Blackburn with Darwen UA EY Blackpool UA FA City of Kingston upon Hull UA FB East Riding of Yorkshire UA FC North East Lincolnshire UA FD North Lincolnshire UA FF York UA FK Derby UA FN Leicester UA FP Rutland UA FY Nottingham UA GA County of Herefordshire UA GF Telford and Wrekin UA GG Shropshire UA GL Stoke on Trent UA HA Bath and North East Somerset UA HB Cit
119. l 1 2 Level 2 3 Level 3 4 Level 4 5 Level 5 6 Level 6 7 Level 7 8 Level 8 9 Entry level 10 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s NVQ or SVQ is categorised as OTHER at NVQ11 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client dataset NVQO111 116 And do you have any NVQs SVQs qualifications below level 1 Level 1 2 Level 2 3 Level 3 4 Level 4 5 Level 5 6 Other NVQ SVQ qualification 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has an NVQ SVQ 77 NOTES This variable replaces NVQOTH This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NVQSVQ Whether respondent has full NVQs or SVQs 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know 4 Never heard of NVQs SVQs FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have qualifications and have not previously stated that they have NVQs SVQs Spring 93 to Winter 95 QUALCH 1 3 or NA Spring 96 to Winter 03 QUALCH 1 2 3 5 NA AND QUALS 12 From Spring 04 to Winter 04 QUALCH4 1 2 3 4 ANDQUALS4 14 From Spring 05 QUALCH5 1 2 3 4 5 or 7 AND QUALS4 14 NOTES Code 4 Never heard of NVQs SVQs is only available for personal not proxy interviews If a proxy respondent has never heard of them code 3 Don t know is enter This variable is availa
120. l Identity Not Other National Identity Each quarter from JM11 Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License NTLE11 111 116 Description of National Identity 1 2 3 English Welsh Scottish 21 4 Northern Irish 5 British 6 Other FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all living in England NOTES This variable replaces NATLDE 1 6 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NTLN11 1 6 Description of National Identity 1 British 2 Irish 3 Northern Irish 4 English 5 Scottish 6 Welsh 7 Other FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in Northern Ireland This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NTLS11 1 6 Description of National Identity 1 Scottish 2 English 3 Welsh 4 Northern Irish 5 British 6 Other FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all living in Scotland NOTES This variable replaces NATLDS 1 6 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NTLW11 1 6 Description of National Identity 1 Welsh 2 English 3 Scottish 4 Northern Irish 5 British 6 Other FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all living in Wales NOTES This variable replace
121. lees 00DA Leeds OODB Wakefield OOEB Hartlepool 00 Middlesbrough OOEE Redcar and Cleveland OOEF Stockton on Tees OOEH Darlington 00 County Durham OOEM Northumberland 00 Cheshire East OOET Halton OOEU Warrington OOEW Cheshire West Chester OOEX Blackburn with Darwen OOEY Blackpool OOFA Kingston upon Hull City of OOFB East Riding of Yorkshire OOFC North East Lincolnshire OOFD North Lincolnshire OOFF York OOFK Derby OOFN Leicester OOFP Rutland OOFY Nottingham 00 Herefordshire County of OOGF Telford and Wrekin 00GG Shropshire 0061 Stoke on Trent OOHA Bath and North East Somerset OOHB Bristol City of OOHC North Somerset OOHD South Gloucestershire OOHE Cornwall OOHG Plymouth OOHH Torbay OOHN Bournemouth OOHP Poole 00 Swindon OOHY Wiltshire 00 Peterborough 00 Luton 00 Bedford OOKC Central Bedfordshire OOKF Southend on Sea 00KG Thurrock OOLC Medway OOMA Bracknell Forest OOMB West Berkshire OOMC Reading OOMD Slough OOME Windsor and Maidenhead OOMF Wokingham OOMG Milton Keynes OOML Brighton and Hove OOMR Portsmouth OOMS Southampton OOMW Isle of Wight OONA Isle of Anglesey OONC Gwynedd OONE Conwy OONG Denbighshire 00 Flintshire OONL Wrexham OONN Powys OONQ Ceredigion OONS Pembrokeshire OONU Carm
122. lent Foundation Welsh Baccalaureate GNVQ GSVQ foundation level Foundation 14 19 Diploma Level 1 Diploma CSE below grade 1 GCSE below grade C BTEC SCOTVEC First or General certificate SCOTVEC modules RSA other City amp Guilds foundation Part 1 Level 1 Certificate Level 2 Award YT YTP certificate Key skills qualification Basic skills qualification Entry level qualification Entry level Diploma Entry level Certificate Level 1 Award Entry level Award Other qualification No qualifications Don t know Each quarter from JM11 Applies to all respondents of working age 16 69 or those in employment with qualifications including respondents aged 70 99 NOTES datasets This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License HIQUL11D Highest qualification detailed grouping 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Degree or equivalent Higher education GCE A level or equivalent GCSE grades A C or equivalent Other qualifications No qualification Don t know Each quarter from JM11 Applies to all respondents 16 69 or those in employment with qualifications This variable is derived from HIQUAL11 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets HITQUAT11 Highest qualification training leads to 1 2 3 Higher degree NVQ level 5 Level 8 Diploma 74 4 Level 8 Certificate L
123. level qualification Spring 95 to Winter 95 QUAL 16 Spring 96 to Winter 03 QUALS 14 From Spring 04 QUALS4 16 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NUMOLS5 Number of level GCSE passes etc already held 1 Fewer than five 2 Or five or more 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 76 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who said they had GCSEs grade or above CSEs grade 1 Standards grades 3 or above O grades C or above Intermediate Scottish National Qualifications or GCE O levels NOTES This variable replaces NUMOL4 from Spring05 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NUMOLSO Number of O level GCSE etc passes held if less than 5 1 One or two 2 Three or four 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 05 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who have fewer than 5 O level GCSE etc passes NUMOL5 1 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NVACD Was your highest NVQ SVQ 1 Award 2 Certificate 3 Diploma 4 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent s NVQ or SVQ is categorised as OTHER at NVQ11 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client dataset NVLEV What level was your Award Certificate Diploma NVQ SVQ qualification 1 Leve
124. lls 30UD Burnley 30UE Chorley Fylde 30UG Hyndburn 30UH Lancaster 30UJ Pendle 30UK Preston 3001 Ribble Valley 30UM Rossendale South Ribble 30UP West Lancashire 30UQ Wyre 31UB Blaby 31UC Charnwood 31UD Harborough 31UE Hinckley and Bosworth 31UG Melton 31UH North West Leicestershire 31UJ Oadby and Wigston 32UB Boston 32UC East Lindsey 32UD Lincoln 32UE North Kesteven 32UF South Holland 3206 South Kesteven 32UH West Lindsey 33UB Breckland 33UC Broadland 3300 Great Yarmouth 33UE King s Lynn and West Norfolk 33UF North Norfolk 33UG Norwich 33UH South Norfolk 340 Corby 34UC Daveniry 34UD East Northamptonshire 34UE Kettering 34UF Northampton 3409 South Northamptonshire 34UH Wellingborough 360 Craven 36UC Hambleton 36UD Harrogate 36UE Richmondshire 36UF Ryedale 36UG Scarborough 36UH Selby 37UB Ashfield 37UC Bassetlaw 37UD Broxtowe 37UE Gedling 37UF Mansfield 37UG Newark and Sherwood 37UJ Rushcliffe 380 Cherwell 380 Oxford 38UD South Oxfordshire 38UE Vale of White Horse 38UF West Oxfordshire 40UB Mendip 40UC Sedgemoor 40UD South Somerset 40UE Taunton Deane 40UF West Somerset 41UB Cannock Chase 41UC East Staffordshire 41UD Lichfield 41UE Newcastle under Lyme 41UF South Staffordshire 41UG Stafford 41UH Staffords
125. ma at Entry level and Levels 1 to 8 Any other professional work related qualification Each quarter from JM 2011 Applies if respondent has UK gained qualifications from college or university This variable replaces QULS10 01 20 This variable is available on the GSS client WOQUAL 01 31 Qualification related to work You said that you have qualifications related to work Thinking about ALL of these qualifications which qualifications do you think youhave gained in the UK related to work starting with the highest 1 Degree level qualify Incl foundation degrees graduate memb ship of a profess institute PGCE or higher Diploma in Higher Education HNC HND ONC OND BTEC BEC TEC Edexcel LQL SCOTVEC SCOTEC or SCOTBEC Teaching qualify excl PGCE Nursing or other medical qualify Not yet mentioned Other Higher Education qualif s below degree level A Level Vocat A Level GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent New Diploma Welsh Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate NVQ SVQ GNVQ GSVQ AS level Vocat AS Level or equiv Certificate of 6th Yr Studies CSYS or equiv Access to HE O Level or equiv 82 20 Standard Ordinary OQU Grade Lower Scotland 21 GCSE Vocat l GCSE 22 CSE 23 Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland 24 RSA OCR 25 City and Guilds 26 YT Certificate 27 Key skills Core skills Scotland 28 Basic skills Skills for life lit
126. n in Scotland LFS cccccccecceceeceeeeceeceeeeseeaeceeseeseeesaesaeseeseaesaesaeeeeeeaeeaees 24 ETHBE 1 Ethnic group Black EES i tani gil ea ae Aan ee er 25 ETHAFS Ethnic group African in Scotland LFS ceccesceccceeeseeeeceeceeeeaeeeecaeceeeeesaesaeseeseaesaesaeeeeeeaseaees 25 ETHCBS Ethnic group Caribbean in Scotland LFS ccccecceceeseeeceeeeeeeseeeeceeceeeeaeeaesaeseeseaesaesaeeeeeeateaees 25 2 Other mixed ethnicity coding frame eeccecceceeseeseeeeceeeeeeeeecaeeeeeeaeeaecaeceeseaesaesaeseeseaesaeeaeseeeeateaees 25 ETHUKEUL Ethnicity 9 categories UK lOVel oo eee 25 ETHUK11 Ethnicity 11 categories UK 1 26 ETHGBEUL Ethnicity 11 categories level cccecesceecceeceseeeeceeceeeeeeeaecaeceeeeaesaesaeeeeseaesaesaeeeeseateaees 26 ETHGB13 Ethnicity 13 categories GB leVel 0 cececeeseeeeeeeceeeeseeeeceeceeeeaeeaecaeseeseaesaesaeseeseaesaesaeseeeeaeeaees 26 ETHEWEUL Ethnicity 16 categories England and Wales 27 ETHEW18 Ethnicity 18 categories England and Wales 27 RELIGION a alc 28 IREND2 Religious 28
127. nd 7 70 7 98 overlap suggesting no significant difference at the 5 level However an approximate confidence interval for the difference is 0 24 1 96 SQRT 0 072 0 072 0 24 0 19 0 05 0 43 suggesting a significant difference as this interval does not contain zero Particular care should be taken when comparing personal well being scores between subgroups when making multiple comparisons as some differences that are not actually significant will appear so by chance The 95 per cent level of confidence means there is a five per cent or 1 in 20 probability of observing such a difference by chance alone and searching a long list of subgroups to try to find any two subgroups which appear different will inevitably lead to some discoveries Mode of Interview and Personal well beingQuestion Information Research has found that on average lower scores to personal well being questions are received if the interview is carried out via self completion rather than administered by an interviewer particularly for female respondents Pudney 2010 Question order and context effects Responses to evaluative questions can be determined in part by the context of the interview For example placing after questions relating to health or the labour market may impact the answers that respondents make Prior to April 2011 ONS carried out small scale cognitive testing of the placement of the personal well being questions in the IHS As a result it was deci
128. ndents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets FMPLUS Total number of family units with more than one person 1 16 Total number of family units with more than one person FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES This variable was introduced in Spring 96 to provide additional information about the total number of family units within the household This variable is derived from HOUTCOME TOTFU amp TOTNUM This variable is available on the GSS Client and Special License datasets HRP Household reference person 1 Respondent is HRP 2 Respondent is not HRP FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client dataset This variable is derived from PERSNO and DVHRPNUM It is used to determine Household Reference Person LIVTOG Whether living together as couple 1 Yes 2 No 3 Same sex couple FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 in multi person households not married and living with spouse MARSTT 2 or MARSTT 8 AND AGE gt 16 NOTES This question will apply to all households containing more than one person and to all respondents who do not describe themselves as married living with a spouse 40 MARSTT and LIVTOG were introduced in Spring 95 to identify co habitees and replace the variabl
129. negotiating stairs unable to use one or more forms of public transport unable to go out of doors unaccompanied Manual dexterity for example loss of functioning in one or both hands 89 inability to use a knife or fork at the same time or difficulty in pressing buttons on a keyboard Physical co ordination for example the inability to feed or dress oneself or to pour liquid from one vessel to another except with unusual slowness or concentration Problems with bowel bladder control for example frequent or regular loss of control of the bladder or bowel Occasional bedwetting is not considered a disability Ability to lift carry or otherwise move everyday objects for example books kettles light furniture for example inability to pick up a weight with one hand but not the other or to carry a tray steadily Speech for example unable to communicate clearly orally with others taking significantly longer to say things A minor stutter difficulty in speaking in front of an audience or unable to speak a foreign language would not be considered impairments Hearing for example not being able to hear without the use of a hearing aid the inability to understand speech under normal conditions or over the telephone This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets ILLLNG For how long has your ability to carry out normal day to day activities been reduced 1 Less than six months
130. nse datasets HOME WORKERS MAIN JOB HOME Whether working from home in main job 1 In own home 2 In the same grounds or buildings as home 3 In different places using home as a base 4 Somewhere quite separate from home FREQUENCY Spring amp Autumn quarters from Spring 92 to Autumn 96 Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees self employed or unpaid family workers WRKING 1 or JBAWAY 1 or OWNBUS 1 or RELBUS 1 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets REDUNDANCY 66 REDPAID Left paid job in last 3 months 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 95 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who started present job in last 3 months NOTES If analysing data on redundancies made in the last three months you should also filter on the variable REDUND 1 made redundant This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets REDUND Whether made redundant in last three months 1 Made redundant 2 Not made redundant FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 NOTES This variable combines all the questionnaire variables and should be used in all analysis of redundancies This variable is derived from AGE EVERWK REFWKY LEFTYR REFWKM LEFTM REDYLFT REDANY CONMPY CONMON CONSEY amp REDPAID It now cove
131. of higher degree cceccesceseeeeceeceeeeseeaeceeeeeeeaecaeceeseaeeaecaeseeseaeeaesaeseeseaesaesaeseeseaesaesaeseeseateaes 72 HIQUAL11 Highest qualification trade 73 HIQUL11D Highest qualification detailed grouping cecceceeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeaeceeeeeeeaeeaesaeeeeeeaesaesaeeeeeeateaes 74 HITQUA11 Highest qualification training leads 74 LEVQUL11 Level of highest qualification held tceeeceeceeeeeeeceeeeseeeeceeceeeeeesaecaeseeeeaeeaesaeseeeeaeeaesaeseeeeaeeaes 76 NUMAL Number of A levels CQUIVAIONE 00 ee eee eeeeeneeeteeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeseaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeesas 76 NUMAS Number of A S levels ccccecceceeseeeeceeceeeeseeaeceeeeceeaecaecaeesaeeaecaecaeesaeeaecaesaeeeaesaesaeseseaseaesaeeeeseateaes 76 NUMOL5 Number of level GCSE passes etc already held 76 NUMOLS5O Number of O level GCSE etc passes held if less than 5 77 NVACD Was your highest NVQ SVQ 77 NVLEV What level was your Award Certificate Diploma NVQ SVQ 77 NVQO111 116 And do you have any NVQs SVQs qualifications below
132. of organisation from SECTOR It is one of the variables used to create a split between public amp private sector employment see PUBLICR The aim is to get a split between the public amp private sector not necessarily an accurate split between each category listed A small number of self employed respondents get classified into categories of SECTROO3 which public sector However they are classified correctly in PUBLICR as private sector Codes 1 amp 7 Private and 2 to 6 amp 8 amp 9 Public ONS are interested more comprehensive measure of armed forces employees than provided by SOC2000 Hence the answer category Armed forces previously along with central government and the civil service now appears as a separate category OCCUPATION SC10LMJ Major occupation group last job 1 Managers Directors And Senior Officials 2 Professional Occupations 3 Associate Professional And Technical Occupations 4 Administrative And Secretarial Occupations 5 Skilled Trades Occupations 6 Caring Leisure And Other Service Occupations 7 Sales And Customer Service Occupations 8 Process Plant And Machine Operatives 9 Elementary Occupations FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This variable replaces SC2KLMuJ and is derived from SOC10L LFS Us
133. oldest dependent child in family aged under 16 43 AOFL19 Age of oldest dependent child in family aged under 19 43 AYFL19 Age of youngest dependent child in family aged under 19 43 SMSXFU Same Sex family 44 FAMUNIT Family unit numbersia ar 44 Number of dependent children in family aged under 2 44 FDPCH4 Number of dependent children in family aged between 2 4 44 FDPCH9 Number of dependent children in family aged between 5 9 44 ECONOMIG AG TIM IV 45 45 Basic economic activity ILO definition reported 45 ILODEFR Basic economic activity ILO definition 45 TYPSCH12 Government training SCHEMES cesceeccecceceeeeeceeceeeeaecaeceeeeaecaesaeseesaesaeseeseaesaesaeseeeeaeeaees 46 SCHM12 Government training SC
134. om Autumn 93 to Summer 00 the UACNTY variable included local authorities as well as counties The coding frame changed in Autumn 00 with the introduction of the variable UALA The Autumn 93 to Summer 00 UACNTY coding frame can be found in the LFS User Guide Volume 3 2002 UALADGBO9 Unitary Authorities and LADs of Great Britain 2009 boundary O0AA City of London OOAB Barking and Dagenham 00 Barnet OOAD Bexley 37 OOAE Brent OOAF Bromley 00 Camden 00 Croydon 00 Ealing OOAK Enfield OOAL Greenwich 00 Hackney OOAN Hammersmith and Fulham OOAP Haringey 00 Harrow OOAR Havering 00AS Hillingdon OOAT Hounslow OOAU Islington OOAW Kensington Chelsea 00 Kingston upon Thames OOAY Lambeth 00 2 Lewisham OOBA Merton 00 Newham 00 Redbridge OOBD Richmond upon Thames OOBE Southwark OOBF Sutton 00 Tower Hamlets OOBH Waltham Forest OOBJ Wandsworth OOBK Westminster OOBL Bolton 00BM Bury OOBN Manchester OOBP Oldham 00BQ Rochdale OOBR Salford 00BS Stockport OOBT Tameside OOBU Trafford OOBW Wigan 00 Knowsley OOBY Liverpool 00BZ St Helens 00CA Sefton 00 Wirral 00CC Barnsley 00 Doncaster 00 Rotherham 00CG Sheffield 00CH Gateshead 00CJ Newcastle upon Tyne 00CK North Tyneside OOCL South Tyneside 00CM Sunderland OOCN Birmingh
135. on bad nerves or anxiety 13 Epilepsy 14 Severe or specific learning difficulties mental handicap 15 Mental illness or suffer from phobia panics or other nervous disorders 16 Progressive illness not included elsewhere e g cancer multiple sclerosis symptomatic HIV Parkinson s disease muscular dystrophy 17 Other health problems or disabilities FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents with health problems HEAL 1 17 NOTES This variable records the main problem ONLY This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets HEALIM Whether health problem limits activity 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents with a health problem lasting more than 12 months LNGLIM 1 NOTES Users are advised to always filter on working age when using this variable to ensure comparability over a time series Normal day to day activities are those which are carried out by most people on a daily basis and we are interested in disabilities nealth problems which have a substantial adverse effect respondent s ability to carry out these activities There are several ways in which a problem may affect the respondent s day to day activities Mobility for example unable to travel short journeys as a passenger in a car unable to walk other than at a slow pace or with jerky movements difficulty in
136. on in published data This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets UALADGBO9 Unitary Authorities and LADs of Great Britain 2009 boundary O0AA City of London 00 Barking and Dagenham O0AC Barnet OOAD Bexley OOAE Brent OOAF Bromley 00 Camden 00 Croydon 00 Ealing OOAK Enfield OOAL Greenwich 00 Hackney OOAN Hammersmith and Fulham OOAP Haringey 00 Harrow OOAR Havering 00 5 Hillingdon OOAT Hounslow OOAU Islington OOAW Kensington Chelsea 00 Kingston upon Thames OOAY Lambeth 00AZ Lewisham OOBA Merton 00 Newham OOBC Redbridge OOBD Richmond upon Thames OOBE Southwark OOBF Sutton 00 Tower Hamlets OOBH Waltham Forest OOBJ Wandsworth OOBK Westminster OOBL Bolton 00 Bury OOBN Manchester OOBP Oldham 00BQ Rochdale OOBR Salford 00BS Stockport OOBT Tameside OOBU Trafford OOBW Wigan 00 Knowsley OOBY Liverpool 00BZ St Helens 00CA Sefton 00 Wirral 00 Barnsley OOCE Doncaster OOCF Rotherham 00CG Sheffield 00 Gateshead 00 Newcastle upon Tyne 00 North Tyneside OOCL South Tyneside 00 Sunderland OOCN Birmingham 00CQ Coventry 00 Dudley 00CS Sandwell 00CT Solihull 00 Walsall OOCW Wolverhampton 00CX Bradford 00 Calderdale 00CZ Kirk
137. on studies Linguistics English Celtic ancient European languages Other languages Humanities Arts Education Each quarter from JM12 Applies to respondents whose qualification spans more than one subject area In JM12 CMBHDMA CMBMAINN replaced CMBMAIN This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets DEGCLS7 Class of first degree achieved 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES First Upper Second 2i 2 1 Lower Second 2ii 2 2 Third Pass Other Don t Know Each quarter from JM07 Applies to all respondents who have a first degree qualification DEGREE7 2 This variable replaces DEGCLS If respondents have more than one first degree details of the highest degree class they achieved are recorded This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets UK GAINED QUALIFACTIONS GCSEFUL 1 5 Type of GCSE or equivalent held above grade C 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 FREQUENCY COVERAGE GCSE s grade C or above CSE s grade 1 Standards grade 3 or above O grades C or above Scottish NQ s Intermediate 1 grade A or above Scottish NQ s Intermediate 2 grade D or above None of these Each quarter from Spring 04 Applies to all respondents who have a standard O grades GCSE CSE or Scottish National Qualifications QUALS4 6 71 NOTES This variable replaces
138. only COVERAGE Applies to all respondents of working age or those aged 75 and under and first contact or those aged 75 and over and are not too ill distressed to continue NOTES APS only From Summer 2000 onwards it is only asked in Wave 1 DNA 9 will include people who were not contacted in the quarter this question was asked See APS User Guide Volume 1 Background and Methodology Imputation in the APS for full details From 1997 all health sections start with LNGLIM To get a comparison with earlier quarters prior to Spring 1997 use LIMITK yes and LNGLIM yes Users are advised to always filter on working age when using this variable to ensure comparability over a time series This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets LIMITK Whether health problem affects the kind of paid work respondent might have done 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents with health problems and those of working age or pensioners looking for work or wanting work NOTES The respondents decide whether a health problem disability limits the paid work which they can do If respondents seek clarification they are advised not to limit the assessment to the paid work if any which they do at present This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets LIMITA Whether health problem affects the amount of pa
139. ooms used for sleeping This variable is only available on the GSS client dataset FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS Structure AOFL16 Age of oldest dependent child in family aged under 16 0 15 Age of oldest dependent child in family aged 0 15 16 No dependent children aged under 16 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 This variable is derived from DVAGE This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets AOFL19 Age of oldest dependent child in family aged under 19 0 18 Age of oldest dependent child in family aged 0 18 19 No dependent children aged under 19 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education This variable is derived from CAIND amp DVAGE This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets AYFL19 of youngest dependent child in family aged under 19 0 18 Age of youngest dependent child in family aged 0 18 19 dependent children aged under 19 43 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education This variable is derived from CAIND amp DVAGE This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets SMSXFU Same se
140. over 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who never work overtime or did any paid work during the reference week EVEROT 2 OR OWNBUS 1 OR RELBUS 1 NOTES As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 80 TOTUS2 Usual hours worked including overtime 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 and over 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who may work paid or unpaid overtime EVEROT 1 NOTES This variable includes both paid and unpaid overtime As hours are not stored as whole numbers users should use 1 decimal place when ranging hours i e 1 30 hours should be ranged as 1 0 30 4 etc This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On the End User License dataset this variable has been top coded to 80 TTACHR Total actual hours worked in main job in reference week 0 96 Hours of work 97 97 and over 99 Don t know No answer FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on college based schemes NOTES This variable is deriv
141. ow level 1 at National Certificate or National Diploma level level 3 68 2 3 4 5 6 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES a first diploma or general diploma level 2 a first certificate or general certificate below level 2 other BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification None of these Don t know First contact on APS Applies if respondent has a BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification This variable replaces BTECOTH This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets 11 Is your highest BTEC BEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES at higher level level 4 or higher at National Certificate or National Diploma level level 3 a first diploma or general diploma level 2 a first certificate or general certificate below level 2 Other BTEC BEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification Don t know Each quarter from JM11 Applies if respondent has a BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL This variable replaces BTEC8 This variable is available on the GSS client dataset BTLEV Was level was your Award Certificate Diploma BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL qualification 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 FREQUENCY COVERAGE BTE11 NOTES Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Entry level Don t know Each quarter from JM11 Applies if respondent s BTEC TEC EDEXCEL LQL is categorised as OTHER at This variable is
142. own of occupation codes This variable is available on the GSS client dataset EMPLOYMENT STATUS STATR Employment status in main job reported 1 Employee 2 Self employed 3 Government scheme 4 Unpaid family worker FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets EMPLEN Length of time continuously employed 1 Less than 3 months 2 Between 3 and 6 months 3 Between 6 and 12 months 50 4 Between 1 and 2 years 5 Between 2 and 5 years 6 Between 5 and 10 years 7 Between 10 and 20 years 8 20 years or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Spring 93 Each quarter from Summer 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding college based schemes NOTES This variable is derived from CONMON CONMPY CONSEY REFWKY amp REFWKM This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets EMPMON Months continuously employed Number of months FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 to Spring 93 Each quarter from Summer 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding college based schemes NOTES This variable is derived from AGE JBAWAY NEWDEA10 CONMON CONMPY CONSEY WRKING OWNBUS RELBUS STAT REFWKY amp REFWKM This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End Use
143. oyees and self employed people 51 FTPT Whether working full 51 FTPTWK Whether full or part time Main 52 GORWKER Region of place Of WOrK cesccseecceeeeseeeeceeeeeeeaeeaecaeseaesaecaeseeseaesaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaesaeseseaeeateas 52 GORWKk2R Region of workplace for Second job reported 52 LOOK4 Whether looking for paid work in last four weeks 53 LOOKM11 Why were you looking for another 53 MANAGLR Managerial status last job reported cecceeeecceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaecaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeaeeaeseseeeeaeeaes 53 MPNEO2 Number of employees at workplace 54 MPNLRO2 Number of employees last job 54 MPNRO2 Number of employees at workplace 54 NSECM10 NS SEC category SOC2010 55 NSECMJ10 NS SEC major group SOC2010 55 PDWG10 Whether paid a salary or wage by an
144. pecial License and End User License datasets NSECMUJ10 NS SEC major group SOC2010 based 1 Higher managerial and professional 55 2 Lower managerial and professional 3 Intermediate occupations 4 Small employers and own account workers 5 Lower supervisory and technical 6 Semi routine occupations 7 Routine occupations 8 Never worked unemployed and nec FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets PDWG10 Whether paid a salary or wage by an employer 1 By the organisation or company you actually work for 2 By a different organisation or company FREQUENCY First contact on APS from JM10 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees STAT 1 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets YPTJOB Reason for part time job 1 Studenit still at school 2 lIl disabled 3 Could not find full time job 4 Did not want full time job FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are currently working part time or worked part time in their last job if held during the last 8 years FTPTWK 2 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets The interviewer accepts the first response that applies EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYED SELF
145. pplies to all respondents NOTES This variable replaces SOC2KAP This variable is derived from OCOD10A amp APPR12 This variable is available on the GSS client dataset SOC10L Major occupation group last job 1111 9279 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past 8 years NOTES This variable replaces SOC2KL and is derived from STAT EVERWK amp OCOD10M LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakdown of occupation codes This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets SOC10M Occupation main job 1111 9279 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on college based schemes NOTES This variable replaces SOC2KM and is derived from STAT EVERWK amp OCOD10M This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets 50 105 Occupation in second job 1111 9279 Range of occupation codes FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment who have an additional regular job NOTES This variable replaces SOCSEC This variable is derived from OCOD10S Y2JOB YTETJB amp NEWDEA10 LFS User Guide Volume 5 LFS Classifications gives a complete breakd
146. r License datasets FTPTW Whether working full or part time employees and self employed people only 1 Part time student 2 Part time ill or disabled 3 Part time could not find full time job 4 Part time did not want full time job 5 Part time no reason given 6 Full time FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees or self employed NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable is derived from DVAGE WRKING FTPTWK YPTJOB NEWDEA4 YTETMP amp JBAWAY Unpaid family workers are not included in this variable but are included in FTPTWK FTPT Whether working full or part time 1 Full time 2 Part time 3 New Deal Full time From Summer 98 4 New Deal Part time From Summer 98 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 who are in employment NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable is derived from DVAGE WRKING JBAWAY OWNBUS RELBUS NEWDEA4 YTETMP YPTJOB amp FTPTWK FTPT differs from FTPTWK in that it includes only those in employment whilst FTPTWK also includes those who are unemployed but have had a job in the last 8 years 51 FTPTWK Whether full or part time in main job 1 Full time 2 Part time FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all r
147. rs the number of people who were not in employment during the reference week and who reported that they had been made redundant in the month of the reference week or in the two calendar months prior to this plus the number of people who were in employment during the reference week who started their job in the same calendar month as or the two calendar months prior to the reference week and who reported that they had been made redundant in the past three months This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets SECOND JOB SECJOB Whether had second job in reference week 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees self employed and persons on Government schemes but not those who are doing paid work in addition to that done on a New Deal scheme NOTES Casual or small jobs are included provided the job was paid should be used in preference to SECJOB when analysing numbers of people with second jobs This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Y2JOB Whether had 2 jobs because of a change of job in reference week 1 Yes changed jobs during week 2 No FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who have a second paid job SECJOB 1 NOTES One purpose of this question is to distinguish between two groups of respondents those who
148. rter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are of working age and finished full time education or have never attended full time education or is currently on a course though not at school NOTES This variable replaces APPR8 The question text was amended to take into account recognised apprenticeship including trade advanced and foundation modern apprenticeship This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets APPRCURRPR Current apprenticeships 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM12 COVERAGE Applies to respondents who are of working age and finished full time education or have never attended full time education or is currently on a course though not at school NOTES This variable replaces APPR8 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets APPSAM Apprenticeship part of main job 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents still doing an apprenticeship or have completed one and now doing another NOTES Those still doing their apprenticeship are asked for full details of what they are doing This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets ON OFF JOB TRAINING JOBTRN Education amp training on or off job 1 On the job training only 2 Training away from job 3 Both FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92
149. rviewer instruction where nought is not at all worthwhile and 10 is completely worthwhile Scale from 0 to 10 Asked if PersProx INPERSON DVAge 16 70 Happy UK Overall how happy did you feel yesterday Interviewer instruction where nought is not at all happy and 10 is completely happy Scale from 0 to 10 Asked if PersProx INPERSON DVAge 16 71 Anxious UK On a scale where nought is not at all anxious and 10 is completely anxious overall how anxious did you feel yesterday Scale from 0 to 10 Asked if PersProx INPERSON DVAge 16 Thank you that is the end of this section of questions List of Dataset Variables INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHICS E 14 MAIN CHARAG TERIS 14 SEX Sex Of 14 a 14 respondent 14 5964 a ia ii 14 ME1664 Working age 15 MARSTA lt Mafital n a a 15 MARDY6 Married cohabiting ss airseerireiviiririciriririririniiireriirirriiiireririirriiirari ririri rniii iaa 15 LIVWTH Whether living together as couple
150. s NATLDW 1 6 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets 22 ETHNICITY ETH11EW Ethnic group England amp Wales LFS FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES datasets White Mixed Multiple ethnic groups Asian Asian British Black African Caribbean Black British Chinese Arab Other ethnic group First contact on LFS in England amp Wales Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License ETH11S Ethnic group Scotland LFS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES datasets White Mixed Multiple ethnic groups Asian Asian Scottish Asian British African Caribbean or Black Arab Other ethnic group First contact on LFS in Scotland Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License ETH11NI Ethnic group Northern Ireland LFS FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES datasets White lrish Traveller Mixed Multiple ethnic groups Asian Asian British Black African Caribbean Black British Chinese Arab Other ethnic group First contact on LFS in Northern Ireland Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License ETHWHE Ethnic group England White LFS 1 2 3 4 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES English Welsh S
151. s to rent their accommodation or live their rent free TEN1 4 or 5 42 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Tied accommodation is that which goes with the job of a household member Those living in tied accommodation may either pay rent or live rent free FURN Whether accommodation furnished 1 Furnished 2 Partly furnished e g carpets amp curtains only 3 Unfurnished FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents to rent their accommodation or live their rent free TEN96 4 or 5 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets The terms furnished partly furnished and unfurnished have not been defined and rely solely on the respondent s assessment Only furnishing provided by the landlord is taken into consideration not furnishing provided by the tenants NRMS2 Number of Bedrooms 0 20 Numeric value between 0 and 20 FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM08 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This includes any room that when built was intended to be a bedroom even if it is not used as such at present and even if it does not have a bed in it It must have a window There must be at least one bedroom It includes bedsits boxrooms and attic bedrooms Excludes rooms that are not habitable such as halls landings and alcoves and rooms used solely for business Excludes living r
152. sian background Black African Black Caribbean Other Black African Caribbean background Arab Other ethnic group Every quarter from AJ11 onwards Applies to respondents living in England or Wales This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets This variable is not included in the July 2013 dataset s but will be included in a later version 27 RELIGION IREND2 Religious denomination FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Catholic Presbyterian Church of Ireland Methodist Other Protestant Other religion No denomination Under 16 years Unwilling to answer Each quarter from Winter 94 Applies all respondents in Northern Ireland This variable is only asked of people in Northern Ireland It is important to remember that this is a voluntary question Respondents who refuse to answer are coded as unwilling Other Protestant includes Baptist Free Presbyterian Unitarian Congregational Plymouth Brethren Church of Nazarene Church of England Pentecostal Mormon etc Other religions include Jewish Hindu Sikh Buddhist Muslim This variable is available on the GSS client dataset RELIGE English Religion question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES No Religion Christian including Church of England Catholic Protestant and all other Christian denominations Buddhist Hindu Jewish Muslim Sikh Any other religion First contact on AP
153. t children in family aged under 19 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES This variable is only available on the GSS client and Special License datasets Dependent children are all those aged 0 15 and those aged 16 18 who are in full time education This variable is derived using DVAGE CAIND and FUSERIAL at a family level The dependency of a child is a family concept and so analysis at a household level which could contain more than one family could give confusing results as it would not be clear on whom the child is dependent HRPID Respondent accommodation responsibility 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets ICDM Main job industry code FREQUENCY First contact on APS NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client dataset Accommodation details 1 Owned outright 2 Being bought with mortgage or loan 3 Part rent part mortgage 4 Rented 5 Rent free 6 Squatting FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets On end user License dataset categories 5 amp 6 are combined TIED Accommodation tied to job 1 Yes 2 No FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondent
154. t found 0 00 eeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeseeeeeeeseeeteeeeeeeteeeeeeeeaees 95 INTRTYPE Telephone or face to face interview eeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeeas 96 PROXY Interview in person DY proxy ececcesceseeeeceeeeeeeeecaeceeeeaeeaecaeceeseaeeaecaeseeseaeeaesaeseseaesaesaeseeseateates 96 ADDRESS FEATURES BLOCK Seas eee eee aaa 97 HALLRES2 Whether living in a hall of residence ecceecceceeceeeeeeeceeeeeeeaecaeeeeeaeeaesaeseeeeaesaesaeseeeeateaes 97 DWELLTYP of ACCOMMOCATION SA 97 cata 97 121 1 1 Person weight n 97 GON TAG TS 100 13 INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHICS MAIN CHARACTERISTICS SEX Sex of respondent 1 Male 2 Female FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License atasets AGEGRP Age group 1 0 4 2 5 9 3 10 15 4 16 19 5 20 24 6 25 29 7 30 34 8 35 39 9 40 44 10 45 49 11 50 54 12 55 59 13 60 64 14 65 69 15 70 74 16 75 79 17 80 amp over FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys COVERAGE Applies to all respondents This variable is available on t
155. than 3 months ago CAIND Child Adult indicator 1 Adult 2 Child of head of household and head of family unit 3 Child of other family 4 Child of head of household but not head of family unit FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable is derived from DVAGE MARSTA EDAGECOR COURSCOR RELHFU amp RELHRP6 CAIND identifies dependent children i e aged lt 16 or aged 16 18 in full time education and never married SAMELAD Whether lives and works in same Local Authority District 1 Lives and works in same LAD 2 Lives in different LAD to place of work FREQUENCY Spring and Autumn quarters only from Autumn 92 to Autumn 96 Each quarter from Spring 97 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents in employment excluding those on government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from WRKING JBAWAY OWNBUS RELBUS HOME WKPLC amp UALDO This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets UACNTY09 County Level 2009 boundary 11 Buckinghamshire 16 Cumbria 18 Devon 12 Cambridgeshire 17 Derbyshire 19 Dorset 36 21 East Sussex 22 Essex 23 Gloucestershire 24 Hampshire 26 Hertfordshire 29 Kent 30 Lancashire 31 Leicestershire 32 Lincolnshire 33 Norfolk 34 Northamptonshire 36 North Yorkshire 37 Nottinghamshire 38 Ox
156. than 5 years 9 5 years or more 10 Never had paid job FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have worked in the past NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable was created to provide a better monitor of the New Deal This variable is derived from REFWKY REFWKM DVAGE WRKING JBAWAY COUNTRY SCHM08 TECLEC4 NEWDEA4 OWNBUS RELBUS YTETJB EVERWK LEFTM amp LEFTYR 58 WNLEFT11 When left last job 1 Less than 3 months 2 3 months but less than 6 months 3 6 months but less than 12 months 4 1 year but less than 2 years 5 2 years but less than 3 years 6 3 years but less than 4 years 7 4 years but less than 5 years 8 5 years or more 9 Never had paid job FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 check categories in 2011 LFS user guide NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets LEFTYR Year left last job Year in which left last job enter 4 digits FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who did no work in the reference week and were not away from any job or business but have had a paid job in the past NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets LEFTM
157. therefore eligible to be interviewed as part of this household DWELLTYP Type of accommodation 1 House or bungalow detached 2 House or bungalow semi detached 3 Terraced end of terrace 4 Flat or maisonette purpose built 5 Flat or maisonette Part house Converted house Other 6 Mobile home caravan or houseboat 7 Some other kind of accommodation FREQUENCY First contact on IHS module surveys NOTES This variable is available on the ONS research GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This is a derived variable from ACCOM HSETYPE FLTTYP and ACCOTH for all module surveys apart from the APS data from variable DWELLTYP is then bridged to make IHS version of DWELLTYP showing the same options WEIGHTS NP121R11 Person weight FREQUENCY Each case where questions were asked in person during this interview period not by proxy and aged 16 or over NOTES Person weight for non proxy analysis for the January to December 2012 dataset 97 Index 13 29 16 42 19 42 12 85 86 86 84 119 42 B 67
158. thnic group FREQUENCY First contact on LFS and ETH11S Caribbean or Black COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client dataset only 2 Other mixed ethnicity coding frame Numeric value between 001 and 997 FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 01 This variable saw a minor amendment to the routing in JM11 NOTES This coding frame is used where respondents have answered category 4 other in the ETHMX11 variable This variable is available on the GSS client dataset ETHUKEUL Ethnicity 9 categories UK level 1 White 2 Mixed Multiple ethnic groups 3 Indian 4 Pakistani 5 Bangladeshi 6 Chinese 7 Any other Asian background 8 Black African Caribbean Black British 9 Other ethnic group includes respondents in all GB countries identifying themselves as White Gypsy or Irish Traveller and respondents in Scotland identifying themselves as White Polish includes respondents in Northern Ireland identifying themselves as Irish Traveller and respondents in all UK countries identifying themselves as Arab FREQUENCY Every quarter from AJ11 onwards COVERAGE Applies to respondents aged 16 and over living within the UK NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets 25 ETHUK11 Ethnicity 11 categories UK level 1 White 2 Gypsy Traveller or Irish Traveller 3 Mixed Multiple et
159. ubject areas NOTES In JM12 CMBDEGN FDCMBD and CMBHD replaced CMBDEG This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Higher degree main subject area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 FREQUENCY COVERAGE Medicine Medical related Subjects Biological Sciences Agricultural Sciences Physical Environmental Sciences Mathematical Sciences and Computing Engineering Technology Agriculture and related subjects Social Sciences including Law Business and Financial Studies Librarianship and Information Studies Linguistics English Celtic and Ancient Languages European Languages Other Languages Humanities Arts Education Each quarter from JM12 Applies to respondents whose qualification spans more than one subject area 70 5 In JM12 CMBHDMA CMBMAINN replaced CMBMAIN This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets CMBMAINN Nursing main subject area 1 2 3 4 18 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES Medicine Medical related subjects Biological sciences Agricultural sciences Physical environmental sciences Mathematical sciences and computing Engineering Technology Architecture and related subjects Social sciences including Law Business and financial studies Librarianship and informati
160. urnals 8 Apply directly to employers 9 Ask friends relatives colleagues or trade unions about jobs 10 Wait for the results of an application for a job 11 Look for premises or equipment 12 Seek any kind of permit 13 Try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business 14 Do anything else to find work 15 Not looked in last 4 weeks FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 92 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are looking for work or a place on a government scheme NOTES This variable is derived from AGE WRKING JBAWAY DIFJOB SCHM08 YTETMP YTETJB LKSELA LKSELC LOOK4 LKYT4 NEWDEA10 amp METHM The category 2 visit a Careers office was introduced in the Summer 94 quarter This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets PLACE OF WORK UALDWK Place of work FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client dataset It is derived using WRKING JBAWAY OWNBUS RELBUS HOME WKPL99 amp COUNTRY HOURS WORKED MAIN JOB PAIDHRU Paid hours based on usual hours per week 0 96 Number of hours 63 97 97 or more hours FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 93 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents who are employees self employed and those on employer based government schemes NOTES This variable is derived from AGE TOTUS1 POTHR USUHR amp EVEROT This
161. vailable on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets MPNRO2 Number of employees at workplace reported 1 1 10 2 11 19 3 20 24 4 Don t know but under 25 5 25 49 6 50 249 7 250 499 8 Don t know but between 50 and 499 9 500 or more FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 02 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents currently in work or who have worked in the last 8 years 54 NOTES This variable is derived from 2 EVERWK STAT amp SOLO The filter EVERWK 9 is applied to the questionnaire variables MPNO amp MPN to distinguish between current last job MPNRO2 is number of employees in current job as reported MPNLRO2 is number of employees in last job as reported This variable refers to the total number of employees at the respondent s workplace not just the particular section department People employed by employment services who may work during the course of a week at a number of locations are required to refer to the place where they worked the longest number of hours during the reference week This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NSECM10 NS SEC category SOC2010 based 1 0 Employers in large organisations 2 0 Higher managerial occupations 3 1 Higher professional traditional employee 3 2 Higher professional new employee 3 3 Higher professional traditional self emp 3 4 Higher professional ne
162. ve worked in the past 8 years This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable is derived from INDSCOZL INDSO7M Industry section in main job 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES APBOVOZECACTIONMIO gt Y Agriculture forestry and fishing Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply Water supply sewerage waste management and remediation activities Construction Accommodation and food service activities Hotels amp restaurants Transport storage amp communication Information and communication Financial and insurance activities Real estate activities Professional scientific and technical activities Administrative and support service activities Public administration and defence compulsory social security Education Human health and social work activities Arts entertainment and recreation Other service activities Activities of households as employers undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use U Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies First contact on APS Applies to all respondents in employment other than those on college based schemes This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets This variable is derived from INDSCO7M INDEO7M Industry sectors in main job
163. veys COVERAGE Applies to respondents living in England NOTES This variable is available on the ONS research GSS client Special License and End User License datasets NATIDS11 Scottish National Identity 1 Scottish 2 English 3 Welsh 20 4 5 6 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES datasets Northern Irish British Other First contact on IHS module surveys Applies to respondents living in Scotland This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License NATIDW11 Welsh National Identity FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES datasets Welsh English Scottish Northern Irish British Other First contact on IHS module surveys Applies to respondents living in Wales This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License NATIDB11 British National Identity 1 0 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES datasets British Not British Each quarter from JM11 Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License NATIDNI Northern Irish National Identity 1 0 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES datasets Northern Irish Not Northern Irish Each quarter from JM11 Applies to all respondents This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License NATIDO11 Other National Identity 1 0 FREQUENCY COVERAGE NOTES datasets Other Nationa
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165. w Diploma Welsh Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate NVQ SVQ GNVQ GSVQ AS level Vocat l AS Level or equiv Certificate of 6th Yr Studies CSYS or equiv Access to HE O Level or equiv Standard Ordinary O Grade Lower Scotland GCSE Vocat l GCSE CSE Advanced Higher Higher Intermediate Access qualif s Scotland RSA OCR City and Guilds YT Certificate Key skills Core skills Scotland Basic skills Skills for life literacy numeracy lang Entry Level Qualifications Award Certificate or Diploma at Entry level and Levels 1 to 8 Any other professional work related qualification Each quarter from JM 2011 Applies if respondent has UK gained qualifications from school This variable replaces QULS10 01 20 This variable is available on the GSS client SCTVC11 Is your highest SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 1 2 3 higher level level 4 a full National Certificate level 3 a first diploma or general diploma level 2 80 4 a first certificate or general certificate below level 2 5 modules towards a National Certificate 6 other SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC qualification 7 Don t know FREQUENCY Each quarter from JM11 COVERAGE Applies if respondent has a SCOTVEC SCOTEC SCOTBEC NOTES This variable replaces SCTVE This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets SINCOMN Whether nursing qualification is single or combined subject 1 Single
166. w self emp 4 1 Lower professional traditional employee 4 2 Lower professional new employee 4 3 Lower professional traditional self emp 4 4 Lower professional new self emp 5 0 Lower managerial occupations 6 0 Higher supervisory occupations 7 1 Intermediate clerical and administrative 7 2 Intermediate sales and service 7 3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary 7 4 Intermediate engineering 8 1 Employers in small orgs non professional 8 2 Employers in small orgs agriculture 9 1 Own account workers non professional 9 2 Own account workers agriculture 10 0 Lower supervisory occupations 11 1 Lower technical craft 11 2 Lower technical process operative 12 1 Semi routine sales 12 2 Semi routine services 12 3 Semi routine technical 12 4 Semi routine operative 12 5 Semi routine agricultural 12 6 Semi routine clerical 12 7 Semi routine childcare 13 1 Routine sales and service 13 2 Routine production 13 3 Routine technical 13 4 Routine operative 13 5 Routine agricultural 14 1 Never worked 14 2 Long term unemployed 15 0 Full time students 16 0 Not classified or inadequately stated 17 0 Not classifiable for other reasons FREQUENCY Each quarter fromJM11 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents aged 16 For more information on the NS SEC go to www statistics gov uk This variable replaces NSECM NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client S
167. x family unit 1 11 Family unit number FREQUENCY Each quarter from Spring 96 COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES This variable redefines the family unit to include same sex partners in the same family unit Thus using this variable results in fewer family units in total than if using FAMUNIT The family hierarchical structure is based on FAMUNIT Those people who have been coded as same sex co habitees are put into separate family units at FAMUNIT Therefore when any analysis is done of same sex co habitees at family level it shows the number of individuals rather than couples This variable is derived from LIVTOG LIVWTH amp XR 00 15 This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets FAMUNIT Family unit number 1 17 Family unit number FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client Special License and End User License datasets Values are top coded to 9 or more on the end user License dataset FDPCH2 Number of dependent children in family aged under 2 0 10 Number of dependent children in family aged under 2 FREQUENCY First contact on APS COVERAGE Applies to all family units NOTES The notes for NUMCH18 apply to this variable This variable was introduced to the GSS Client and Special License datasets from winter 2010 FDPCH4 Number of dependent children in family aged between 2 and 4 0 10
168. y of Bristol UA HC North Somerset UA HD South Gloucestershire UA HE Cornwall UA HG Plymouth UA HH Torbay UA HN Bournemouth UA HP Poole UA HX Swindon UA HY Wiltshire UA JA Peterborough UA KA Luton UA KB Bedford UA KC Central Bedfordshire UA KF Southend on Sea UA KG Thurrock UA LC Medway UA MA Bracknell Forest UA MB West Berkshire UA MC Reading UA MD Slough UA ME Windsor and Maidenhead UA MF Wokingham UA MG Milton Keynes UA ML Brighton and Hove UA MR Portsmouth UA MS Southampton UA MW Isle of Wight UA FREQUENCY Each quarter from Autumn 2000 COVERAGE Applies to all respondents NOTES This variable is available on the GSS client and Special License datasets RESTME2 Length of time at this address 1 Less than 12 months 2 12 months but less than 2 years 3 2 years but less than 3 years 4 3 years but less than 5 years NA Isle of Anglesey UA NC Gwynedd NE Conwy NG Denbighshire NJ Flintshire NL Wrexham NN Powys NQ Ceredigion NS Pembrokeshire NU Carmarthenshire NX Swansea NZ Neath Port Talbot PB Bridgend PD The Vale of Glamorgan PF Rhondda Cynon Taff PH Merthyr Tydfil PK Caerphilly PL Blaenau Gwent PM Torfaen PP Monmouthshire PR Newport PT Cardiff QA Aberdeen City QB Aberdeenshire QC Angus QD Argyll amp Bute QE Scottish Borders QF Clackmannanshire

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