LWS - United kingdom 2009 : person file Codebook generated: 2016-04-12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDENTIFIERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hid unique unit identifier 46293 1 20165 10086.4 5821.46 pid person identifier 46293 1 9 1.98 1.14 did unique country/year number -------------------------------------------------- N value 46293 329 dname country/year identifier -------------------------------------------------- N value 46293 "uk09" cname country name -------------------------------------------------- N value 46293 "United Kingdom" iso2 2-letter country abbreviation -------------------------------------------------- N value 46293 "uk" year reference year -------------------------------------------------- N value 46293 2009 wave data wave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 46293 8 Wave VIII ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pwgt person weight (normalised) 46293 0.02 0.63 0.22 0.12 ppopwgt person weight (inflated) 46293 105.82 3700 1276.79 730.16 inum implicate number 46293 1 1 1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIVING ARRANGEMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ relation relationship to household head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 20165 1000 head 10279 2100 spouse 1626 2200 cohabiting partner 12454 3100 own child (incl adopted) 475 3200 step-child 28 3300 foster child 85 4100 other relative 94 4110 spouse/partner of child 247 4120 grandchild or greatgrandchild (incl in-laws) 201 4131 parent/grandparent/ascenda nt 77 4132 parent/grandparent/ascenda nt-in-law 200 4140 siblings (incl in-laws) 361 4200 other non-relative 1 . partner partner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 24096 110 living with partner 29 120 not living with partner 22168 200 does not have partner parents living with parents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3564 110 living with one parent 9859 120 living with two parents 32870 200 not living with parent(s) children living with own children -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 13060 100 living with own children 33233 200 not living with own children nchildren number of own children living in household -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 33233 0 not living with own children 5690 1 living with 1 own child 5218 2 living with 2 own children 1624 3 living with 3 own children 402 4 living with 4 own children 91 5 living with 5 own children 24 6 living with 6 own children 11 7 living with 7 own children NOTES: ageyoch: 1. [uk09] Mixed categories: interval data; values refer to the lowest boundary of the interval. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ageyoch age of youngest own child living in household 13060 0 70 10.83 11.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEMOGRAPHICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: age: 1. [uk09] Mixed categories: interval data; values refer to the lowest boundary of the interval. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- age age in years 46293 0 80 40.22 23.75 sex gender -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 22437 1 male 23856 2 female marital marital status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 20795 110 married 3312 120 in consensual union 16349 210 never married/not in union 723 221 separated 2378 222 divorced 2736 223 widowed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMMIGRATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HEALTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ disabled disabled (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3637 0 not disabled 7324 1 disabled 35332 . NOTES: 1. [uk09] It refers to limited activity because of longstanding illness. disabl_c limited activity because of longstanding illness -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7324 1 yes 3637 2 no 35332 . illness_c longstanding illness, disability or infirmity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 10967 1 yes 18647 2 no 16679 . health_c subjective health status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 9867 1 very good 11785 2 good 6050 3 fair 1822 4 bad 510 5 very bad 16259 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDUCATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ educ highest completed education level (3-category recode) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7404 1 low 19851 2 medium 8285 3 high 10753 . educ_c highest level of education completed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7793 0 still in education 7404 102 no educational qualifications, received FT-education 19851 201 educational qualifications, below degree level 8285 202 educational qualifications, degree level or above 2960 . NOTES: 1. [uk09] Scope limitation: completed education available only for adults aged more than 18, or aged 16-18 and not in full-time education. edmom_c educational qualification of mother -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 667 1 Did not go to school 13670 2 Left school before 15 9522 3 Left school 15 or 16 1951 4 Left school 17 or 18 2721 5 Further qualification/certificate after left school 843 6 University or higher degree 16919 . eddad_c educational qualification of father -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 363 1 Did not go to school 12405 2 Left school before 15 6735 3 Left school 15 or 16 1713 4 Left school 17 or 18 4482 5 Further qualification/certificate after left school 1478 6 University or higher degree 19117 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACTIVITY STATUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ emp employed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 17284 0 not employed 19076 1 employed 9933 . unemp unemployed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 35215 0 not unemployed 1145 1 unemployed 9933 . retired retired (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 12816 0 not retired 10188 1 retired 23289 . clfs current labour force status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 18139 110 employed, at work 937 120 employed, not at work 1026 211 ILO unemployed 119 212 other unemployed 492 220 not in labour force 10699 221 retired, pensioner or rentier 1930 222 in education 1570 223 homemaker 1448 224 disabled 9933 . cmas current main activity status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 9795 100 mainly employed 100 200 not mainly employed 10188 211 retired from job or business 577 212 other pension recipient 736 230 homemaker 978 241 permanent disability or illness 167 242 temporary disability or illness 563 260 unemployed 23189 . NOTES: 1. [uk09] Scope limitation: only available for all aged over 40 who were not interwied by proxies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMPLOYMENT INTENSITY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- njobs number of jobs held 19076 1 4 1.08 0.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOB CHARACTERISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ status1 status in employment, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 16417 100 dependent employed 28 122 apprentice / trainee 2 200 self-employed 437 210 employer 2110 220 own-account worker 82 240 contributing family worker 27217 . inda1 industry (3-category recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 54 1 agriculture 896 2 industry 3506 3 services 41837 . indb1 industry (9-category recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 54 1 agriculture, forestry and fishing 619 2 mining and quarrying; manufacturing; utilities 277 3 construction 700 4 wholesale and retail trade, repair; hotels and restaurants 416 5 transport, storage and communications 165 6 financial intermediation 427 7 real estate, renting and business activities 1585 8 public administration; education; health and social work 213 9 other community, social/personal services; activities of households; extra-territorial 41837 . indd1 industry (21-category ISIC 4 recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 54 1 A-agriculture, forestry and fishing 15 2 B-mining and quarrying 538 3 C-manufacturing 26 4 D-electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 40 5 E-water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 277 6 F-construction 585 7 G-wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 251 8 H-transportation and storage 115 9 I-accommodation and food service activities 165 10 J-information and communication 165 11 K-financial and insurance activities 32 12 L-real estate activities 273 13 M-professional, scientific and technical activities 122 14 N-administrative and support service activities 404 15 O-public administration and defence; compulsory social security 599 16 P-education 582 17 Q-human health and social work activities 92 18 R-arts, entertainment and recreation 101 19 S-other service activities 19 20 T-activities of households as employers; producing activities of households 1 21 U-activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies 41837 . ind1_c industry (UK SIC 2007) - job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 48 1 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service acti 6 2 Forestry and logging 5 6 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 6 8 Other mining and quarrying 4 9 Mining support service activities 39 10 Manufacture of food products 10 11 Manufacture of beverages 16 13 Manufacture of textiles 4 14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 1 15 Manufacture of leather and related products 8 16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except 8 17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 36 18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 7 19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 31 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 23 21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceuti 25 22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 13 23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 21 24 Manufacture of basic metals 46 25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery a 53 26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 16 27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 55 28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 39 29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 47 30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 22 31 Manufacture of furniture 15 32 Other manufacturing 3 33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 26 35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 13 36 Water collection, treatment and supply 27 38 Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materia 35 41 Construction of buildings 242 43 Specialised construction activities 73 45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and 112 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 400 47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 113 49 Land transport and transport via pipelines 6 50 Water transport 5 51 Air transport 78 52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation 49 53 Postal and courier activities 36 55 Accommodation 79 56 Food and beverage service activities 23 58 Publishing activities 16 59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, s 45 61 Telecommunications 75 62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 6 63 Information service activities 101 64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension f 10 65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsor 54 66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance act 32 68 Real estate activities 126 69 Legal and accounting activities 27 70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activitie 71 71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing 20 72 Scientific research and development 20 73 Advertising and market research 6 74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities 3 75 Veterinary activities 11 77 Rental and leasing activities 23 78 Employment activities 7 79 Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service a 14 80 Security and investigation activities 41 81 Services to buildings and landscape activities 26 82 Office administrative, office support and other business sup 404 84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit 599 85 Education 352 86 Human health activities 54 87 Residential care activities 176 88 Social work activities without accommodation 20 90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities 14 91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities 8 92 Gambling and betting activities 50 93 Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 37 94 Activities of membership organisations 4 95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods 60 96 Other personal service activities 19 97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel 1 99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 41837 . sector1 sector of employment, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 12437 110 for profit 650 120 not for profit 542 211 central government 2423 213 local government 1491 221 public services other than administration 470 222 public company 28280 . occa1 occupation (3-category recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 6562 1 managers and professionals (ISCO 1 & 2) 10590 2 other skilled workers (ISCO 3-8, 10) 1718 3 labourers/elementary (ISCO 9) 27423 . occb1 occupation (10-category ISCO recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2009 1 managers 4553 2 professionals 3027 3 technicians and associate professionals 2322 4 clerical support workers 1979 5 service and sales workers 238 6 skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 1746 7 craft and related trades workers 1278 8 plant and machine operators, and assemblers 1718 9 elementary occupations 27423 . occ1_c occupation (SOC2010) - job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1472 11 corporate managers and directors 537 12 other managers and proprietors 991 21 science, research, engineering and technology professionals 845 22 health professionals 1039 23 teaching and educational professionals 1008 24 business, media and public service professionals 353 31 science, engineering and technology associate professionals 288 32 health and social care associate professionals 236 33 protective service occupations 382 34 culture, media and sports occupations 1441 35 business and public service associate professionals 1750 41 administrative occupations 572 42 secretarial and related occupations 238 51 skilled agricultural and related trades 728 52 skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades 654 53 skilled construction and building trades 364 54 textiles, printing and other skilled trades 1298 61 caring personal service occupations 330 62 leisure, travel and related personal service occupations 997 71 sales occupations 351 72 customer service occupations 533 81 process, plant and machine operatives 745 82 transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 312 91 elementary trades and related occupations 1406 92 elementary administration and service occupations 27423 . perm1 permanent employment, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 15248 100 permanent employment 815 210 short-term employment 360 220 no contract 29870 . ptime1 part-time employment (dummy), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3138 0 full-time 2160 1 part-time 40995 . Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hours1 weekly hours worked, job 1 18927 0 97 34.66 13.2 tenyr1 job tenure in years, job 1 17098 0 75 8.89 9.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORK EXPERIENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ everwork ever worked in job or business (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1175 0 never worked 33787 1 ever worked in job or business 11331 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CURRENT INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pi total income, person 46014 -9 2929493 16167.9 35431.8 pil labour income, person 46118 -9 2891993 10561.7 26479.1 pile paid employment income, person 17750 0 2891993 24934.4 35012.1 pils self-employment income, person 46206 0 1200000 969.35 9843.37 pic capital income, person 46231 0 1010000 1446.33 13243.5 picvip voluntary individual pensions, person 46293 0 960000 322.77 8900 picroy royalties, person 46287 0 960000 26.84 4476.89 pit transfer income, person 46245 0 2640000 4153.92 18783.9 pits social security transfers, person 46270 0 2640000 4092.47 18762.7 pitsi work-related insurance transfers, person 46285 0 2640000 3338 18708.6 pitsu universal benefits, person 46286 0 24019 346.08 1041.41 pitsa assistance benefits, person 46285 0 29536 408.12 1551.37 pitp private transfers, person 46268 0 70800 61.05 880.58 pitped merit-based education transfers, person 46278 0 60000 18.19 478.69 piatold old-age transfers, person 46292 0 45864 1310.22 2645.77 piatdis disability transfers, person 46286 0 23972 239.9 1154.81 piatsur survivors transfers, person 46293 0 100788 118.52 1300.58 piatfam family/children transfers, person 46287 0 40456 507.74 1799.76 piatune unemployment transfers, person 46288 0 12480 38.88 366.69 piap total pension income, person 46288 0 2640000 3651.86 21316.8 piapprv private pensions and annuities, person 46289 0 2640000 2325.08 20844 piapprvi individual pensions/annuities, person 46293 0 960000 346.36 9956.46 piapprvo occupational pensions, person 46289 0 2640000 1978.69 18248 piappub public pensions, person 46292 0 45864 1326.93 2671.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDFALL INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pwl windfall labour income, person 46293 0 150000 40.49 1153.58 pwc windfall capital income, person 46293 0 195000 64.16 1559.64 pwcic insurance compensations, person 46293 0 195000 64.16 1559.64 pwt windfall transfer income, person 46293 0 492000 156.5 3404.28 pwtlo lottery winnings, person 46293 0 492000 14.36 2303.68 pwtrc lump-sum retirement compensations, person 46293 0 202500 118.89 2346.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NON-CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pxit income taxes and social contributions, person 46205 -772272 2410000 3804.14 20410.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS - LIABILITIES TRANSACTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ptol outflows from loans, person 46293 0 805080 3491.59 13891.4 ptolm mortgage repayments, person 46293 0 802680 3296.37 13825 ptolo other loans repayments, person 46293 0 72000 187.33 987.52 ptolb borrowings, person -------------------------------------------------- N value 46069 0 1 24 2 60 1 72 8 120 1 132 1 144 1 180 1 216 13 240 2 300 5 360 2 396 1 420 5 480 1 516 26 600 2 720 1 744 1 780 1 792 2 804 2 840 1 900 1 912 4 960 1 1020 1 1044 1 1056 1 1068 1 1080 1 1092 1 1152 28 1200 1 1248 1 1272 1 1308 1 1320 1 1368 1 1440 3 1500 2 1512 1 1536 2 1560 1 1632 1 1644 2 1680 15 1800 1 1860 1 1920 1 1932 2 2016 1 2028 1 2148 24 2400 2 2496 3 2640 1 2688 1 2760 1 2880 1 2904 8 3000 2 3120 1 3240 2 3600 1 3840 1 3900 1 3924 1 4008 3 4800 8 6000 1 7200 1 8700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- currency currency units 46293 826 826 826 0 deflator deflation factor -------------------------------------------------- N value 46293 1 Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- grossnet gross/net income information 46293 100 100 100 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: pasil: 1. [uk09] Life insurance might be underestimated because of the insurance component included in some other financial assets. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pas pension assets and other long-term savings 46293 0 60429948 61978.6 445226 pasi life insurance and voluntary individual pensions 46293 0 2500000 5273.09 39511.4 pasil life insurance accounts 46293 0 5e+05 564.43 8763.68 pasip individual voluntary pension accounts 46293 0 2500000 4708.66 38406.4 paso occupational pensions 46293 0 1600000 1674.28 19175.3 pasodc occupational pensions (DC schemes) 46293 0 1600000 1674.28 19175.3 pass social security pension entitlements 46293 0 3900000 9716.41 82413.5 passdb social security (DB schemes) 46293 0 3776161 6475.52 63180.1 passdc social security (DC schemes) 46293 0 3900000 3240.89 51856.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATTIDUTES TOWARD HOUSEHOLD FINANCES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ basb savings behaviour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 14540 10 does not save 15328 20 saves 16425 . NOTES: 1. [uk09] It refers to the last two years. basp1 savings purpose: home purchase -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 14488 0 not saving for home purchase 840 1 saving for home purchase 30965 . basp2 savings purpose: other major purchases -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 10561 0 not saving for other major purchases 4767 1 saving for other major purchases 30965 . basp3 savings purpose: financial investments (including business) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 13043 0 not saving for financial investments (including business) 2285 1 saving for financial investments (including business) 30965 . basp4 savings purpose: old-age provisions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 11881 0 not saving for old-age provisions 3447 1 saving for old-age provisions 30965 . basp6 savings purpose: unexpected events -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 6173 0 not saving for unexpected events 9155 1 saving for unexpected events 30965 . basp7 savings purpose: recreation and travel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 8046 0 not saving for recreation and travel 7282 1 saving for recreation and travel 30965 . basp9 savings purpose: other -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 9675 0 not saving for other purposes 5653 1 saving for other purposes 30965 . bafr_c among the two possibilities, she/he prefers: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 23685 1 £1,000 with certainty 5606 2 £10,000 with 20% probability 17002 . bafp_c has the final say in big financial decisions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 13657 0 no 26031 1 yes 6605 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (WEALTH) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------