GHS Elderly follow-up survey - UK Data Service
GHS Elderly follow-up survey
Notes for use with dataset
1 The datafile efuarch.zip is a zipped SPSS portable file containing 501 variables and 1426 cases as follows
1001 full interviews
46 proxy interviews
5 partial interviews
90 non-contacts
139 refusals
23 issued to the interviewer but who had died
114 not issued, as death notified before fieldwork by NHSCR
8 not issued, as name and address information was corrupted
2 Of the original 1994 GHS sample of people aged 65 and over, all those in households where there was someone aged 85 and over, and one half of all others, were selected for follow-up. Data should therefore be re-weighted by the variable ‘wt’ to compensate for this.
3 The datafile contains variables from the original GHS interview, as well as from the follow-up (EFU). Where they are the same, GHS variables have been renamed to correspond to the EFU equivalent and given the prefix ‘x’. Thus ‘a03’ is the EFU variable relating to longstanding illness, and the GHS variable ‘illness’ has been renamed ‘xa03’.
4 Variables with the suffix m1 to mn are multiple response variables.
5 Variables beginning ‘verb’ are verbatim answer strings, most of which have not yet been coded. The large number in section G have been put together for convenience.
6 Date variables have been grouped together at the end of the datafile.
7 Date of death (ddate) is shown for all those notified to SSD by NHSCR by the end of March 1998 (not all deaths to end March). Date of death has been imputed for one individual from information given by his widow - we had no surname for him and he could not therefore be traced at NHSCR. The 22 remaining deaths notified to us by interviewers were all subsequently confirmed by NHSCR and a date supplied. The deaths identified may not, however, be comprehensive - we might not know if people we were unable to trace on NHSCR and who were non-contacts at follow up were still alive or not.
8 The variable ‘rescare’ is code 1 if the respondent’s last known address was a nursing home or similar, regardless of whether or not they were interviewed or were still alive.
Eileen Goddard
ONS Social Survey Division
12 May 1998
BN1425 March/April 1997
GHS elderly
follow-up survey
Interviewer instructions
Quick reference sheet
Survey number 1425
Stage 99
Field Dates March quotas: 01/03/97 - 31/03/97
April quotas: 01/04/97 - 30/04/97
Days allowed Try to complete 3/4 per day
Transmission By 12 noon each Monday. Update interview status and transmit even if no serial numbers are completed.
Study time Pre-briefing - 2 hours
Post-briefing - 2 hours
Admin. time Variable - see section 14
Clerical time 10 mins per co-operating household
10 mins for non-response
Contents
1 Background to the survey 1
2 The sample 2
3 Fact sheets and labels 2
4 Advance letters and purpose leaflets 2
5 Survey period and field dates 3
6 Planning your work 3
7 Dealing with movers 4
8 Non-contacts and refusals 4
9 Proxy interviews 5
10 Structure of the interview 5
11 Introducing the survey 6
12 Notes on the questions 7
Household information 7
Section A: Health state 9
Section B: EuroQol 9
Section C: Sight, hearing and mental state 9
Section D: Mobility and personal care 10
Section E: Getting out 11
Section F: Domestic activities 11
Section F: Informal care 11
Section G: Use of services 11
Section H: Smoking and drinking 13
Section I: Income -
Section J: Moving home -
13 The pen picture 15
14 Claims 15
1 Background to the survey
The survey is being carried out on behalf of the Department of Health. Every few years they sponsor a set of questions on the GHS which are addressed specifically to people aged 65 and over. These provide a great deal of information about elderly people's health, the ease or difficulty with which they cope with living at home, and about their use of health and personal social services.
What the GHS questions do not give, however, is any information about how an individual's health state changes over time. It is common knowledge that life expectancy is increasing - people alive now can expect to live several years longer, on average, than those of their parents' generation. but what does this mean in terms of their health? The pessimistic view is that the aging of the population will mean that there will be many more elderly people around with chronic physical and mental problems as medical advances enable increasing proportions of unfit people to survive. Optimists, on the other hand, maintain that medical advances and the adoption of healthier lifestyles will mean that ill-health is compressed into an increasingly short period before death. What actually happens will be more complex than either of these extreme views, but in order to plan for future health care provision, DH and the NHS have to predict what changes to the health of the elderly are most likely to happen, and are thinking about a long term research programme to provide them with the information they need.
Comparing successive rounds of the GHS and the Health Survey for England throws some light on this, but is not nearly as powerful as an approach which looks at changes in health state at the individual level.
There are various ways in which this could be done. The most comprehensive (and most expensive) would be to set up a free-standing cohort study of the elderly, interviewing them every few years for the rest of their lives, following them into residential care, and so on. A cheaper alternative would be to follow up successive rounds of GHS or Health Survey respondents. Many of the methodological issues will be the same whichever approach is decided on.
This follow up of GHS respondents is a large scale pilot which will collect usable data and will allow us to assess the following methodological problems:
1 We will be collecting data on changes in health and mobility since we interviewed them last time: can we build up a health event history which will enable us to predict future need for medical services, for example.
2 What is the best follow-up interval? We need it to be long enough for changes to have happened, but not so long that respondents will have forgotten them.
3 Can people recall when health events happen? What kinds of things do they remember, and what do they forget?
4 Are there any particular problems in getting response?
5 Is it feasible to follow up movers - particularly those who have moved into residential care?
6 Do the interview data give a good picture of the respondent's real condition?
2 The sample
This is a named sample of individuals who were aged 65 and over when interviewed on the GHS and who gave permission to recall.
The set sample is about 1400 individuals in about 1000 households. This is a sub-sample of eligible GHS respondents - we have included all those aged 85 and over, and about half of the rest. The sub-sampling has been done so that in households where two elderly people were interviewed on the GHS, you will again be interviewing both.
We have traced most of the sample on the NHSCR at Southport, and so far, they have notified us of about 100 deaths, which we have deleted from the sample. You may therefore have fewer addresses to visit than your invitation to work on the survey indicated. They are continuing to notify us of deaths on a weekly basis, and we will of course immediately pass on this information to you, but there will inevitably be a small number which we won't find out about before you call at the address: please bear in mind that these are likely to be recent deaths.
3 Fact sheets and labels
You will be given one factsheet for each serial number (ie household) and this will contain telephone number and names where known, as well as the address and grid reference. You will also have the household box information from the GHS interview.
You also have address labels for use in your notebook.
4 Advance letters and purpose leaflets
Advance letters have been sent out from HQ. You also have a supply of double sided purpose leaflets and printed leaflets with some results from the 1994 GHS data on the elderly.
5 Survey period and field dates
The survey runs from 1 March to 30 April. There will be no extensions to these dates. Work has been allocated in two monthly batches.
1st to the 31st March
1st to the 30th April.
It is important that the March work is completed within the initial field period and not allowed to run on into April. If you are experiencing any problems such as ill-health, work pressures etc. you MUST keep the field office informed.
6 Planning your work
Interview length can be quite variable depending on whether you are interviewing one or two elderly people, and on the individual's state of health and speed in answering. On average we think you need to allow about half an hour per person.
Where you are interviewing a couple you will have to interview each person separately: concurrent interviewing is not possible.
There are no set rules on the number of days you can work due to the variability of quota size and degree of scatter in the addresses. As a guide you should try to complete 3/4 households a day though this will vary with availability and time spent tracing mover households or individuals.
You will have names, addresses and (for the majority) telephone numbers of the sampled individuals. In the first instance you should use the number provided and telephone to arrange an appointment.
Quota scatter varies significantly and if you find you have odd very far flung cases you should discuss with the field office whether it is economic for you to carry out an interview. Making appointments by phone should enable you to group your addresses to minimise mileage. However, as allocation was done by postcode sector it is possible that you may have odd addresses quite remote from the bulk of your work that are actually nearer to another interviewer. If in any doubt please telephone to discuss.
Where you give out cards or notes include the serial number and the field office telephone number (if you do not use your own) for calls to cancel, rearrange appointments or pass on messages. Your authority number would also be useful as informants often misread names, causing delays in passing on messages.
Informants did agree to recall at the original interview and should have received an advance letter before you call. However be prepared for cases where circumstances have changed and some or all of the sampled individuals have moved.
7 Dealing with movers
We estimate that about 100 of the sample will have moved from where they were living when we interviewed them before - about two thirds to another private household address, and the remainder into residential care.
It is important that we trace and follow up movers, because deteriorating health and mobility are a common reason for moving among this age group, so please try and get the respondent's new address. Failing that, at least try to find out whether the respondent has moved to another private household or into residential care.
• If the telephone number has stayed with the address and you speak to the new residents they may be able to give you tell you where the sampled individual has moved to. If you do not find anything out on the telephone you will need to try and obtain information when you are in the area.
• Neighbours may be able to give you reasons for the move, for example, if it was due to ill health, did they go to live with family or into care etc. We would like you to try and follow up the individuals personally wherever possible. Neighbours might be unwilling to pass on telephone numbers or an address to you directly but may pass on a letter from you. Include a copy of the advance letter and a note with the field office telephone number for them to phone. Use your own number if you prefer.
If you obtain the new address and it is within 30 miles of your home please follow them up yourself and try to obtain an interview. If you discover that the move is more than 30 miles from you, or think we may have another interviewer working nearer please return the serial number to us for reallocation. See Section 14 for details of how to do this and what information we need from you.
If the sampled individual has gone into residential care, we would still like you to try to interview them, and where you try to do this, we would like information on how easy or otherwise you found it. If cannot see the individual please try to obtain proxy information from another household member. [See Section 9 on proxy data]
8 Non-contacts and refusals
We particularly want to know if ill health is the reason for refusal or non-contact. Make full notes in the admin block.
9 Proxy interviews
If the respondent is in hospital, away, confused, or too ill to be interviewed you may take a proxy. We would like to assess which questions can reasonably be asked of proxies, so apart from the drinking section, we would like you to ask whatever you feel is appropriate, depending on who you are speaking to. Use the DK code for any questions that you don't ask because they are inappropriate, or which the proxy cannot answer.
If the sampled individual has moved into residential care, please try to interview them, but let us know about any difficulties you have in getting access. As with the rest of the sample, you may take a proxy if necessary. If no close friend or relative is available, please try to get a small amount of information from one of the care staff. Please find out when the respondent entered the home, and why they did so, and as much of the key information listed below as you can manage:
• A03-A05 (longstanding illness);
• C07-C09 (mental state);
• Section D (mobility and personal care);
• Section E (getting out).
10 The structure of the interview
As well as information about the individual, we also need to know some characteristics which relate to the household. How much depends on whether or not the respondent is at the same address as previously, and whether or not the household composition has changed. Where there are no changes, we can take most of what we need from the GHS interview.
In cases where there is more than one respondent in the household, household characteristics only need to be collected from the first respondent.
Questions for individuals are divided into sections: concurrent interviewing is not possible.
Some of the questions will look familiar - many are GHS questions. In some cases we want to compare answers to the same questions at the two different points in time, in others, we are asking what has happened in between as well.
Opinion questions are marked with an asterisk [*].
Please make full use of the note facility (Ctrl-F4) if you want to explain or comment on an answer.
11 Introducing the survey
In the majority of cases your first contact with the household will be on the telephone. Informants should have recieved the advance letter but be prepared for it to have gone astray and for your call to come `out of the blue’. In these cases they may also not remember the original GHS interview immediately. Send extra copies of the letter and a leaflet if necessary.
You may need to reassure elderly people about your credentials and the content of the survey. The information in this booklet and the briefing should give you enough to prepare an introduction.
Informants should be given a full introduction. This is likely to be best done, in person, before the interview but there may be times where you need to do it on the telephone. Remember to cover all seven points and adapt as necessary for this survey.
You may find it useful to use appointment cards after your telephone call, perhaps posting (or putting through the door if in the area) one with a copy of the purpose sheet. We did not produce this as a three-way fold leaflet because of the larger font size used.
You also have a glossy leaflet containing some relevant results from the 1994 GHS. You can use this at whatever point you feel appropriate, either before or after you have given the informant a purpose leaflet. This will show respondents what has been done with the information they gave originally.
If you are trying to locate movers, be prepared to explain who you are and about the organisation you work for. Do not go in to detail about the survey as this could compromise the informants confidentiality.
12 The questions
Household information
We need a small amount of information about matters which relate to the household. These only need to be asked once at each household. If the household is at the same address as at the GHS interview and the household composition has not changed, most questions in this section do not need to be asked.
Questions for new household members
HH08 Code marital status without asking if it has been given spontaneously.
If you do ask Marstat, it should be as a running prompt 'Are you married, living together, single, widowed, divorced or separated?' Code 2 has priority over the single, widowed, divorced and separated codes.
Do not probe 'separated', but should an informant query the term, it covers any person whose spouse is living elsewhere because of estrangement (whether the separation is legal or not).
Questions for respondents who have moved
HH10 Here the description of the accommodation should refer only to the 'space' used by the household. Thus in the case of a house owner-occupier who sublets some rooms, you should code 6 or 7 to indicate that the household occupies only part of the house.
Bungalows (including 'pre-fabs') should be treated as whole house and coded 1, 2, or 3.
'Dwellings with business premises' covers those places where there is access between the private and business parts without going outside the building. If the address is a flat in a block, the bottom storey of which is a row of shops, then code 4 or 5 should be used.
Accommodation described as 'four in a block' should be coded either 4 or 5 i.e. purpose built flat or maisonette.
For public houses, inns and hotels: Use the appropriate code. This will usually be code 8.
Caravans - code 9 applies to all types of caravan and mobile home, both mobile and fixed.
HH11 The living part of the accommodation means the living room, lounge or whatever it may be called. If it is obvious which floor the main living part is on, code from observation. If it is not obvious, you must check with the informant.
HH12 Where accommodation is owned by an individual outside the household note the following points:
Treat as 'owns/is buying': accommodation owned or being bought solely by, or jointly with, an ex-spouse
Treat as 'rents/rent free' accommodation owned or being bought by a relative or friend or formerly owned by a deceased relative and now held in trust.
Co-ownership is the joint ownership of residential properties (e.g. blocks of flats) by a group of people who have formed a registered co-ownership society.
Shared ownership involves an individual being part owner (whether on a mortgage or not) and part tenant of the property. The tenanted part is frequently owned by a local authority or housing association, who receives rent from the purchaser. The rented portion usually stands at between 25% and 75% but the purchaser may have the option of increasing the percentage s/he owns, eventually owning the property outright.
HH14 The missing code 4 is Scottish Homes. You will need to prompt respondents who spontaneously say local authority as they could be coded 1 (Local Authority or Council) or 2 (New Town). Any person whose accommodation is tied to their job should be coded 6 or 9 at LandLord. People in tied accommodation whose employer is a Local Authority, New Town or Scottish Housing Association should also be coded 6.
HH15 Central heating includes any system whereby two or more rooms are heated from a central source, such as a boiler, a back-boiler to an open fire, or the electricity supply. This definition includes a system where the boiler or back-boiler heats one room and also supplies the power to heat one other room.
Where a household has only one room in the accommodation, treat it as having central heating if that room is heated from a central source along with other rooms in the house or building.
Central heating also includes under-floor heating and hot air ducts, but not appliances plugged into the mains circuit at the wall.
If the informant is unsure whether there is central heating, ask if you may look at it yourself.
HH16 Mobile phones should not be included.
HH22 'Normally available' ...
includes: vehicles used solely for driving to and from work, vehicles on long-term hire.
excludes:vehicles used solely in the course of work, vehicles hired from time to time.
Health state
A04 Please do not use Exp/ How/ Why probes here, but do probe for anything else.
A05 If the respondent has more than one complaint, use code 1 if any of the complaints limit his/her activities.
A06-A10 If the illness started to limit activity since the GHS interview, we want the month and year. If it was before then we want to know whether or not it has got worse.
EuroQol
B01-B05 These questions are used to assess the respondent's current health state. Please use the note facility to tell us if a respondent has difficulty answering any of the items.
Sight and hearing
C01 If respondents have glasses or contact lenses but do not wear them they should be coded 'no'.
C05 A respondent who has a hearing aid, but does not wear it, should be coded 'no'.
Mobility and personal care
D01-D24 These questions aim to establish whether or not respondents are able to perform a number of activities which require varying degrees and different kinds of mobility. The emphasis is on what the respondent actually does, rather than what he or she may be physically capable of. The questions relate to the usual situation, so if a respondent is suffering from a temporary reduction in mobility, we would like to know how he or she usually manages. However, if a respondent feels that a recent reduction in mobility is likely to be permanent, then you should take this as the usual situation.
These questions are restricted to establishing whether help is needed from another person. Thus a respondent who gets up and down stairs on his or her own but with the help of a stick would still be coded 'on your own'.
The questions are filtered, so most respondents are asked about some tasks only. Thus, for example, if a respondent can bath or wash all over easily, we assume without asking that they can wash their face and hands on their own without difficulty. The aim is to avoid having to ask fit and healthy people questions which some of them might feel were insulting or patronising.
D02 etc The dependent questions relating to ease or difficulty of managing are opinion questions, so if, for example, a respondent who uses an aid says he or she manages very easily, you should accept this.
D03-D04 Enter code 2 if the respondent uses a commode or a bottle, or does not need to use the stairs in the normal way because there is a stair lift.
D05 As we have already asked about stairs and steps, we only want to know about getting round on the level at this question.
D07 This refers to getting to the WC and includes managing with clothes. If someone cannot get to the toilet but uses a commode, this should be coded 'not at all'.
D09 etc These questions are single coded. If that causes a problem, use the `other' code and specify.
D15 Use code 2 if the respondent takes a bath only if there is someone else in the house who could help if the respondent got into difficulty.
D20 We are interested in whether people have difficulty in getting food from the plate into the mouth, so this includes cutting up of food, but not preparation of food, or difficulty eating because of dental trouble.
Getting out
E01-E08 The same general instructions apply as for section D, but there are some additional questions.
E01 The words 'and walk down the road' are included to indicate that we mean more than, for example, just going into the garden.
E08 We want to know whether informants do not use public transport because of their own limited mobility, or for some other reason - they may use a car, or there may only be a very infrequent bus service. Probe answers such as 'don't go out' to establish the reason.
Domestic activities
F01-F30 Unlike the aspects of mobility covered above, some of the domestic tasks listed may usually be done by someone else (even if the informant is physically capable of doing them) or may not be done at all. Thus, if an informant does not do the task, we want to know whether he/she could do it if necessary.
F04 etc If a task or group of tasks is not done at all, we ask the respondent how he/she manages. Please probe fully.
Informal care
F31-F36 We want to get an estimate of the total amount of care the respondent needs and who provides it, without using too many questions.
F31 This is asked if the respondent has said he or she needs help getting up or going to bed, or getting around the house - things which people do every day, rather than occasional activities. If they answer `no' here, then you are asked to explain the apparent inconsistency at F35.
F36 We want an estimate of the total time spent by the carer - not just what they spend doing things we have asked the respondent about.
Use of services
G01 Include people who pay something towards the cost of a home help provided by the Local Authority, as well as those who don't have to pay anything. Note that home helps are now sometimes called home care workers.
G02 This is for those who have a completely private arrangement with a domestic help.
G09-G10 Include hours spent doing jobs for the informant in the home or elsewhere (eg shopping, changing library books). The program will accept whole numbers only, so round half hours to the nearest even whole number - ie 3½ hours is rounded up to 4, and 2½ is rounded down to 2.
If there is more than one elderly person in the household, and it is not clear which one receives the home help, split the hours between them - ie make sure that the hours are not double counted.
G15-G19 Code informant as using the service only if they did so on their own behalf (eg if a wife asks the doctor to come and see her husband, this would be coded as 'doctor attending at home' for the husband only).
G20-G26 These questions are experimental, to see if we can get some general information about outpatient attendances without asking very detailed questions about each visit. The topic is complicated in that a respondent may visit more than one outpatient department for the same health problem. For example, someone who has had a fall and broken their hip may go first to casualty (A&E), then to X-ray, be admitted as an inpatient for an operation, then seen in the surgeon's outpatient clinic and in physiotherapy. We will be asking separately about inpatient stays, but except for the casualty visits, we would like visits for the same underlying reason counted as one series of outpatient visits.
G27 At this question, a 3-month time period is used, namely the last three complete calendar months prior to the month in which you are interviewing.
Include; visits to private hospitals and private clinics.
Exclude: doctors seen abroad unless Forces doctors;
day patients.
G31 Day patients are defined as patients admitted to a hospital bed during the course of a day or to a day ward where a bed, couch or trolley is available for the patient's use. They are admitted with the intention of receiving care or treatment which can be completed in a few hours so that they do not require to remain in hospital overnight. If a patient admitted as a day patient then stays overnight they should be counted as an inpatient.
Include: dialysis patients if they are admitted only for the day and not required to stay overnight.
G35 Include: stays in private hospitals and clinics:
dialysis patients required to stay in hospital overnight.
G36 An inpatient stay lasts from admission to discharge, so if an informant was sent home for the weekend during a spell as an inpatient, this just counts as one spell.
Smoking and drinking
H03 Note that daily figures are required at both these questions.
H04 If the informant can only give the amount in ounces of tobacco or an overall weekly number of cigarettes, enter DK and record these amounts as a last resort, using the notepad facility.
H10 etc These questions collect information about frequency and about the amount usually consumed on any one day. Where drinks are grouped at this question, we are not interested in any one particular drink, but in a group of drinks as a whole. So, if someone says that they have a drink of whisky and a drink of gin each week, you should ask the question again, explaining that we just want to know how often (s)he has had a drink of any kind of spirits and liqueurs in the last 12 months.
Remember to include home-made or home-brewed drinks in the appropriate category.
Be careful to include only alcoholic shandy. Cans of shandy should not be included because they have extremely low alcoholic content. Similarly all other non-alcoholic or low alcoholic drinks (eg low alcohol wine) are also excluded.
Standard amounts
Shandy and beer/lager/stout/cider should be recorded in half-pint units, so if someone says 2 pints, enter that as 4.
Spirits should be recorded as singles, so a double gin or a large whisky should be entered as 2 singles.
Amounts of wine should be recorded in glasses, and amounts of fortified wines such as sherry or martini in small glasses. A schooner of sherry counts as 2 small glasses.
Cans
If you cannot enter the amount in half pints because the respondent has drunk metric cans, code 9 and specify whether they are small, medium or large cans:
small: 275 ml
medium: 330 ml
large: 440 ml
If the cans consumed were a different size, please estimate which of the three above comes nearest.
A small can of wine usually contains 2 glasses.
Bottles
If answers for spirits, wine or fortified wine (sherry, martini etc) are given in terms of bottles, please try to estimate the number of singles, glasses or small glasses, as follows:
A standard (70 cl or 75 cl) bottle contains approximately:
- 6 glasses of wine,
- 14 small glasses of fortified wine (sherry, martini, etc),
- 28 singles of spirits.
A litre bottle contains approximately:
- 8 glasses of wine,
- 18 small glasses of fortified wine (sherry, martini, etc),
- 40 singles of spirits.
If you can't work it out, specify the answer in terms of bottles, but please give the size; ie if the respondent drinks half a bottle, indicate whether it is a miniature, a standard bottle, a litre, or some other size of bottle.
Other points
Always record the total amount usually drunk on any one day, so if someone usually has a half pint at lunchtime and 2 pints in the evening, that should be entered as 5.
13 Pen picture
After the interview, we would like you to write a short pen picture of the respondent's circumstances, health and mobility, in case there is other relevant information which we haven't picked up in the interview itself. If you have interviewed two elderly people in the same household, we only want one pen picture. Please try and complete this immediately after the interview. A separate sheet of paper is provided for you to write it on - don't forget to write in the serial number. There are some key words at the top of the sheet to remind you of the kinds of things to cover, but what you include will vary depending on the circumstances. Here are a couple of examples:
`Mrs X is an 87 year old widow who lives alone. She moved here from London a couple of years ago to be near her younger sister (who is herself almost 80), who lives just round the corner. She has a son who is married with a family but who currently lives in Malaysia. She is mentally very sharp and thinks her health is good for her age. She copes fine in her bungalow, but is very unsteady on her feet - has had several falls since the GHS interview. She can go out to the local shops alone with her `sholley' but is frightened of falling so doesn't go out in cold, wet or windy weather. She gave up driving soon after she moved here - didn't feel comfortable driving in an area with which she was not familiar. Her sister provides her with a lot of support and help, but not on a regular daily basis.'
`Mr and Mrs Y are both in their early nineties. Mr Y is confused and forgetful, but relatively fit and can potter about in the home. He can also get to the shops, but by the time he gets there he's forgotten what he went for. Mrs Y is mentally alert but physically frail - she has a heart complaint and cannot walk more than a few steps. Their limitations are complementary, and they just about manage to stay in their home with a lot of support from various helpers who they pay for themselves, and from district nurses. They also rely a great deal on their son, who organises the help and visits every weekend to do the shopping and see to their affairs. They live in a block of flats which has a lot of elderly people living in it, who look out for each other.'
14 Claims
Study time
2 hours pre-briefing. Please use this time to go through the instructions and paper questionnaire. Make a note of any areas where you would like further information, or have a query and bring it with you to the briefing.
2 hours post-briefing to do some dummy interviews and have another look at the instructions, as necessary.
Admin. time
As quota size and spread varies so much on this survey there is no fixed allowance. Please claim the actual time that it takes you to make up your notebook, plan the quota and prepare maps. If this exceeds 2 hours can you please telephone the field office to get authorisation.
Clerical time
10 minutes per serial number. This is to cover final coding of the individual and household outcome, completion of the admin block and the entry of any notes in the admin block (see admin. section). As we require similar information to be input for non-response and interviews the time allowed is the same.
Telephone calls
You will spend a chunk of time on the telephone arranging appointments. This should be claimed for as interview time in the usual way. Use the time from making the first call to the end of your last call as your depart and return times and deduct any breaks in the usual way. Calculate the cost of the calls and claim it at the same time with an explanatory note.
Pen Picture
Please include the time taken in with interview time.
GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY 1994
EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
All fully and partially co-operating cases will be edited using the Pabedit program.
Look at every case, whether or not there are any notes etc listed on the Fact sheet.
The editing stage will cover the following:
Notes made by the interviewer using the notepad facility.
Coding some questions and recoding specified answers. Hard and soft checks that are reported in the edit.
Editing to correct routing errors in early versions of the program.
PICs (Post interview checks).
Fact sheets
A Fact sheet will be printed for each case in a batch.
This gives Batch No and Database Month (eg 406 = N0514 June) and Date of Interview.
Details of the household box are listed under Household Composition and it also indicates the type of interview (full or proxy or non-contact etc), who was interviewed on which Supp Ser No, and in which order (ie WhoInt1 and 2).
Any notes the interviewer has made using the notepad facility will be printed. QAIRE indicates whether the note is in the household (HH) or individual (IND) questionnaire; QUEST = question or variable.
Note that QUEST is only an indication of the question - it may refer to that question, or the note may refer to an earlier or later question, depending on when the interviewer uses the notepad facility.
Also note that the person to whom the note refers may not always be clear. UNIQUEQ may help eg if the last digit is 0 it may mean the first person interviewed on that Supp Ser.
All specified answers are listed under SPECIFY VARIABLES, as are details of particular qualifications which you will need to check.
The section in the Individual/Proxy questionnaire is given, as well as the Person number, and the Variable/question name.
Specify variables for the household questionnaire are listed first. For the individual questionnaires, specify variables are listed in topic order eg Education for all relevant persons, followed by Adult Health for all relevant persons.
The fact sheets are working documents. You can note what you have coded etc on them, and any other information which you need to code. Put a tick beside each note, specify variable etc to indicate that you have dealt with it.
If you have a query please FLAG the fact sheet with a post-it and note the query.
Fact sheets will be retained - they will be needed for quality checks, and may be needed to provide a list of all specified answers at a particular question.
Notes
Interviewers had to make a note if they coded 9 Other period at PyPeriod in Income as a variable to specify was not provided.
Apart from this, interviewers may make a note for various reasons eg -
Explaining why they have suppressed a consistency check
Noting a program error (eg in early months second job in Income did not always appear)
Querying whether they have done the right thing at a question and giving additional information
Noting problems they have had when inputting self-completions
Investigate all notes made by the interviewer using the notepad facility, and make amendments as necessary.
Coding/recoding
At a few variables you will be stopped with a warning to recode (or code) the question eg NOthRms in the household, code 6 at LastSch in the individual.
Look at all specified answers on the fact sheets and recode as appropriate using the editing instructions following.
Take care that you are coding the correct person.
It will be necessary to note some information on the fact sheet before you do the recoding, because when you recode the information will disappear from the screen.
eg If you are recoding the type of account at AccTypM from code 11 (Other) to code 1 (bank account), you will need to note down the following for both accounts before recoding: whether interest is received, whether gross or net, the amount of interest etc. Similarly, if you are changing 0 levels before 1975 you need to note down the number of subjects.
If you are recoding a multi-coded variable, you will need to note down all the original codes before recoding.
Hard and soft checks
A soft check is one which warns that there may be an error, but in many cases the information may be correct or acceptable.
eg There is a warning if the amount of benefits at StatBnAm is £80.00 or more - in most cases the amount will probably be correct for the informant's circumstances, but occasionally the amount may be incorrect, in which case it should be altered.
These checks can be suppressed.
If the soft check was triggered during the interview, the interviewer should have noted the circumstances if the check was suppressed.
All soft checks should be looked at, and if the information is correct then the check should be suppressed using Shift + F3.
Note that suppressed checks are triggered every time you enter the case.
Some checks were soft at the interview stage, but are hard checks at the edit stage.
Hard checks are those where the information is definitely inconsistent, and an amendment must be made to make the data consistent.
Hard and soft checks are listed in the Editing Instructions.
The circumstances in which soft checks may be suppressed are given in the Editing Instructions.
In the Editing Instructions hard checks are referred to as “hard check” or “check”, with no mention of circumstances in which the check can be suppressed.
Please note: The Editing Instructions should be used in conjunction with the Interviewer Instructions. Any definitions, instructions on how to code particular circumstances, what to include in codes etc which are given in the Interviewer Instructions are not repeated in the Editing Instructions. Therefore remember to look at both sets of instructions.
Correcting routing
There have been some corrections or changes in routing from the interview version.
You will be stopped in the edit if a variable applies but is missing.
Check whether there are any interviewer notes about this, and amend accordingly. eg There was some problem with income from second job not being asked in some circumstances in April and the interviewer may have noted the details.
If there are no notes, then use the right hand square bracket key - ] - to indicate that the answer is missing (No answer).
eg In early interview versions EverPens was not asked when PersPens = No. EverPens applies in the edit version and therefore the key for missing should be used.
PIC (Post Interview Checks)
These checks are done in Clipper and are run on all the cases in the database (at the time of running) for a particular month. They appear in the case management system. As they cover several batches, you will need to go through them with the fact sheets for a batch, and note on the fact sheet what PIC has occurred so that you can deal with it while editing.
PICs cover structure checks and some checks which could not be programmed in the edit such as occupation code range. A list of PICs follows.
SEG/Social class Matrix
If the SOC code is incompatible with employee/self-employed, employment status (manager/foreman/employee) or size of establishment, and Social Class and Socio-economic group cannot be derived, an error will be reported.
See the PAB Occupation coding Manual for guidance on how to correct Matrix errors.
Do not change employee/self-employed. If you consider this alteration needs to be made consult the supervisor, as such a change has serious consequences for the rest of the questionnaire.
Changes to the occupation code can be made in the Admin block where occupation has been coded. However, if you need to change employment status or size of establishment, then you must go back into the relevant individual questionnaire to alter the question. Note that if you are changing size of establishment use code 7 or 8 not 1-6 at Nemplee.
Jump keys
To get directly to a section you can use Control + Fl and the following numbers/ letters:
Number/letter Section
1 Smoking
2 Drinking
3 Family Information
e Education
h Health
i Income
Restoring information
If you make an error when editing you can restore any information which has disappeared from the screen by changing a question back to what it was originally, provided you do this in one session and have not exited from the questionnaire. eg if you alter Yes to No and subsequent questions appear blank, you can restore the original answers by changing the question back to Yes.
You can also use Shift + F2 which will remove all changes you have made to the questionnaire.
PabDone
This appears as the last variable in the Admin block of the Household and Individual questionnaires. You need to complete both.
Note that a clean case is indicated in the system reports only by PabDone in the household questionnaire. It is therefore important that you go back and change this to No if you have a query in the Individual questionnaire which still needs to be resolved.
Post Interview checks (PIC)
Error Nos. Errors found
8 hhld admin field INT_DONE not = 1
9 hhld main record exists but no admin record
10 HOUT = 1-30 but Indiv. records not found
11 HOUT = 31-60 but Indiv. records found
12 HOUT not coded
13 NADULTS < no. of interviewed
14 WHOINT1 / WHOINT2 have duplicate person no.
81 Indiv. records exist but hhld record not found
82 Indiv. admin field INT_DONE not = 1
83 fully co-operating hhld but IOUT1 not = 1 or 2
84 fully co-operating hhld but IOUT2 not = 1 or 2
85 Indiv. main record exists but no admin record
21, 23-26 hhld records exist (subfiles 01, 03-06) but no hhld
main record (subfile 00)
101, 103-150 Indiv. records exist (subfiles 01, 03-50)
but no Indiv. main record
l8 manual editting to outstanding (eg. change
serial no.), this error to be corrected by
Survey Branch Titchfield.
1 SOCMAIN1 / SOCMAIN2 occupation code out of range
2 SOCLAST1 / SOCLAST2 occupation code out of range
3 SOCUPAY1 I SOCUPAY2 occupation code out of range
4 INDMAIN1 / INDMAIN2 industry code out of range
5 INDLAST1 / INLAST2 industry code out of range
6 INDUPAY1 / INDUPAY2 industry code out of range
161 NPERSONS coded but no person records found
162 NPERSONS not = no. of person records
163 NCHATS not = no. of consultation records
164 Consultation records found but not expected
165 NUMBABY not = no. of birth records
166 Birth records found but not expected
30 Live births < 6 months apart
167 NUMSTEP not = no. of stepchild records
168 Stepchild records found but not expected
151 NUMMAR / CLNUMMAR not = no. of marriage records
152 Marriage records found but not expected
153 Incorrect no. of BCHH1 (child illness) records
154 BCHH1 (child illness) records found but not
expected
155 Incorrect no. of BCHH2 (child cutdown) records
156 BCHH2 (child cutdown) records found but not
expected
157 Incorrect no. of CHCHATS (child doctalk) records
158 CHCHATS (child doctalk) records found but not
expected
159 Incorrect no. of child Consultation records
160 Child Consultation records found but not expected
169 Incorrect no. of BCHH4 (child outpatient) records
170 Child Outpatient records found but not expected
171 Incorrect no. of BCHH5 (child Daypatient) records
172 Child Daypatient records found but not expected
173 Incorrect no. of BCHH6 (child Inpatient) records
174 Child Inpatient records found but not expected
175 BCHH7 (child Glasses) records expected but not found
176 BCHH7 (child Glasses) records found but not expected
HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
Dob
If this is DK or Refused and the person's age = 16-59:
If completely missing, calculate the date of birth from Age, using 15 for day and June for Month. Bear in mind the interview date.
If partly missing, calculate day, month or year as above. eg IntDate = 16-07-1994, Age = 57, interviewer note that brother knew she was born in January, but not the day. Impute Dob as 15-01-1937.
Refer to s/v if this imputed Dob then conflicts with other dates eg date of marriage in Family Information.
Age
DK/Refusal is not allowed - interviewers should have estimated age. Accept the interviewer estimate, unless there is a note that the interviewer estimated the age as "over 60" or "70 plus" and entered 60 or 70; in such cases refer to s/v for an age estimate.
A warning will be triggered if there is a discrepancy of one year or more between Dob and Age.
This check should only be suppressed if the age is 100 or more (and 99 has therefore been entered at Age).
In all other cases the discrepancy must be resolved.
Marstat
DK/Refusal is not allowed at the edit stage.
If the interviewer has noted that this information was not obtainable (or has been estimated) for a non-contact, refer to s/v for imputation. Refer to s/v any other notes which cannot be resolved from the instructions (eg queries on whether a marriage is legal).
There is a hard check that children must be single. Refer to s/v if someone aged under 16 is genuinely married.
A check will be triggered for one person households where Marstat = married or cohabiting.
SUPPRESS this check if Marstat is correct and the spouse/cohabitee is away from the household because of employment etc eg merchant seamen.
A warning message will occur if only one person in the household is coded 7 (same sex cohabiting).
SUPPRESS this check if this coding is correct.
Never recode Marstat on the basis of information later in the interview.
ReltoHoh
The actual relationship to HOH should be coded. Therefore a step child should be coded stepchild, code 4, even if there is no mention of "step" at name.
Spouse 1
Cohabitee (opposite or same sex) 2
Son/daughter (incl adopted) 3
Stepson/stepdaughter 4
Foster child 5
Son-in-law/daughter-in-law 6
Incl step son-in-law; daughter's
boyfriend if they are cohabiting
Parent (natural or adopted) 7
Step-parent 8
Foster parent 9
Parent-in-law 10
Brother/sister (incl adopted) 11
Step or half brother/sister 12
Foster brother/sister 13
Brother-in-law/sister-in-law 14
Grandchild 15
Incl step or adopted (not foster)
Grandparent 16
Incl step or adopted; in-law
Other relative 17
Incl by marriage or adoption
Other non-relative 18
Relatives of cohabiting persons of the opposite sex should be treated as if the cohabiting couple were married (but not relatives of same sex cohabiting couples - they should be treated as non-relatives). Therefore the child of the HOH's cohabitee (opposite sex) should be coded as a stepchild , and her mother as Parent-in-law, not as non-relatives.
If relatives have been legally adopted code the relationship as children eg HOH legally adopts grandson, code relationship as 3 not 15.
If the HOH has legally adopted his wife's children from a previous marriage, they should be coded as adopted here.
If a foster child is related to the HOH code that relationship not 5.
A separated or ex-spouse, not cohabiting but still living in the same accommodation should be coded as a non-relative, code 18.
There is a check between ReltoHoh = 1 or 2 and Marstat = 1 or 2/7.
SUPPRESS this check if ReltoHoh is coded Cohabitee but the person's marital status is single, if this is the actual relationship.
Also SUPPRESS the check relating to the person being a same sex cohabitee if this is the correct relationship.
There are checks between relationship and age eg A warning will be triggered if anyone coded child, stepchild, foster child, or son-in-law is older than the person; or if anyone coded parent, step-parent etc or grandparent is younger than the person.
SUPPRESS the check if the coding of relationship is correct eg it is possible for a stepson to be older than his step-father. In all other cases amend the coding as appropriate.
R - Relationship between household members
See instructions above for ReltoHoh (and interviewer instructions) - the same definitions and checks apply.
ACCOMMODATION
RelsWho
Recode answers at code 3 (specified at XRelsWho) where possible.
Include in code 1: Step son/daughter
Include in code 2: Step or half brother/sister
TypAccm
Recode answers at code 10 (specified at XTypAccm) where possible.
Codes 1-3 cannot apply at multi-household addresses, except in rare cases where 2 separate buildings have the same address eg a farm where one household occupies a detached house and another household occupies a caravan in the grounds; one household occupies rooms in an hotel and another household occupies an annexe/bungalow in the grounds. In all other cases where a household occupies only part of a house, it is that part which should be coded here.
Include in code 1 a property which is linked by a garage only, but is otherwise detached.
Include in code 9: Park home.
Farms should be coded as follows if the interviewer has made notes:
If outbuildings are attached or some rooms are used for
business purposes, use code 8.
If not, code as appropriate into codes 1, 2 or 3.
If not possible to recode because the information is not given, leave in code 10.
Lifts used for transporting goods and stair lifts for the disabled should be excluded.
Bedrooms
Any room used as a bedroom must be shown here. Even if the informant has only a kitchen with a bed in it, or the sitting room is used as a bedroom, it should be treated as a bedroom.
In Scotland some bedsitters are called single-endrooms.
A split level room ie living room with bedroom upstairs on balcony, should be counted as one room (a bedroom).
Kitchen
A soft check will be activated if both BedCook and Kitchen = No.
An open plan room including a kitchen, such as kitchen/dining/living room, should be counted here at kitchen only, and excluded from WhOthRms. A scullery or pantry used for cooking counts as a kitchen.
SUPPRESS this check if there is an interviewer note that the household's accommodation does not have a kitchen (in rare cases a bedsit may not have cooking facilities or a shared kitchen), or if the cooking facilities are on a landing or in a hall, or the household uses cooking facilities/kitchen in the restaurant below the accommodation.
Refer all queries to s/v.
NOthRms
This will be automatically coded if WhOthRms is coded 1-4 only.
Code the number of eligible rooms from the answers given at XwhRms and add on the number coded 1-4.
eg if WhOthRms is coded 1 and 5 (study and breakfast room specified) then the number of rooms to be coded at NOthRms is 3.
Check the names of the rooms against the list following and code the total number of "included" rooms only.
Remember the eligible rooms are those which have not already been coded as bedrooms or kitchen.
TO BE INCLUDED AT NOthRms TO BE EXCLUDED AT NOthRms
Back room Bathroom
Best room Bed closet
Big room Billiard room
Breakfast room Boiler room
Den Cellar
Dining room (if 2) Cloak room
Drawing room Closet
Family room Darkroom
Front room Dressing room
House (Lancashire only) Games room
Kitchen (ie a living room, Garage
rather than a room used Gun room
for cooking, also second
kitchen)
Library Gymnasium
Living room (if 2) Landing
Lounge (if 2) Laundry
Middle room Lavatory (toilet/WC etc)
Morning room Office
Music room Outhouse
Nursery Pantry (if not used for cooking)
Parlour Recess
Public room (Scotland) Rooms used entirely for business
Reception room Rooms without windows
School room Stockroom
Sewing room Utility room
Sitting room (if 2) Washroom
Smoking room Workshop
Snug
Spare room
Studio
Study
Temple room
Through lounge
TV room
ROOMS INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED
ACCORDING TO USAGE/DESCRIPTION OF ROOM
Room Include Exclude
Attic/ If has window (incl 1. Attic/Loft/
Loft/ dormer but excl Storeroom nes
Storeroom skylight - but see 3 2. If skylight
next column) (unless used as
bedroom, in which
case accept but
transfer to
Bedrooms
3.If not floored
(dormer window then
ignored)
Box room/ If used occasionally 1. Box room/Lumber
Lumber room or could be used as room nes
bed or living room 2. Usage described
other than that
under "Include"
column
Conservatory If used throughout Conservatory nes
the year
Dinette If KitEat is coded No If KitEat is coded
(partition not Yes
mentioned)
Extension If used all the year 1. Extension nes
round 2. If not used all
the year
Hall 1. If described as 1. Hall nes
Lounge Hall 2. Hall not used
2. If furnished and as a room
used as a room
Playroom If a nursery or 1. Playroom nes
children's room 2. If a games room
(active games)
Scullery If used as a living 1 . Scullery nes
room or second 2. If not used as
kitchen living room or
kitchen
Sunroom If used all the year 1. Sunroom nes
round 2. If used in summer
only
Room Include Exclude
Partitioned 1. If partition goes 1. If partition does
rooms to ceiling and not go to ceiling
there is a doorway 2. If partition does
with or without a go to ceiling but
door the open space
is wider than a
doorway
2. If sliding or 3. If open plan room
folding partition divided only by
going right across curtains or
the room portable screens
Unusable rooms If of type usually All unusable rooms
included and a note unless a note
indicates that the indicates the
situation is only situation is
temporary temporary and the
room is in the
“included” group
Work room If used for mainly 1. Work room nes
sedentary activities 2. If only used part
all the year round of the year
(eg sewing) 3. If used purely
for “active”
hobbies
(eg woodwork)
Others Rooms not used all
the year round and
not already on the
“included” list
NB Refer to s/v any rooms or circumstances not covered by this list.
Car
Exclude cars/vans which are not available for use because they are dismantled or in some other way unfit for use.
TENURE
OwnerTen
Recode all answers coded 8 (specified at XOwnerTen) into codes 1-7 from the following frame.
SC
HOH who is a household member - ONLY 1
Wife/cohabitee of HOH who is a household member - 2
Joint HOH and wife/cohabitee - both household members 3
Spouse/ex-spouse who is not a household member - ONLY 4
Joint HOH who is a household member and (ex) spouse
who is not a household member 5
HOH or wife/cohabitee of HOH (who is a household member)
- and any other household member 6
HOH or wife/cohabitee of HOH (who is a household member)
- and anybody not in the household 7
Notes:
1. If more than 2 people jointly own the property treat the codes as in priority order and use the first which applies to two of the owners eg. Joint HOH, wife and son in household should be coded 3.
2. If the informant jointly owned the property with the former spouse but now owns it in own right, only the informant should be coded here.
3. HOH not coded as owner The only time HOH will not appear as (one of) the owner(s) is when the property is owned in his wife's/cohabitee's name or in the (ex) spouse's name ie coded 2 or 4.
4. Accommodation owned or being bought by a relative or friend not in the household, or formerly owned by a deceased relative and now held in trust, should be treated as rented/ rent free.
5. Treat as owned outright if an old person has taken out a mortgage on the property to provide monthly income for the rest of their life.
6. Accommodation owned by the “partnership” or family business (where the informant is self-employed) should be treated as owned/is buying, and OwnerTen coded according to who are the members of the partnership/family business.
7. Don't know and refusal are not allowed. Refer queries to s/v.
The above notes also apply to those who are renting the accommodation.
A check will be activated if OwnerTen = 2 (wife/cohabitee of HOH) or 3 (joint HOH and wife/cohabitee) and MarStat is not coded married/ cohabiting/ same sex cohabiting.
Codes 2 and 3 can only be used if the spouse/cohabitee is in the household, otherwise codes 4 or 5 apply.
If MarStat for HOH is single etc then codes 2 and 3 cannot apply; if joint HOH and friend (who are found to be cohabiting only in Family Information) then code 6 should be used.
Refer all queries to s/v.
There is a soft check between OwnerTen being coded 4 or 5 and HOH not being coded married, divorced or separated.
Check the coding of OwnerTen. The only circumstance in which this check should be suppressed is where the HOH is cohabiting with a woman whose ex-husband owns the property.
RentJob
Notes (To be used if notes appear at this question)
1. This question is not restricted to employees, but includes self-employed persons who live in private accommodation rented with business premises which they use. In most cases where RentBusn is coded Yes, RentJob will also be coded Yes.
2. Exclude past employment eg a retired agricultural worker allowed to stay on in a farm cottage should be coded 2 (but see also notes 3 and 4).
3. If the accommodation goes with the job of a member of the family who is not a member of the household eg forces accommodation occupied by a family when the man is stationed elsewhere, RentJob should be coded 1 and Landlord coded 6.
4. If the accommodation is provided rent free in lieu of wages (ie WorklWk3 in Employment is coded None of these ), RentJob should still be coded 1 and Landlord coded 6 or 9. RentJob should not be coded 1 if the employer pays part of the rent or gives a rent allowance, unless the accommodation is tied to the job.
Landlord
Recode answers coded 7 (and specified at XLandlord) into codes 1-6 where possible.
Notes
1. Council housing tied to a job should be coded as employer (code 6) not local authority. This also applies to police houses, school caretaker's flats etc.
2. If the employer is the Armed Forces, use code 6.
3. If the informant is self-employed and lives in accommodation rented by his own company, code the organization/individual from whom the company rents the accommodation.
4. If the house went with a deceased or retired person's job, do not use "Employer" codes - use code 7 (unless another code applies).
5. Include in code 2 "Mid Wales Development Board" and Development Corporation.
6. If the informant knows it is from the local authority but doesn't know whether code 1, 2 or 4 applies, use code 1. If the informant knows it is private but doesn't know further details, use code 7.
7. Include in code 7: Agents (nes) and private trusts.
There is a soft check if RentJob = Yes and Landlord is not coded Employer (6 or 9).
The interviewer should have checked whether the accommodation goes with the job of anyone in the household who is an employee and amended the coding following instructions and definitions.
SUPPRESS this check if the person is self-employed eg Accept code 7 at Landlord if a self-employed farmer or publican or vicar rents from an estate, brewery or the church.
ResLen
There is a hard check that the person's age cannot be less than the number of years lived at the address.
0 should be coded for less than 12 months.
Nmoves
There is a hard check that Nmoves cannot be 0 if ResLen is less than the person’s age - they must have moved at least once.
Cob
Recode all answers at code 24 (specified at XCob) using the attached Countries frame.
Note
Country of birth should be coded according to its present name, even if originally the place of birth belonged to another country. If born in Palestine, code as Israel.
For people born in ships or aircraft - refer to s/v for a decision, unless the ship/aircraft is known to be British, in which case use code 5.
Arruk
There is a hard check that the person did not arrive in this country before the year of birth.
There is also a hard check between the year of arrival and ResLen to ensure consistency - the person cannot have lived at the address longer than the time since his arrival.
FathCob and MothCob
Recode all answers coded 24 (and specified at XFathCob/XMothCob) using the attached Countries frame.
Notes
Wherever possible it is the country of birth of the natural parents which should be coded here. If given the choice of natural parent’s country of birth and step/adopted parent's country of birth, always code the natural parent's country of birth.
See also notes at Cob.
Origin
Recode all answers coded 4 and 9 (and specified at XOrigin) using the following Origin frame, notes and index.
Coding of Ethnicity and notes on recoding from codes 4 and 9
1. Code the answer entered at XOrigin for that person. DO NOT refer to that person's nationality, country of birth or parents’ country of birth, or to the ethnic origin, nationality etc of any related person in that household.
2. If coded 4, or 9 and the specific answer is identical to precodes 1-3 or 5-8 ie
White
Black Caribbean
Black African
Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Then use codes 11-17.
Codes 11-17 should also be used in certain specific instances:
If coded 4 (Black other) and the answer is
Caribbean (nes) - recode to 16
African (nes) - recode to 17
If coded 9 and the answer is
Caucasian (nes) - recode to 11
Pink (nes) - recode to 11.
See also alphabetic index.
3. If coded 4 (and the specified answer is NOT "identical" to precodes 1-3 or 5-8), recode from the Black Other frame codes 21-31.
If coded 4 and no answer is specified, use code 28.
4. If coded 9 (and the specified answer is NOT “identical” to precodes 1-3 or 5-8), recode from the None of these frame, codes 61-77.
But note that "Black (nes)" should be coded 28.
If coded 9 and no answer is specified, use code 73.
5. Refer all queries to S/V.
Notes on non-mixed and mixed origin
NON-MIXED
(a) Non-mixed is indicated if the specified answer is one ethnic group or one country or one continent.
(b) Non-mixed is also indicated where the country, continent or group also has a descriptive adjective which is not linked in any way to the other country/continent/group to imply mixed origin.
eg. African Caribbean
British Arab
British Indian
African Indian
British Cypriot
Where the adjective implies that the person is British, born in another country; Arab, born in Britain; or Indian, born in Africa.
(c) In general Afro, Indo and Sino should not be considered as indicating mixed.
(d) Care should be taken where one or more words could indicate nationality eg. British and West Indian should be construed as British of West Indian descent.
MIXED
(a) Mixed origin is indicated where the answer states that the person is descended from more than one ethnic group or the word mixed is used in the description.
eg. Father white, mother Indian
Mixed English and Chinese.
(b) Mixed origin is also indicated where two or more countries, continents or ethnic groups are given, but take care with answers such as white African which may mean born in Africa of white parents. Also take care with particular types of answers:
i. Indian/Pakistani should be recoded 67 if originally coded 9
ii. Black British, British Indian may indicate Indian born in
Britain rather than descent from two ethnic groups.
iii. East African Indian indicates someone of Indian descent born
in East Africa.
(c) Anglo and Euro indicate mixed origin.
(d) Generally the use of "and" or slash (eg English and Maltese, White/Indian) can be taken to indicate mixed origin but see (d) at NON-MIXED.
(e)“Ha1f” together with a non-White ethnic group should be read as white eg Half Pakistani should be coded as mixed White and Pakistani.
RELIGIONS
Some religions namely Hindu and Sikh indicate ethnicity and should be coded according to the index.
All other religions do not indicate ethnicity and should therefore be ignored, unless it is the only answer given.
eg British Jew coded 9 - recode 62
Jewish coded 9 - recode 73
Iranian Muslim coded 9 - recode 64
Muslim coded 9 - recode 73
INDEX
Answers showing mixed race eg father white, mother Maltese are indicated in the index and instructions by a dividing slash (eg White/Maltese).
If "Welsh" or "Scottish" are given as all or part of answers, code from the index using the "English" equivalent.
Notes on categories
British (code 21)
Include any mention of British, English, Welsh, Scottish, UK, born in UK etc. whether this is the only answer, or linked with another ethnic group or nationality which is not European eg Black British, British Indian, if originally coded 4.
Answers such as British Polish, Italian Scottish originally coded 4 should be excluded and recoded 28, but British European is coded 21.
British - ethnic minority indicated (code 61)
Use this code if the words British, English, Welsh, Scottish, UK, born in UK etc are used together with a non-white ethnic group eg British Asian, British Arab, English Asian, if originally coded 9.
British - no ethnic minority indicated (code 62)
Use this code if the only answer is British, English, Welsh, Scottish, UK, born in UK. etc, if originally coded 9.
Answers such as British Cypriot, Scottish Italian originally coded 9 should be excluded and recoded 72, but British European is coded 62.
Caribbean Island, West Indies or Guyana
West Indian islands and Associated states eg Barbados, Jamaica, Anguilla; Guyana; Caribbean Commonwealth countries eg Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman islands; other Caribbean islands eg Cuba, Haiti, Puerto-Rica; Belize; British Honduras; West Indian; Caribbean (if coded 9).
North African, Arab or Iranian
North African (Arab) countries eg Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya;
Middle East countries eg Lebanon, Syrian, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Yemen; Palestinian; Berber; Iran; Persia; Kurd; Middle East; North Africa.
Other African countries
All African countries APART FROM North African (Arab) countries and Mauritius e.g. Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somali, Madagascar, South African, East Africa (but East African countries where Asian/Indian etc are also given are excluded), African (if coded 9).
East African Asian or Indo-Caribbean
People of Asian (so described) or Indian sub-continent descent born in East Africa, eg East African Asian, Kenyan Indian.
People of Indian sub-continent descent born in the Caribbean eg Indo Caribbean, Trinidadian Indian.
Indian sub-continent
Sri Lankan, Tamil, Sinhalese, Goan, Kashmiri, Bengali, Nepalese, Hindu, Sikh, mixtures of the above and of Indian/Pakistan/Bangladeshi Sinhalese Asian, Asian Goan.
Other Asian
Asian nationalities/countries APART FROM Indian sub-continent and Chinese eg Afghan, Burmese, Thai, Malaysian, Korean, Japanese, Filipino, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Mauritius, Seychelles, Oriental, Asian (nes).
Other answers (code 73)
North America, America, Canadian; Red Indian; Central America (apart from Belize and British Honduras) eg Mexico; South America (eg Venezuelan, Brazilian); Latin American; Oceania (eg Fijian, Tongan, New Guinea, Polynesian, Melanesian, Maori); Australian, New Zealand; Creole; Aborigine; Jewish (nes), Muslim (nes); Israeli; Negro; Aryan.
Vague answers eg Brown, don't know.
Answer not specified.
White as part of a mixture
Include as White the following groups, nationalities:
English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, European Anglo, Euro, Franco; all European nationalities e.g. Finnish, French, German, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian; Mediterranean islands eg Maltese, Cypriot; Turkish, Armenian; Caucasian.
NB. American Aryan, Australian, Canadian, New Zealander, South American should not be treated as white as part of mixed origin.
Asian as part of a mixture with White
Asian includes Asian (nes) or any ethnic group from Indian sub-continent or Other Asian or Chinese.
NB. Two or more Asian groups with white should be coded other mixed, codes 31 or 77.
Answers "identical" to precodes 1-3 or 5-8
Code
11 White
Include Caucasian (nes) if coded 9
Pink (nes) if coded 9
12 Indian
13 Pakistani
14 Bangladeshi
15 Chinese
16 Black Caribbean
include Caribbean (nes) if coded 4
17 Black African
include African (nes) if coded 4
BLACK OTHER (code 4)
NON-MIXED ORIGIN
Code
21 British
eg Black born in UK, Black British, Black English, Caribbean parents born in UK, English, Scottish, Welsh, British citizen, English of West Indian origin, Afro English
22 Caribbean Island, West Indies or Guyana
eg Black Jamaican, Guyanan, Jamaican, West Indian
NB "Carribean" if coded 4 should be recoded 16.
23 North African. Arab or Iranian
eg Arab, Brown Arab, Algerian, Egyptian, Jordanian, Iraqi, Libyan, North African, Palestinian, Persian, Afro Arab.
24 Other African Countries
eg Black South African, Cape coloured, Ghanaian, Kenyan, Nigerian, South African coloured, other African.
NB "African" if coded 4 should be recoded 17.
25 East African Asian or Indo-Caribbean
eg East African Asian, Indo-Caribbean, Kenyan Asian, African Indian,
Caribbean Indian.
26 Indian sub-continent
eg Goan, Tamil, Sinhalese, Sri Lankan, Sri Lankan Tamil, Sikh, Indian Pakistan, Asian Sinhalese, Asian Goan.
27 Other Asian
eg Asian, Black Asian, Indo Mauritian, Mauritian, Tamil Mauritian, Afro Chinese, Indian Chinese, Afro Asian.
28 Other answers
eg Aborigine, American, Black, European Black, Muslim, Maori, South American, South American Indian.
Don't know, no answer specified.
BLACK OTHER (code 4)
MIXED ORIGIN
29 Black/White
Anglo African, Anglo Caribbean, White/Black, African/White, English/Black American, English/Negro, English/Jamaican, Half Caribbean.
30 Asian/White
eg Anglo Asian, Anglo Indian, Eurasian, Half Mauritian, Chinese/White, Irish/Sri Lankan.
31 Other mixed
eg Asian/Black, Indian/Irani, Half caste, mixed race, Arab/Black.
NONE OF THESE (code 9)
NON-MIXED ORIGIN
Code
61 British - ethnic minority indicated
eg Black British, Black English, British Asian, British Burmese, Black born in
UK, English Asian, Scottish Indian.
62 British - no ethnic minority indicated
eg British, British citizen, English, Welsh, Scottish, Born British, born in
UK, British Jew.
63 Caribbean Island, West Indies or Guyana
Black Jamaican, Caribbean, Guyanan, Jamaican, West Indian.
64 North African, Arab or Iranian
eg Algerian, Arab, Brown Arab, Egyptian, Libyan, Iraqi, Iranian, Palestinian,Persian, North African.
65 Other African Countries
eg Nigerian, Somali, Ethiopian, Black South African, Cape colored, African.
66 East African Asian or Indo Caribbean
eg East African Asian, Indo Caribbean, Kenyan Asian, Ugandan Indian.
67 Indian sub-continent
eg Goan, Sri Lankan, Tamil, Sinhalese, Sikh, Sri Lankan Tamil
68 Other Asian
eg Afghani, Asian, Burmese, Mauritian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Oriental, Yellow.
69 Irish
70 Greek or Greek Cypriot
71 Turkish or Turkish Cypriot
72 Other European
eg Cypriot (nes), Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slavonic, Mediterranean.
73 Other Answers
eg American, Creole, Jewish (nes), Polynesian, South American, Aryan, Brown, Human.
Don't know, no answer specified.
NB “Black” (nes) if coded 9 should be recoded 28.
NONE OF THESE (code 9)
MIXED ORIGIN
74 Black/White
eg African/White, Anglo African, Anglo Caribbean, English/Negro English/Jamaican, Portuguese/Black, Half Caribbean.
75 Asian/White
eg Anglo Indian, Eurasian, Chinese/French, Irish/Sri Lankan, White/Japanese, Half Mauritian.
76 Mixed White
eg Anglo Armenian, Dutch/Portuguese, English/Irish, Maltese/White, White mixed.
77 Other Mixed
eg Asian/Black, Chinese/Jamaican, Arab/White, Mixed parentage, Half caste.
GHS MIGR. HH
ETHNIC ORIGIN INDEX
BLACK NONE OF
OTHER THESE
(4) (9)
Aborigine 28 73
Afghani 27 68
African 17 65
African/Arab 31 77
African Caribbean 28 73
African/Caribbean 31 77
African/Guyanese 31 77
African Indian 25 66
African/Indian 31 77
African/Indian/European 31 77
African/Lebanese 31 77
African Pakistani 25 66
African/Pakistani 31 77
African/West Indian 31 77
African/White 29 74
Afro-Arab 23 64
Afro-Asian 27 68
Afro Caribbean 28 73
Afro Caucasian 28 73
Afro Chinese 27 68
Afro English 21 61
Afro European 28 73
Afro Pakistani 25 66
Algerian 23 64
Algerian/Caucasian 31 77
American 28 73
American/Armenian 31 77
Anglo African 29 74
Anglo American 31 77
Anglo Armenian 31 76
Anglo Asian 30 75
Anglo Bengali 30 75
Anglo British Indian 30 75
Anglo Caribbean 29 74
Anglo Chinese 30 75
Anglo Filipino 30 75
Anglo Indian 30 75
Anglo Irish Filipino/Sri Lankan 31 77
Anglo Jamaican 29 74
Anglo/Latin American 31 77
Anglo Lebanese 31 77
Anglo Pakistani 30 75
Anglo West Indian 29 74
Anglo Somalian 29 74
Anglo Somalian/West Indian 29 74
Arab 23 64
Arab/African 31 77
Arab British 21 61
Arab/English 31 77
Arab/white 31 77
Arabic 23 64
Armenian 28 72
Aryan 28 73
Asian 27 68
Asian/Black 31 77
Asian Chinese 27 68
Asian/English 30 75
Asian Goan 26 67
Asian/Korean 31 77
Asian/Malaysian 31 77
Asian Muslim 27 68
Asian/Pakistani 26 67
Asian parents 27 68
Asian Sinhalese 26 67
Asian/White 30 75
Bangladeshi 14 14
Bangladeshi/White 30 75
Berber 33 64
Berber/White 31 77
Black 28 28
Black African 17 17
Black African/American 31 77
Black African/English 29 74
Black African/White 29 74
Black American 28 73
Black American/English 29 74
Black Asian 27 68
Black/Asian 31 77
Black, born in UK 21 61
Black British 21 61
Black Caribbean 16 16
Black Caribbean/White 29 74
Black English 21 61
Black/English 29 74
Black European 28 73
Black Jamaican 22 63
Black Jamaican/White English 29 74
Black/Portuguese 29 74
Black Scots 21 61
Black/Scottish 29 74
Black South African 24 65
Black UK 21 61
Black/White 29 74
Born British 21 62
Born in UK 21 62
Brazilian 28 73
British 21 62
British Anglo Indian 30 75
British Arab 21 61
British Asian 21 61
British Black 21 61
British Burmese 21 61
British/Burmese 30 75
British citizen 21 62
British Cypriot 21 72
British/Cypriot 31 76
British European 21 62
British Filipino 21 61
British Indian 21 61
British Jew 21 62
British National 21 62
British Pakistani 21 61
British/Pakistani 30 75
British Polish 28 72
British subject 21 62
British/West Indian 29 74
British of Vietnamese origin 21 61
British Honduras/English 29 74
Brown 28 73
Brown Arab 23 64
Brown with pink spots 28 73
Burmese 27 68
Burmese British 21 61
Burmese English 21 61
Burmese/English 30 75
Burmese/Filipino 31 77
Cambodian 27 68
Cape colored 24 65
Caribbean 16 63
Caribbean Indian 25 66
Caribbean/Indian 31 77
Caribbean parents born in UK 21 61
Caribbean/white 29 74
Caucasian 28 11
Caucasian/Aryan 31 77
Cherokee Indian/White 31 77
Chilean 28 73
Chinese 15 15
Chinese/Australian 31 77
Chinese/French 30 75
Chinese/Jamaican 31 77
Chinese/Philippino 31 77
Chinese/west Indian/White 31 77
Chinese/White 30 75
Colored Englishman 21 61
Continental 28 72
Cosmopolitan 28 73
Creole 28 73
Cypriot (nes) 28 72
Doesn't think in terms of groups 28 73
Don't know 28 73
Dutch Burghers 28 72
Dutch/Portuguese 31 76
East African Asian 25 66
East European 28 72
East Indian 27 68
Egyptian 23 64
Egyptian Arab 23 64
Egyptian/Cypriot 31 77
English 21 62
English Asian 21 61
English/Asian 30 75
English Black 21 61
English/Black 29 74
English/Black African 29 74
English/Black American 29 74
English/Burmese 30 75
English/Cypriot 31 76
English/Fijian 31 77
English/French 31 76
English/Ghanaian 29 74
English/Indian 30 75
English/Indian/Lebanese 31 77
English/Iranian 31 77
English/Irish 31 76
English/Jamaican 29 74
English/Maltese 31 76
English/Nigerian 29 74
English/Philippino 30 75
English/Polish 31 76
English (White) St Helenian 28 73
English/St Helenian 31 77
English Spanish 31 76
English/Spanish/Mexican 31 77
English/Sri Lankan 30 75
English/Thai 30 75
English/Trinidadian 29 74
English/Ukrainian 31 76
English of West Indian origin 21 61
Ethiopian 24 65
Eurasian 30 75
Euro Asian 30 75
Euro Caribbean 29 74
European 28 72
European Black 28 73
European/Black 29 74
European/Fijian 31 77
European/South African 31 77
Fair 28 73
Fijian 28 73
Fijian/Scottish 31 77
Filipino 27 68
French/Chinese 30 75
French/English 31 76
French/English/Tristan da Cuna 31 77
French/Indian - Indo European 30 75
Ghanaian 24 65
Goan 26 67
Goan Indian 26
Greek 28 70
Greek Cypriot 2a 70
Guyanese 22 63
Guyanese/Irish 29 74
Guyanese/New Zealand 28 77
Half Asian 30 75
Half Caribbean 29 74
Half Caste 31 77
Half Mauritian 30 75
Half Pakistani 30 75
Hispanic 28 73
Human 28 73
Hungarian 28 72
Hungarian/Irish 31 76
Inca/American Indian 31 77
Indian 12 12
Indian African 25 66
Indian/African 31 77
Indian/Burmese 31 77
Indian Caribbean 25 66
Indian/Caribbean 31 77
Indian Chinese 27 68
Indian/Chinese 31 77
Indian/English 30 75
Indian/Irani 31 77
Indian Pakistani 26 67
Indian/Pakistani 26 67
Indian Scottish 21 61
Indian/Scottish 30 75
Indian/White 30 75
Indo Caribbean 25 66
Indo Chinese 27 68
Indo Guyanese 25 66
Indo Mauritian 27 68
Indonesian 27 68
Indonesian/Spanish 30 75
Iranian 23 64
Iranian/English 31 77
Iranian Muslim 23 64
Irani/Indian 31 77
Iraqi 23 64
Iraqi British 21 61
Iraqi/British 31 77
Irish 28 69
Irish/Bangladeshi 30 75
Irish/English 31 76
Irish/Hungarian 31 76
Irish/Puerto Rican 29 74
Irish/Sri Lankan 30 75
Israeli 28 73
Italian 28 72
Italian/Lebanese 31 77
Italian Scottish 28 72
Italian/Scottish 31 76
Jamaican 22 63
Jamaican/English 29 74
Jamaican/white 29 74
Japanese 27 68
Jewish 28 73
Jordanian 23 64
Just individual without prejudice 28 73
Karen 27 68
Kenyan 24 65
Kenyan Asian 25 66
Kenyan/Asian 31 77
Kenyan Indian 25 66
Kenyan/Indian 31 77
Korean 27 68
Korean/Japanese 31 77
Kurd 23 64
Latin American 28 73
Lebanese/Italian 31 77
Libyan 23 64
Malay 27 68
Malaysian 27 68
Malaysian Chinese 27 68
Malaysian/English 30 75
Maltese 28 72
Maltese/white 31 76
Maori 28 73
Mauritian 27 68
Mauritian Asian 27 68
Mediterranean 28 72
Mediterranean/European 31 76
Melanesian 28 73
Melanesian/White 31 77
Mexican 28 73
Mexican/American/English 31 77
Middle East 23 64
Mixed African 31 77
Mixed Barbados & Jamaican 22 63
Mixed African descent
of West Indian origin 31 77
Mixed Parentage 31 77
Mixed Race 31 77
Moroccan 23 64
Muslim 28 73
Muslim from Africa 24 65
Negro 28 73
Negro England 21 61
Negro/English 29 74
Nepalese 26 68
Nigerian 24 65
Nigerian/English 29 74
Nigerian/White 29 74
No answer specified 28 73
North African 23 64
Oriental 27 68
Other African 24 65
Other Asian 27 68
Pakeha 28 73
Pakistani 13 13
Pakistani/Asian 26 67
Pakistani/English 30 75
Pakistani Indian 26 67
Pakistani/Indian 26 67
Pakistani/Philippino 31 77
Pakistani/White 30 75
Palestinian 23 64
Persian 23 64
Persian/White 31 77
Philippino 27 68
Philippino/English 30 75
Philippino/Pakistani 31 77
Philippino/White 30 75
Pink 28 11
Polish 28 72
Polish/English 31 76
Polynesian 28 73
Portuguese 28 72
Portuguese/Black 29 74
Portuguese/Goan 30 75
Portuguese Indian 28 73
Portuguese & Indian from Goa 30 75
Portuguese Indian & Armenian 31 77
Quarter Caste 31 77
Refused to describe ethnic group 28 73
Russian 28 72
Scottish 21 62
Scottish Black 21 61
Scottish/Black 29 74
Scottish Indian 21 61
Scottish/Indian 30 75
Scottish/Venezuelan 31 77
Second generation Indian immigrant 26 67
Semitic 28 73
Seychelles French 28 73
Seychelles/French 30 75
Seychelles/French/Chinese 31 77
Sicily (Italian) 28 72
Sikh 26 67
Sinhalese 26 67
sinhalese Asian 26 67
Sinhalese Tamil 26 67
Sino European 28 73
Sino Spanish 28 73
Slavic 28 72
Slavonic 28 72
Somalian 24 65
South African colored 24 65
South American 28 73
South American Demerara 28 73
South American/European 31 77
South American Indian 28 73
South American/Indian 31 77
South American Halfcaste 31 77
South American/White 31 77
South East Asian 27 68
Spanish 28 72
Spanish/English 31 76
Spanish/Indonesian 30 75
Sri Lankan 26 67
Sri Lankan/Anglo Irish Filipino 30 75
Sri Lankan/English 30 75
Sri Lankan/Irish 30 75
Sri Lankan Tamil 26 67
Syrian extract 23 64
Tamil 26 67
Tamil Mauritian 27 68
Tamil Sinhalese 26 67
Thai 27 68
Tibetan 27 68
Tongan 28 73
Tongan/English 31 77
Trinidadian/English 29 74
Turkish 28 71
Turkish Cypriot 28 71
Ugandan 24 65
Ugandan Asian 25 66
Ugandan/Asian 31 77
UK/Mauritian 30 75
UK West Indian 21 61
UK/West Indian 29 74
Ukrainian 28 72
Vietnamese 27 68
Welsh 21 62
Welsh/Scottish/English 31 76
West Indian 22 63
West Indian/English 29 74
West Indian/Italian 29 74
West Slav 28 72
White 11 11
White African 28 73
White/African 29 74
White Afro Caribbean 26 73
White/American Negro 29 74
White/American Red Indian 31 77
White/Amerindian 31 77
White & Arabic Jew 23 64
White Armenian 26 72
white/Armenian 31 76
White/Asian 30 75
White Barbadian & Jamaican 29 74
White/Berber 31 77
White/Black 29 74
White/Black Caribbean 29 74
white/Caribbean 29 74
white/Chinese 30 75
White/Dominica 29 74
White English/Black Jamaican 29 74
white/Ethiopian 29 74
White European 28 72
White Jewish 28 73
White Malaysian 28 73
White/Malaysian 30 75
White/Maltese 31 76
White Mauritian 28 73
White/Mauritian 30 75
White Mixed 31 76
White/Pakistani 30 75
White/Persian 31 77
White/Philippino 30 75
White/South American 31 77
White/Sri Lankan 30 75
White West Indian 28 73
White/West Indian 29 74
Yellow 27 68
Yorkshireman 21 62
Zimbabwe 24 65
B/3/INDEX GHS
Migration Summary of countries
COUNTRIES: SUMMARY FRAME
UNITED KINGDOM
Code
England 1
Scotland 2
Wales 3
Northern Ireland 4
Channel Islands/Isle of Man 5
Include GB/UK/British Isles (nes)
Republic of Ireland/Eire 6
Include Ireland (North or South not specified)
European Union (EC) Countries 7
Other Europe 8
Old Commonwealth 9
New Commonwealth
India 10
East African New Commonwealth 11
Rest of African New Commonwealth 12
Caribbean Commonwealth 13
Mediterranean Commonwealth 14
Far East Commonwealth 15
Remainder New Commonwealth 16
Pakistan 17
Bangladesh 18
Rest of World
Africa 19
America 20
Asia - Middle East 21
Rest of Asia and Oceania 22
Answer too general to be given a specific country code, but
person born outside UK/Eire 23
Migration countries
COUNTRIES (Grouped)
UNITED KINGDOM
1 England
2 Scotland
3 Wales
4 Northern Ireland
5 Great Britain/UK/British Isles (not specified which part) incl.
Channel Islands & Isle of Man.
6 Irish Republic (Eire) (incl. Ireland N or S not specified).
7 European Union (EC) Countries
Belgium
Denmark (incl. Greenland)
France (incl. Monaco)
German Federal Republic (West Germany & East Germany)
Germany (E or W)
Italy (incl. San Marino & Vatican)
Netherlands (Holland)
Luxembourg
Greece
Portugal (incl. Azores & Madeira)
Spain (incl. Balearic & Canary Islands)
8 Other Europe
Albania
Austria
Bosnia Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Confederation of Independent States
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland (incl. Aland Islands)
Georgia (ex USSR)
Hungary
Iceland
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Norway; Svalband (incl. Spitsbergen); Jan Mayen
Poland
Rumania
Russian Federation (ex USSR)
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland (incl. Liechtenstein, Bvsingen and Campione)
Ukraine
(Yugoslavia)
Other Western Europe:
Andorra
Faroe (Danish)
Turkey
9 Old Commonwealth
Australia (incl. Tasmania)
Canada
New Zealand
10 India
India (incl. Jammu Kashmir and Sikkim)
11 East African Commonwealth
Kenya
Malawi (Nyasaland)
Tanzania (Tanganyika & Zanzibar & Pemba)
Uganda
Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)
12 Rest of African Commonwealth
Botswana (Bechuanaland)
Swaziland
Lesotho (Basutoland)
The Gambia
Ghana
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
13 Caribbean Commonwealth
Barbados
Belize (British Honduras)
Guyana (ax. British Guiana)
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
Other West Indies:
Antigua (incl. Barbuda)*
Dominica (Windward Isles)
Grenada (Windward Isles)
St Kitts-Nevis Anguilla*
St Lucia (Windward Isles)
Bahamas (Commonwealth of the)
St Vincent (Windward Isles)
Bermuda (Br.)
Cayman Islands (Br.)
Montserrat* (Br.)
Turks & Caicos Islands (Br.)
British Virgin Islands
West Indies (nes)
*Leeward Isles
14 Mediterranean Commonwealth
Cyprus
Gibraltar (Br.)
Malta
15 Far East Commonwealth
Hong Kong
Malaysia (incl. Sarawak & Sabah N Borneo)
Singapore
16 Remainder New Commonwealth
Brunei
Papua New Guinea
Miscellaneous Islands in Pacific:
Solomon Islands
Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)
Nauru (Republic of)
Pitcairn Islands (Br.)
Western Samoa
Tonga
Tuvalu (Ellice Islands)
Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
Australian Dependencies:
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Christmas Island
Norfolk Island
Heard and McDonald Islands
New Zealand Dependencies:
Cook Islands
Niue
Tokelau
Commonwealth Islands in Indian Ocean:
British Indian Ocean Territory:
Chagos Archipelago
Mauritius
Seychelles
Islands in South Atlantic:
Falkland Islands
Ascension
St Helena
Tristan da Cunha
Gough
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
17 Pakistan
18 Bangladesh (East Pakistan)
19 Rest of World - Africa
French Territory of the Afars and Issas (French Somaliland) (Djibouti)
Algeria
Angola (incl. Cabinda)
Benin (ex Dahomey)
Burundi
Cameroon Republic
Central African Republic (ex Empire)
Chad
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Djibouti (Republic of)
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea (ex Spanish)
Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
Gabon
Guinea (Republic of)
Guinea Bissau (incl. Cape Verde Islands - ex Port Guinea)
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco (incl. Western Sahara, Ceuta & Helilla)
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
Senegal
Somali Republic (Somalia)
South Africa
Sudan
Toga
Tunisia
Upper Volta/Burkina Faso
Zaire (Congo)
Libya
Other Africa:
Comoros (Islands)
Reunion (Fr.)
Sao Tome and Principe
Namibia
Mayotte (Fr.)
20 America
USA (incl. 'America' nes)
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Cost Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Guatemala
French Guiana
Netherlands Guiana (Surinam)
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama (md. Canal Zone)
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico (US)
El Salvador
Uruguay
Venezuela
Others:
Guadeloupe (Fr.)
Martinique (Fr.)
Netherlands Antilles (Curacao)
St Pierre & Miquelon (Fr.)
Virgin Islands (US)
21 Asia - Middle East
Bahrain
Iran (Persia)
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of) (Aden)
Syria
The United Arab Emirates (Trucial States)
The Yemen Arab Republic (The Yemen)
22 Rest of Asia and Oceania
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Burma
China (incl. Tibet) (People's Republic of, incl. 'China' nes)
China (Rep. of) (Formosa or Taiwan)
Indonesia (incl. East Timor)
Japan (incl. Okinawa & Ryukyu Islands)
Kampuchea (Cambodia)
N Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)
South Korea (Republic of)
Korea (not specified whether N or S)
Laos
Macao (Port.)
Maldives
Mongolia (People's Republic of)
Nepal
Philippines
Thailand (Siam)
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of)
Pacific Islands:
Fiji
Carolines (US Trust)
Guam (US)
Marianas (US Trust)
Marshall Islands (US Trust)
Midway Islands (US)
New Caledonia (Fr.)
French Polynesia
American Samoa (East Samoa) incl. Johnston Islands.
Wake Island (US)
Wallis & Futuna Islands (Fr.)
23 Answer too general to be given a specific country code, but
person born outside UK/Eire.
COUNTRY OF BIRTH
COUNTRIES (ALPHABETICAL LIST)
COUNTRY CODE
Aden (now South Yemen) 21
Afghanistan 22
Aland Island 8
Albania 8
Algeria 19
America (nes) 20
American Samoa (E Samoa) 22
Andorra 8
Angola (incl. Cabinda) 19
Antigua (Br.) 13
Argentina 20
Ascension Islands (Br.) 16
Australia 9
Austria 8
Azores (Port.) 7
Bahamas 13
Bahrain 21
Bangladesh 18
Balearic Islands (Sp.) 7
Barbados 13
Barbuda 13
Belgium 7
Belize (ex Br Honduras) 13
Benin (ex Dahomey) 19
Bermuda (Br.) 13
Bhutan 22
Bolivia 20
Bosnia - Herzegovina 8
Botswana (Bechuanaland) 12
Brazil 20
Britain (part not specific) 5
British Honduras (Belize) 13
British Virgin Islands 13
Burundi (ex Br.) 16
Bulgaria 8
Burma 22
Burundi 19
Bvsingen 8
Byelorussia (Russian Fed.) 8
(Kampuchea)
Cambodia (Khmer Republic) 22
Cameroon Republic 19
Campione 8
Canada 9
Canary Islands (Sp.) 7
Cape Verde Islands 19
Caroline Islands (USA) 22
Cayman Islands (Br.) 13
Central African Republic 19
(ex Empire)
Ceuta (Sp.) 19
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 16
Chad 19
Chagos Archipelago 16
Chile 20
China (nes) 22
China (People's Republic) 22
China (Republic of Taiwan) 22
Christmas Island (Australia) 16
Cocos Islands (Australia) 16
Colombia 20
Comoros 19
Confederation of Independent
States 8
Congo (Democratic Republic) 19
Congolese Republic 19
(now Zaire)
Cook Islands (NZ) 16
Costa Rica 20
Croatia 8
Cuba 20
Curacao 20
Cyprus 14
Czech Republic 8
Dahomey (Benin) 19
Denmark 7
Djibouti (Republic of) 19
Dominica 13
Dominican Republic 20
Ecuador 20
Egypt (UAR) 19
Eire 6
Ellice Islands 16
El Salvador 20
Eguatorial Guinea 19
Estonia 8
Ethiopia (Abyssinia) 19
Falkland Islands (Br.) 16
Faroe Islands (Den.) 8
Fiji 22
Finland 8
Formosa (Taiwan) 22
France 7
French Guiana 20
French Polynesia 22
French Territory of the Afars
& Issas (French Somaliland)
(Djibouti) 19
Gabon 19
Gambia 12
Georgia (ex USSR) 8
Germany 7
Germany (formerly German Democratic Republic) 7
Germany W. (Fed. Rep.) 7
Ghana 12
Gibraltar (Br.) 14
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) 16
Goa (now India) 10
Great Britain (Part not spec.) 05
Greece 7
Greenland (Denmark) 7
Grenada 13
Gough 16
Guadeloupe (Fr.) 20
Guam Island (USA) 22
Guatemala 20
Guinea (Republic) 19
Guinea Bissau 19
Guyana (ex British Guiana) 13
Haiti 20
Heard Island 16
Honduras 20
Hong Kong (Br.) 15
Hungary 8
Iceland 8
India 10
Indonesia 22
Iran (Persia) 21
Ireland (N or S not spec.) 6
Irish Republic (Eire) . 6
Iraq 21
Israel 21
Italy 7
Ivory Coast 19
Jamaica 13
Jan Mayen 8
Japan 22
Johnston Islands 22
Jordan 21
Kampuchea 22
Keeling Islands (Australia) 16
Kenya 11
Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) 16
Korea (N or S not spec.) 22
Korea North 22
Korea South 22
Kuwait 21
Laos 22
Latvia 8
Lebanon 21
Lesotho (ex Basutoland) 12
Liberia 19
Libya 19
Liechtenstein 8
Lithuania 8
Luxembourg 7
Leeward Islands (Br.) 13
Macedonia (ex Yugoslavia) 8
Macao (Port.) 22
Madeira (Port.) 7
Madagascar
Malagasy Republic 19
Malawi 11
Malaysia 15
Maldive Islands 22
Mali 19
Malta 14
Marianas Islands (USA) 22
Marshall Islands (USA) 22
Martinique (Fr.) 20
Mauritania 19
Mauritius 16
Mayotte (Fr.) 19
McDonald Islands 16
Melilla (Sp.) 19
Mexico 20
Midway Islands (USA) 22
Monaco 7
Mongolia 22
Monserrat (Br.) l3
Montenegro (Yugoslavia) 8
Morocco (incl. Western
Sahara) (ex Spanish) 19
Mozambique 19
Myanma (Burma) 22
Namibia 19
Nauru 16
Nepal 22
Netherlands (Holland) 7
Netherlands Antilles 20
Netherlands Guiana (Surinam) 20
New Caledonia (Fr.) 22
New Guineau Territory 16
New Hebrides (Br.)(now
Venuatu) 16
New Hebrides (Fr.)(now
Venuatu) 16
New Zealand 9
Nicaragua 20
Niger 19
Nigeria 12
Niue 16
Norfolk Islands (Australia) 16
Norway 8
Oman 21
Pakistan 17
Panama (Republic of) 20
Panama Canal Zone (USA) (now
as above) 20
Papua New Guinea 16
Paraguay 20
Pemba 11
Peru 20
Philippines 22
Pitcairn Islands (Br.) 16
Poland 8
Portugal 7
Portuguese Guinea (now
Guinea Bissau) 19
Portuguese Timor (East
Timor) (now pt. Indonesia) 22
Puerto Rico (USA) 20
Qatar 21
Reunion Island (Fr.) 19
Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 12
Romania 8
Russia 8
Russian Federation 8
Rwanda 19
Sabah (N Borneo)
Malaysia 16
St Helena(Br.) 16
St Kitts - Nevis
Anguilla(Br.) 13
St Lucia 13
St Pierre & Miquelon (Fr.) 20
St Vincent 13
El Salvador 20
Samoa - East (US) 22
Samoa - Western 16
San Marino 7
Sao Tome & Principe 19
Sarawak (Malaysia) 16
Saudi Arabia 21
Senegal 19
Serbia (ex Yugoslavia) 8
Seychelles (Br.) 16
Sierre Leone 12
Sikkim (India) 10
Singapore 15
Slovakia (ax Czechoslovakia) 8
Slovenia 8
Solomon Islands 16
Somali Republic 19
South Africa 19
South Yemen (People's
Democratic Republic of)
(Aden) 21
Spain 7
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 16
Sudan 19
Surinam (ex Neth Guiana) 20
Svalband (incl. Spilsberger) 8
Swaziland 12
Sweden 8
Switzerland 8
Syria 21
Taiwan (Formosa) 22
Tanzania (Zanzibar) 11
Thailand (Siam) 22
Tibet (China) 22
Timor-East (Indonesia) 22
Tobago (Trinidad) 13
Togo 19
Tokelau Islands (NZ) 16
Tonga 16
Trinidad 13
Tristan da Cunha (Br.) 16
Trucial Stats (United Arab
Emirates) 21
Tunisia 19
Turkey 8
Thrks & Caicos Islands (Br) 13
Tuvalu 16
Uganda 11
Ukraine 8
United Kingdom (part not
spec. but involving Channel
Isles and IOM): 5
England 1
Scotland 2
Wales 3
Northern Ireland 4
United Arab Republic (Egypt) 19
United Arab Emirates 21
Upper Volta 19
Uruguay 20
USA 20
Vanuatu (New Hebrides) 16
Vatican 7
Venezuela 20
Vietnam (Socialist
Republic of) 22
Virgin Islands (USA) 20
Virgin Islands (Br.) 13
Wake Islands (USA) 22
Wallis & Futuna Islands(Fr.) 22
Windward Isles (Br.) 13
West Indies (nes) 13
Yemen & Arab Republic 21
Yemen-South (People's Republic) 21
Yugoslavia 8
Zaire 19
Zambia 11
Zanzibar (Tanzania) 11
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) 12
EMPLOYMENT EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
WorklWk1 / Work1Wk2
“Working” includes:
Members of limited companies (who are always employees). They must be accepted as working whether they actually do anything or not.
Informants currently receiving holiday pay from their previous employer after they have actually left the job, including informants on terminal leave from the Forces.
Seasonal, occasional or casual workers only if they worked last week.
NB Do not include unpaid family workers, not even people working for a related member of the same household (eg wives working unpaid in their husband's business) who see themselves as working.
WorklWk3
Note:
It is acceptable for a full-time student or someone at school to be coded looking for work here if they were looking for work last week.
Handicapped people attending occupation centers should be included in code 4 here, even though they may class themselves as working. Earnings from these centers usually amount to a few pounds per week for a fairly large number of hours of "work".
Govschem
There is a soft check if YT is coded but the person is aged 20 or over.
Check with Income and Health. SUPPRESS this message if the information is correct eg 2 year YT is open to disabled people aged 16-21 who recently left full-time education.
There is a soft check if Training for work/ET is coded and age is 60 or over.
People aged 60-62 are now eligible for ET. Check with Income. SUPPRESS this check if the information is correct.
Trn
There is a check that if Trn = 1 (with an employer), then either WorklWk1 or Worklwk2 must be 1.
If the person is genuinely on YT/ET with an employer, then they should be counted as working - amend WorklWk1 to 1.
UnempTim
Include in code 1 (less than a week) if the informant had already found a job before becoming unemployed and had chosen to wait before starting a new job, so was not looking for work during the period of unemployment.
SelfEmp
There is a hard check on being on a government scheme last week and SelfEmp - self-employed people receiving enterprise allowance are not treated as, being on a government scheme.
NOTES (if interviewer notes occur at this question)
Priests: In general accept whether employed or self-employed. If there are queries treat C of E as employee, Non conformist as employee, Catholic as employee, Jehovah's witnesses as self-employed.
Sub postmasters:
i. Where the informant is only a sub postmaster he is an employee.
ii. If the informant has been able to split days/hours and income for sub postmaster and own business - accept how it is coded.
iii. If the informant has been unable to split these aspects and an amount has been given as all income from self-employment - accept it all as one self-employed job, coding occupation and industry to the shopkeeper's job.
Nemplee
Recode all answers coded 9 (specified at XNemplee) into codes 1-8.
WorkHrs
Notes:
1. If hours vary within a set pattern (eg 48 hours one week, 44 another) take the mean
(in this case 46).
2. For people who work regularly as employees but not every week, code the number of
hours as a weekly average eg 4 hours every other week - code as 2 hours per week.
3. Overtime should be included for the self-employed. For the employed overtime is
excluded unless:
i) it is compulsory
ii) where some form of "flexitime" system is worked and no
compensatory time is taken off.
4. Days at college for day release etc should be included in hours worked.
5. For people working short time code the number of hours usually worked i.e. when not on short time.
6. Employees who do not actually work - code as 1 hour per week (mainly limited company directors).
JobTime
If the informant has worked on and off for his/her present employer, ignore all previous spells of employment and code only the length of time in the current spell (eg casual workers).
A soft check will be activated if the person is on YT and JobTime is coded 6-8. YT does not generally last more than 2 years. SUPPRESS this check if the information is correct eg the person is on YT and is disabled and the period has been extended.
A soft check will be occur if the person is on Training for work/ET and JobTime is coded 5-8. ET does not normally last more than 1 year. SUPPRESS this check if there is a note that the information is correct; otherwise refer to s/v.
BenOff - IncSup
“Claiming” benefit rather than receiving it is what counts here. Therefore, even if a claim made last week has been disallowed or the outcome is not known, the answer should be Yes.
Unemployment benefit is normally paid fortnightly so the question should be coded Yes if the person's claim covered last week.
Activity
Recode answers at code 5 (specified at XActivity) where possible into codes 1-4, using the following notes.
Code 1 (going to school or college full-time):
This code should be used for students aged less than 50 attending school or college full-time only.
Include unpaid vocational training on courses which involve attending both college and work eg student physiotherapists/radiographers. Also include nurses training under the Project 2000 scheme.
Part-time students, including those studying independently eg by correspondence, Open University etc, should be coded 2, 3 or 4 if one of those codes applies. Use code 5 as a last resort.
There is a hard check that persons coded full-time students must be aged 16-49.
Recode to 2, 3 or 4 as appropriate, or use code 5 as a last resort.
Code 2 (permanently unable to work):
This code should be used for those whose inability to work is due to their own health problems or disability.
There is a hard check that persons coded permanently unable to work must be aged 16-64 if male, 16-59 if female.
Recode to 3 or 4 (or 5) as appropriate if male aged 65 or over or female aged 60 or over.
Code 3 (retired):
Women who at a comparatively early age cease work in order to become housewives, or who have never worked, are excluded.
Include people who have taken early retirement and are not seeking employment.
There is a hard check that women coded retired must be aged 50 or over. Recode 4 or 5 as appropriate if female aged 50 or over.
Code 4 (looking after home or family):
Domestic duties include looking after children or sick relatives. Include men who are looking after the home or family (provided codes 1-3 do not apply).
Code 5 (doing something else):
Include the following as long as none of codes 1-4 applies:
Full-time students aged 50 or over
Temporarily sick and not looking for work
Elderly people who live with relatives
Attending a training center for handicapped (mentally or physically)
Unpaid voluntary work; unpaid work training
Longer term sick who would otherwise be looking for work
UnpaidWk
Note that the business must be owned by the spouse/partner or other relative, not by the informant.
The relative can be inside or outside the household.
PENSIONS EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
PersPens and EverPers and OthPers
Exclude AVCs (Additional Voluntary Contributions) and FSAVCs (Free Standing AVCs) - these do not count as personal pensions, but are extra contributions to an employer's pension scheme.
PersCont
Include extra contributions made by someone else on the informant's behalf eg spouse or parent.
EDUCATION EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
EdTyp
Recode answers at code 4 (specified at XEdTyp) into codes 1 - 3 or 5 where possible.
MAX MC =3
Note that the question refers to who runs the classes.
Code 1 includes: Adult Institute, Adult Education Center, any classes run by the Local Education Authority; local council; Community/Village College; Community Center; Community school; local authority leisure center, City Leisure Services, Worcester; Stockport Schools Orchestra.
Code 3: excludes
University of the Third Age (code 4), university where the course leads to a qualification and open university courses (should appear at PresEd).
Code 4: includes
Leisure center (nes), in church hall (nes), RAF school, Red Cross; Civil Service Recreational Center; Hospital, Charity; University of the Third Age, Aerobics class (nes); Social Services
If it is not clear who runs the class, use code 4.
eg Local authority leisure center = code 1 but local leisure center or fitness center (nes) should be coded 4 as should local church hall (nes).
New code:
Code 5 privately run classes
It must be stated or it must be obvious from the description that the class is private.
eg Private aerobics class; private class in local village hall, local church group - private group; private music tutor; Rugby Club, Sports Club, Women's Institute; Workers Education Authority, Dancing Club; Dancing School, Keep Fit Association.
AgeLftSc
There is a soft check if AgeLftsc = 20 or more. The interviewer should have checked that the person left school (NOT COLLEGE) at this age. If age is correct SUPPRSSS this check.
School includes sixth Form College, Technical School and City Technology College.
If the informant is coded as a student last week in Employment but has now left and is not intending to continue full-time education treat as having left school.
PresEd
Notes: Include
Any course attended at any type of college of further education, university, teacher training establishment, polytechnic etc, including secretarial courses and courses at military colleges, such as Sandhurst, which lead to a qualification.
- Open University courses and other correspondence courses.
- Training given to nurses, physiotherapists, radiographers, and similar paramedical professions.
- Day-release courses.
- Sandwich and block-release courses. (Sandwich courses tend to be up to 6 months in college and 6 months at work; block-release courses average l8 weeks or less in college per year.
- ET or YT courses at recognised educational institutions (usually Technical Colleges). Include as further education if any part involves attendance at a recognised educational institution.
- Unpaid vocational training at any type of College.
- Courses at Tertiary Colleges (recode from 'still at school' if necessary).
Notes: Exclude
- Leisure classes (where the course does not normally lead to an examination or qualification). [See FuthrEd]
- Paid vocational or in-service training (such as that given to members of the police or fire service) - because courses are run by the employer. (But remember that training given to nurses, physiotherapists, nursery nurses etc is included).
- Job re-training such as that provided by government Skill Centers.
- Studying on own (apart from Open university and correspondence courses) where the informant is not receiving any form of tuition, nor studying for an exam, or only getting practical experience.
EdNow
There is a soft check that EdNow should be 1 (Studying at a college on a YT or Employment Training (ET) program) if the person is on YT/ET at college in the Employment section.
Check that the person really is on YT/ET:
- if yes, then recode EdNow to 1.
Suppress the check:
- if there is an interviewer note indicating that the person is no longer on YT/ET or is not at a recognised educational establishment/ college.
FuthrEd
See notes at PresEd on what to include/exclude to resolve queries.
Exclude - in service training organised or run by the informant's employer e.g. courses run by the police, civil service and local education authorities.
LastSch
Recode ALL answers from code 6 (specified at XLastSch) into precodes 1-5, using the following notes:
code 1: Includes
Primary and elementary schools
Secondary schools - grammar; secondary modern, comprehensive; sixth form college; community school or college, Public school, private school.
Central School
Technical School
City Technology College
Special schools for the physically and mentally handicapped; ESN schools.
Note: When recoding to 1, check with AgeLftFt and AgeLftSc eg if left 6th form college at 18 then AgeLftSc must be 18.
code 2- Includes
doctors who did practical work as part of their training in a (teaching) hospital
code 2. Excludes
Open University - this is part-time education so should not appear here.
code 3 Includes
All polytechnics, known as central institutions in Scotland.
code 4. Includes
All nurses, physiotherapists and others trained in paramedical subjects except those who attended a university or polytechnic full time.
code 4 Excludes
doctors; their practical work forms part of their degree course, and hence should be coded to 'university'.
code 5 includes
All other colleges of further education provided the course lasted at least 3 months, and was run by an educational establishment, either in the State or private sector eg Teacher Training College; College of Further Education, Technical College.
Notes
1. The last school or college attended full-time is required (in
the UK or abroad).
2. An informant interviewed between courses should be coded to the type last attended full-time.
3. The status at the time of attending the establishment eg polytechnic when attended but afterwards became university should be coded as polytechnic.
4. Full-time courses of under 3 months should be excluded.
5. Courses given by an employer to train employees (eg fire service, police, civil service, Armed Forces, local education authorities) should be excluded.
6. Job retraining at government Skill Centers should be excluded.
7. Foreign schools/colleges should be included in the equivalent GB
code.
AgeLftFt
There is a hard check that the age left full time education cannot be less than the age left school.
QualsB - OualsD
General points
The information given at QualDesc - Exam will be used to check the correctness of the precoding of codes 2-5 at LevCode3.
The qualifications will be checked against the Census Qualified Manpower Index (see Level of Qualifications later).
Codes 6 and 8 will also be checked.
Either the qualification will have been coded correctly and the code will be accepted, or it will be recoded into one of the precodes at LevCodel, LevCode2 or LevCode3, or into new code 9 at LevCode3, (or it will be left in code 6 or 8).
New Code: MC
Other “C” level qualifications 9
Notes on editing Educational Qualifications
Sources of reference are as follows and should be consulted in the Order given here
1. GHS Editing Instructions
Deletions
Foreign Qualifications
Exams taken in School
Other exams taken in school (incl. local school certs.)
Apprenticeships
Commercial Qualifications
Technical Qualifications
Nursing Qualifications
Teaching Qualifications
University Diplomas etc.
First degree
Higher degrees
Other 'C' level qualifications (code 9 at LevCode3)
Other Qualifications (code 8 at LevCode3)
Level of Qualifications and additional code
Key to 1991 Census Qualified Manpower index
Notes on using the QM index
2. Qualified Manpower Index (QM Index): compiled for the 1991 Census
Qualifications are listed in the QM index under awarding institution.
QUALIFICATIONS TO BE DELETED ALTOGETHER
GENERAL POINTS
1. Examination results not yet known should be deleted.
2. Partially completed qualifications
(i). These should be deleted eg first year of City and Guilds Craft Course; BEC/TEC level 1 or 2 or 3, Tech I or II.
Note that Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) and Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE), which are equivalent of 2 years/1 year of a 3 year CNAA degree course, are qualifications in their own right and should be coded 9 at LevCode3.
(ii). Intermediate Exams/Qualifications - Sometimes 'Intermediate' can refer to a completed qualification eg City and Guilds Intermediate, Intermediate Bachelor of Laws Exam - (Code 9 at LevCode3), or more often an exam taken before the final stage eg Intermediate Certificate/Exam of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Where 'Intermediate' does refer to a completed qualification (see QM index) - code accordingly. If it does not refer to a completed qualification do NOT code that qualification if the informant has also obtained the relevant final or other higher qualification of the same type.
(iii). Credits from Open University - where degree not completed (ie under 6 credits).
3. Qualification issued by employers (other than those covered by the 'Specific Qualifications' to be deleted), should be referred to S/V. Most of them will be deleted but each case will be considered individually.
4. Repeated Subjects for the same qualification eg the same subjects may be taken in consecutive years for 'A' levels in order to obtain higher grades, or shorthand and typing qualifications at different speeds may be shown. In these cases the qualification should be coded once only for the higher grade.
SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS TO BE DELETED ALTOGETHER
1. Apprenticeship qualifications are sometimes awarded automatically when an
apprenticeship has been completed eg 'Master Butcher's Federal Diploma'. In these
cases the apprenticeship as such is coded and the 'award' deleted.
2. Board of Trade only accept if in Census and index.
3. Civil Service Examinations for entrance, promotion, establishment, typing etc.
4. Dancing awards (but NOT ballet qualifications which should be coded 8 Other at
LevCode3).
5. Drawing Certificates awarded by the Royal Drawing Society.
6. Driving Certificates and Driving Instructor's qualifications including Heavy Goods
Vehicle Licence. 7. Fellow: If not covered by Census index.
8. Fire brigade examinations.
9. First Aid Certificates (delete all Red Cross/St John's Ambulance qualifications).
But include first aid as a SCOTVEC module.
10. Forces trade qualifications other than those which are recognized apprenticeships
or Forces Education Certificates (code 8 Other at LevCode3).
11. Government Training Center (GTC)/Skill Center courses or awards. TOPS/JTS/YTS
courses - unless a recognized qualification eg RSA/GCE was obtained.
12. GPO telecommunications, telegraphy etc.
13. Local Authority examinations for entrance, promotion, etc in Local Authority
Service.
14. Merchant Navy - only accept if in Census index.
15. Mining deputies/shot firers/foremen etc - designations awarded by employers
including the NCB but not qualifications awarded by the Mining Qualifications
Board.
16. Music Grade examinations and certificates for learners (eg Associated Board of the
Royal Schools of Music).
17. Nursing qualifications obtained by qualified nurses after taking supplementary
courses (unless shown in the QM Index).
18. Ordination/lay preaching qualifications.
19. Play Group leader's qualifications.
20. Police force examinations.
21. Prison/Borstal training qualifications.
22. Scholarships other than for GCE 'A' level.
23. Speech/elocution examinations (other than those in the Census Index).
24. Swimming Certificates include life saving and instructors' certificates.
25. Sports coaching and refereeing qualifications.
26. Union Membership eq Equity, National Association of Head Teachers.
IPCS (Institute of Professional Civil Servants).
27. Internal school examinations.
28. Pre HNC/HND bridging or conversion courses. 29. Forces Preliminary Examinations (to gain admission to university).
FOREIGN QUALIFICATIONS
All qualifications either taken abroad or where the awarding body was overseas (including Eire, but not Northern Ireland) should be coded as follows:-
Foreign school exams Code 9 at LevCode1
Other non-school foreign qualifications Code 7 at LevCode3
It is possible to obtain GCSE and some other British qualifications abroad.
British Forces qualifications taken abroad should always be treated as British.
Unless there is evidence to prove that the awarding institution is British treat the qualification as foreign, eg 'Australian equivalent of 'A' level'; a degree taken in France.
Note that 'City and Guilds (Higher)' are for the most part considered to be foreign qualifications - if in doubt refer to S/V.
Remember to check the 'deletion' notes before using code 7 when recoding.
EXAMS TAKEN IN SCHOOL
NB If you need to recode any exams, make sure you take a note of all the details, including the number of subjects etc, before you make any amendments.
CSE
There is a check between CSE and Age in the household box.
Age must be 45 or over as CSE could not be taken before 1965.
Unless there are any notes which indicate that the exam was something other than CSE eg a foreign exam which should be recoded, then delete CSE here and recode to code 8 Other at LevCode3.
There is also a check that AgeLftSc must be 15 or more if car is coded.
CSE was rarely taken outside school, at an age of 15 or over.
Unless there are any notes which indicate that the exam was not CSE, in which case recode, then delete CSE here and recode to code 8 Other at Levcode3.
School certificate or matric
There is a check between Matric and Age in the household box, which should be 58 or more.
School Certificate/Matric could not be taken before 1917 or after 1950.
Check whether this is a foreign Matric or a “local” school leaving certificate, not THE School certificate, and if so, recode.
If there is no other information, then delete Matric here and recode
8 Other at LevCode3.
There is also a check that AgeLftSc must be 15 or more. Matric was taken when at least 15.
Unless there are any notes or other information which indicate that the
exam was not Matric, (in which case recode accordingly, then delete Matric here and recode 8 Other at LevCode3.
Olevel
There is a check that if this is coded 1 (obtained before 1975), then the age must be 34 or over.
Unless there are any clarifying notes or information, recode to code 2 Grades A, B, C.
ScotExam
There is a check that if coded 1 (SLC Lower grade or SUPE), then AgeLftSc must be 16 or more.
Unless there are any notes or information to clarify the coding, delete SLC Lower grade/SUPE here and recode 8 Other at LevCode3.
There is a check that SCE Ordinary grade before 1973 is coded (code 2), then age must be 36 or more.
Unless there are any clarifying notes or information, recode to 3 SCE Ordinary grade bands A, B, C.
Code 9 (None) - If the interviewer has noted the type of exam, see notes at Other Exams taken in School below on how to recode.
NSub
If a subject was passed more than once at the same level it should be counted once only.
There is a check at School Certificate/Matric that the number of subjects must be at least 5.
A minimum of 5 subjects was required to matriculate. If less than 5 subjects, delete School Certificate or Matric (code 6) at LevCodel and recode 8 Other at LevCode3.
OTHER EXAMS TAKEN IN SCHOOL
Apart from the precoded types of exams other School exams or certificates may be recorded, usually at Other at LevCode3, and are to be treated as follows -
1. Attestation of Fitness - can be awarded for either SUPE or SCE Higher or for GCE 'A' levels in Scotland. Code whichever it is; if not stated code as 8 (SLC/SCE/SUPE at higher grade or Cert of Sixth Year Studies) at ScotExam.
2. CEE (Certificate of Extended Education) - This examination could not be taken before 1974. It is taken at 16 or over and in school only. Grades 1-3 = CSE grade 1 - Code 2 at CSELev; grades 4 or 5= CSE grades 2-5 - code 3 at CSELev. If the grade is 'unclassified' or not given - CSE ungraded/DK grade - code 1 at CSELev.
3. 16+ exam/Certificate - This was originally intended to replace CSE and GCE.
If graded A, B or C = CSE grade 1 - code 2 at CSELev.
If graded D or E = CSE Grades 2-5 - code 3 at CSELev.
If graded 1, 2 or 3 = GCE '0' level - code 2 at Olevel.
If not graded - code 1 (Ungraded) at CSELev.
4. International Baccalaureate. This is equivalent to 'A' level, if obtained in the UK - code 4 (no grade or DK grade) at ALevel; if not - code 9 at LevCodel.
5. Use of English - code 8 (Other) at LevCode3.
6. Irish School Certificate (Northern Ireland) - treat as School Certificate -code 6 at LevCodel, unless described as 'Junior', which should be coded 8 (Other) at LevCode3.
7. Northern Ireland Senior Certificate - treat as 'A' level - code 4 (no grade or DK grade) at ALevel or as '0' level - code 1 at OLevel, depending on the age left school or level attained; if level not known, treat as '0' level.
8. Scottish Day School Certificate - this is a certificate of attainment given without exam, normally at 15. (Do not confuse with the old Scottish Leaving Certificate awarded at 17, or with its successor, the Scottish Certificate of Education, whose Ordinary Grade can be taken at age 16). It should be DELETED.
9. Senior Leaving Certificate (Scotland) - introduced as the Leaving Certificate in 1880, its title was changed to Senior Leaving Certificate in 1939 and it was replaced by the Scottish Leaving Certificate in 1950. Senior Leaving Certificates obtained from 1939 to 1949 (inclusive) should be coded as Higher Level (code 8 SLC/SCE/SUPE at higher grade at ScotExam).
10. Oxford and Cambridge Senior and Junior examinations - the Senior corresponds roughly to the later General School Certificate. Both should be coded as Other code 8 at LevCode3.
11. School Certificates or Junior Leaving Certificates set by LOCAL Boards - ie to provide some piece of paper to show employers where informants have not taken any of the national exams - should be coded Other code 8 at LevCode3. They were mainly awarded before the advent of the CSE in 1965. (But see also 8, 9 and 10)
12. Regional Examining Union (REU) SCHOOL Certificates - these fulfilled the same purpose as the local Certificates and should likewise be coded as Other code 8 at LevCode3.( However, recode to code 2 (clerical & commercial) at LevCode2 if at least one subject is commercial).
The boards are:
1. EMEU - East Midland Educational Union
2. NWRAC - North Western Regional Advisory Council for Further Education
(ULCI - Union of Lancashire and Cheshire Institutes incorporated in NWRAC)
3. NCTEC - Northern Counties Technical Examinations Council
4. WJEC - Welsh Joint Education Committee
5. WMAC - West Midlands Advisory Council
(UEI - Union of Educational Institutions incorporated in WMAC)
6. YHCFE - Yorkshire and Humberside Council for Further Education
(YCFE - Yorkshire Council for Further Education - as YHCFE)
NB Use code 8 Other at LevCode3 for SCHOOL Certificates awarded by REUs.
REUs also set commercial and technical examinations - see note (d) of Clerical and Commercial qualifications.
13. Royal Society of Arts (RSA) SCHOOL Certificates - code 8 at LevCode3
NB RSA set commercial and technical exams. See note (a) of
Clerical and Commercial qualifications.
Code 8 at LevCode3 should be used for all RSA exams not
covered by the commercial and technical instructions.
14. Pitman's SCHOOL Certificate - code 8 at LevCode3
NB Pitman's commercial subjects - see note (b) of Clerical and
Commercial qualifications.
15. College of Preceptors School Certificate and Senior Certificate - code 8 at
LevCode3.
LevCode2
CLERICAL AND COMMERCIAL OUALIFICATIONS - CODE 2
Code 2 should be used for ALL such qualifications which do not go beyond 'A' level.
Include in code 2.
(a) RSA - provided at least one subject is ‘Commercial'.
incl. the RSA School Certificate (Commercial) but NOT their other School Certificates. It is possible to take single subjects which are not 'commercial' eq English - these should be coded 8 Other at LevCode3.
'Commercial' subjects include: Commerce; Shorthand; Typing; book-keeping, machine accounting/calculating; office practice; storekeeping; audio-typewriting; commercial law; coat accounting; secretarial duties, company law, quantitative methods in business; office supervision; General principles of English Law. If in doubt about whether a subject is 'commercial' or not refer to S/V.
(b) Pitmans - except for their School Certificate.
(c) London Chamber of Commerce (incl. their School Certificate or Commercial Education)
(d) Regional Examining Union (REU) COMMERCIAL awards: ie those where at least one subject is commercial. For a list of the Regional Examining Unions see note 12, 'Other School Exams'.
(e) (SCOT)BEC qualifications in Secetarial and Office work.
(NB (SCOT)BEC National/General/Higher Diplomas and Certificates should be coded 7 or 8 - see instructions on technical qualifications).
(f) All secretarial bookkeeping shorthand/typing, comptometer etc exams but NOT, accountancy exams, CSE/SCE/GCE qualifications in such subjects, or commercial exams set by the Forces.
NB City and Guilds do not set exams in commercial subjects.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS - CODES 3-10
1. City and Guilds - the certificates of the City and Guilds of London Institute (CGLI) are divided into 3 levels, denoted by Codes 3, 4 and 5. The most common names are shown at the question, in addition include the following -
Basic Level - Code 3: Basic; basic craft; basic operative; junior operative, advanced operative; higher operative; craftsman, Stage I; Junior craftsman; plant operation; mechanic's certificate/
course, maker's certificate/course, worker's certificate/course; workshop practice, craft.
Advanced Level - Code 4. Advanced craft, technicians final; advanced technician, Stage II; Technicians Inter, technicians (nes); Higher technicians Technician Part I.
Technology Level - Code 5. Technology; Management (principles), Stage III; Foremanship, Supervisory Level, Organisation, Advanced course, Advanced Studies, Administration; Licentiateship.
Teaching Oualifications - should be coded 2 or 9 at LevCode3 as directed in the indexes
NB Sometimes course numbers are mentioned only eg C & G 150. As a last resort use code 3.
2. ONC/OND/HNC/HND - Codes 7 and 8 include the qualifications shown at the question - Certificate = part-time; diploma = full-time.
Endorsement subjects should be coded the same as the original qualification. (They are taken to pass in a subject not originally taken, usually in order to obtain a professional qualification or exemption therefrom). This applies in particular to HNC/HND. The HNC of Supplementary Study or Post HNC should be treated in the same way. HEC (Higher Endorsed Certificate) should be coded 8.
3. BEC/TEC/BTEC - Codes 6, 7 and 8
Awards issued by BTEC have replaced the awards from BEC/TEC (which in most cases replaced ONC/OND etc).
(BTEC should not be confused with BTech which is Bachelor of Technology degree.)
BTEC First award - Include BTEC First Certificate/Diploma (The first awards are equivalent to GCSE).
If the BEC/TEC award was not the National/General Certificate or Diploma or the Higher Certificate or Higher Diploma, then if it is a commercial qualification it should be coded 2, and if a technical qualification it should be coded 3.
SCOTVEC Higher National Certificate or Diploma should be coded 8.
4. Other technical exams to be included in Code 3
i. Regional Examining Union Awards - ic, those explicitly technical and all those technical awards where none of the subjects passed is commercial.
ii. Industry Training Boards eg Engineering (EITB); Construction (CITB).
iii. RSA - School Certificate (Technical).
iv. Scot BEC - Stage I Junior.
If it is difficult to distinguish between codes 3 and 4 use code 3.
If it is difficult to distinguish between codes 7 and 8 - use code 7.
If it is difficult to distinguish between codes 9 and l0 - use code 9.
NB NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications) These are competence based qualifications and there are 5 levels: Level 1 - Level 5. The National Council for Vocational Qualifications is not an awarding body but accredits qualifications awarded by other bodies eg RSA and London Chamber of Commerce. If there is sufficient information about the awarding body to code the qualification, then code accordingly eg Level 2 (Secretarial) awarded by RSA would be coded 2. In other cases where there is insufficient information, then recode to Other code 8 at LevCode3.
LevCode3
NURSING QUALIFICATIONS - CODE 1
Notes
1. In the QM index nursing qualifications will be found in the Medical and Teaching qualifications Index under 'General Nursing Council' (GNC); 'Royal College of Nursing', 'Central Midwives Board' or 'Royal College of Midwives' etc.
(QM nursing qualification codes are 293-310).
2. Qualifications which should be excluded from 'Nursing' and recoded to 8 (Other) are -
Nursery Nurses Qualifications such as NNEB (Nursery Nurses Examination Board).
Dental Nurses/Hygienists.
3. Some teaching qualifications in nursing subjects may have been included by some informants in code 2 in error - check with QM Index under Nursing - Teaching qualifications and recode to 1 accordingly.
TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS - CODE 2
Code 2 includes all teaching certificates awarded by Universities and Colleges of further education.
Code 2 includes: Certificate of education
Teacher's Certificate; teacher's diploma
Teaching Certificate; teaching diploma
Post graduate certificates in education
Art teachers certificates and diplomas
Notes
1. These certificates/diplomas cover primary, secondary/further education or level unspecified.
2. They may or may not be held in conjunction with a preceding degree.
3. ALL post graduate certificates in education must be included in code 2. This takes priority over the QM indexes.
4. Similarly, certain art teachers certificates and diplomas must be included in code 2. Again, this takes priority over the indexes and includes -
Art Teacher's Certificate (ATC)
Art Teacher's Diploma (ATD)
Art Master's Certificate (AMC)
Secondary Teacher's Art Cert. of the University of Oxford
Specialist Art Teacher's Diploma of Edinburgh College of Art.
5. RSA and Pitmans Teaching Qualification should be coded 2 at LevCode2. Teaching Qualifications awarded by the LA should be coded 8 (Other).
City and Guilds Teaching qualifications should be coded according to the indexes.
6. Qualifications gained by qualified teachers as a result of further training specialization should not be coded as 2 unless so indicated in the Indexes. They can be coded into any other codes, depending on the type of qualifications, but many of them will be university diplomas at C level (code 9).
7. Exclude Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) - This is a degree and should be coded 4 (or 5 if obtained before 1967 at certain universities).
8. Exclude Diploma of Higher Education (Dip HE) and Certificate of Higher Education (Cert HE) - These should be coded 9.
UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA ETC - CODE 3
LEVEL 'B' QUALIFICATIONS
Included in code 3 are ALL qualifications designated 'B' level by the Census classification of qualifications except first degrees (code 4), art teachers qualifications (code 2) and post graduate teacher's certificates (code 2).
It includes B level University diplomas; B level qualifications from other educational establishment and B level professional qualifications.
Note that in the 1991 QM Index only post-graduate university certificates and diplomas (apart from post-graduate teacher's certificates) are designated 'B' level (others are included in 'C' level). If the diploma etc has been awarded after a degree, or there is no evidence of year obtained and the informant also has a degree, then assume it is post-graduate and code accordingly. However there are exceptions eg Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW) should be coded 9. (The Open University also awards diplomas).
FIRST DEGREE - CODE 4
LEVEL 'B' QUALIFICATIONS
These are most commonly identified by the term Bachelor or Bachelorate eg BA, but some masters degrees are level 'B' see below (and Appendix A).
Include in code 4 the following
Bachelor degrees at all universities, (polytechnics, etc) except those listed under code 5. See Appendix B for polytechnics which have been renamed universities.
Bachelor degrees awarded by the CNAA - Council for Academic Awards, obtained mainly at polytechnics and colleges of education.
Master of Arts (MA) at: Cambridge University
Oxford university
Scottish Universities other than Strathclyde
Master of Engineering (MEng) at:
Aston university
Bath University
Birmingham University
Bradford University
Bristol University
City University
Edinburgh University
Glasgow University
Heriot Watt University*
Lancaster University
Leeds University
Liverpool University*
London University
Loughborough University
Manchester University
Newcastle University
Nottingham University
Queen's (Belfast) University
Salford University
Sheffield University*
Master of Engineering (MEng)(contd):
Southampton University
Strathclyde University
Surrey University
Ulster University
Wales University
York University
Hatfield Polytechnic
Liverpool Polytechnic
Middlesex Polytechnic*
Nottingham Polytechnic
Portsmouth Polytechnic
Sheffield City Polytechnic
South Blank Polytechnic
South West (formerly Plymouth) Polytechnic
Wales Polytechnic*
At many universities BEng and MEng are both first degrees, MEng being a longer course often in different subjects; at a few universities it is a joint extended first degree BEng-MEng or BSc/MEng.
*MEng is also awarded as a higher degree but only code as a higher degree if the person has a BSc or BEng etc from a different university/polytechnic. If in doubt, code as a first degree.
*MEng was a higher degree in the past (higher degree in 1979)
Master of Mechanical Engineering- Manufacturing and Management (MEng & Man) at Birmingham University
Master of Theology (MTheol) at St Andrews University.
Diploma in Technology (discontinued) - NCTA - National Council for Technological Awards. Superseded by CNAA.
Intermediate degrees - DELETE - except for Intermediate Bachelor of Law - Code 9.
Use code 3 - If it is difficult to distinguish between codes 3 and 4.
HIGHER DEGREES - CODE 5
LEVEL 'A' QUALIFICATIONS
These are most commonly identified by the term 'Master' eg Master of Arts (MA), or 'Doctor' eg Doctor of Philosophy (Phd), but there are exceptions - see the lists below.
Include in Code 5 the following.-
DOCTORATES at Universities and Colleges of Advanced Technology (CATS)
DOCTORATES awarded by the Council for Academic Awards (CNAA)
DOCTORATES awarded by Cranfield Institute of Technology
DOCTORATES awarded by the Royal College of Art
MASTERS degrees at all Universities and CATs with the exception of:
Master of Arts (MA) at:
Cambridge University
Oxford University
Scottish Universities other than Strathclyde (ie Aberdeen, Dundee,
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot Watt, St Andrews).
Master of Engineering (MEng) at the universities and polytechnics listed at code 4.
MEng& Man at Birmingham University.
MTheol at St Andrews University.
These are all first degrees.
MASTERS degrees awarded by CNAA (may be called 'Higher' degrees)
MASTERS degrees awarded by Cranfield Institute of Technology
MASTERS degrees awarded by the Royal College of Art
MEMBER of the College of Technologists (MCT) (- superseded by CNAA)
FELLOW OF The Royal College of Advanced Technology, Salford.
BACHELORATE (bachelor) degrees in-
Architecture (BArch) at Manchester University
NB BArch at Wales University is now a first degree but was a higher degree in the past.
BArch at other universities is a first degree although done after BSc or BA in architecture.
Civil law (BCL) at: Durham University
Oxford University
Divinity (BD) at: Cambridge University
Manchester University
Oxford University
NB BD is awarded as a first and higher degree at St Andrews University.
Education (BEd) at: Aberdeen University ) Before 1967
Edinburgh University ) Before 1967
Glasgow University ) Before 1967
Queen's (Belfast) University ) Before 1967
St Andrews University ) Before 1967
Landscape Design (BLD) at: Manchester University
Letters (BLitt) at: any University
Linguistics (BLing) at: Manchester University
Music (BMus) at: Leeds University
Oxford University
Southampton University
Obstetrics (BAO) at: Queen's (Belfast)
Philosophy (BPhil) at: any university except BPhil in Education at Lancaster University
BPhil (Ed) at: Liverpool University NB BPhil (Ed) and
BPhil (Teaching) at all other universities are first degrees
Planning (BPl) at: Manchester University
Town Planning (BTP) at: Manchester University
Science (BSc) at: Oxford University
Note
In order for these Bachelor Degrees to be coded to the higher level they must be described as:
Bachelor of Architecture (BArch)
Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL)
Bachelor of Education (BEd before 1967)
Bachelor of Music (BMus; MusB)
Bachelor of Obstetrics (BAO)
(Bachelor degrees eg BA, BSc, where the main subject is one of the above are not classified as higher degrees).
In addition there should be some evidence of the informant also holding a first degree or its equivalent. If not, please refer to S/V because there may be exceptions.
Also refer to S/V anyone with a Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) from Wales University or Bachelor of Divinity (BD) at St Andrews University where it is unclear whether it should be coded as a first or higher degree.
OTHER 'C' LEVEL QUALIFICATIONS - NEW CODE 9
LEVEL 'C' QUALIFICATIONS
Included in new code 9 are ALL qualifications designated 'C' level by the census classification of qualifications except
City and Guilds - Full technological/Part III (code 5 at LevCode2)
HNC/HND/BEC/TEC/BTEC Higher certificate or diploma (code 8 at LevCode2)
Nursing Qualifications (code 1); Teaching Qualifications (code 2)
It includes C level University diplomas; C level qualifications from other educational establishments and C level professional qualifications.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTION - CODE 6
This code should always be recoded according to the QM Indexes.
The only occasion when code 6 will not be recoded is in cases where there is no information at OualDesc, Award etc to enable the correct code to be determined. This applies to Quota months April and May 1994 when QualDesc was not asked. (However, if the occupation and any other information suggest that the level of membership could be accurately imputed, then refer to s/v.)
OTHER NON-SCHOOL FOREIGN QUALIFICATIONS - CODE 7
All non-school foreign qualifications should be coded here, including foreign university degrees.
(Remember to check whether qualifications are foreign at Award and WhereOb.)
'OTHER QUALIFICATIONS' - CODE 8
This code has least priority.
Code 8 must be used for all eligible qualifications which cannot be recoded into other codes at LevCodel, LevCode2 or LevCode3. For UK qualifications this means those coded X 'Unacceptable' in the census QM index.
There is no need to specify code 8, but make sure it is used only for qualifications that are genuinely not acceptable but still eligible - ie not appearing on the list of "Qualifications to be deleted".
Refer all queries to S/V.
See "Other exams taken in school", "Clerical and Commercial Qualifications" and "Technical Qualifications" for some examples of qualifications to be included in 8.
Forces Education Certificates should be included in 8.
Examples: (a) 1st class - Certificate of Education 1st Class - Army.
Education Test Part II - RAF
Higher Education Test grades 1-6 - Navy.
(b) 2nd class - Certificate of Education 2nd class - Army
Education Test Part I - RAF
Higher Education Test grade 7 or higher - Navy.
(c) 3rd class - Certificate of Education 3rd class - Army (none in the
RAF)
Education Test for leading ratings - Navy
Army Special Certificate of Education (corresponding to
matric).
Certificate of Pre-vocational Training should be included in 8.
Degree
This applies to all coded 3 (University Diploma), 4 (First Degree), or 5 (Higher Degree) at LevCode3.
Code the major subject recorded at Major.
Refer to Subject Classification for Education Statistics Appendix C and select one code.
Additional code:
More than one qualification and in different subjects 997
If subject has not been answered, and cannot be deduced, use the key for missing.
Notes:
1. Code the subject area even if it seems inconsistent with the description of the qualification.
2. If the answer is not as precise as the description in the Subject Classification eg Geography (no further explanation) code to the most likely group. In the case of 'Geography' use code 108 rather than code 058 (Geography as a physical science). Refer dubious cases to s/v.
3. If only one qualification and more than one subject is recorded:
If it is not in the index and 2 subject codes would apply -
where there is a code for general subjects within that group, use that code eg French and German - use code 162
otherwise use the appropriate code from Group Y (combined and general courses) eg English and History - use code 203.
Remember it is the major subject that should be coded - some informants may list subsidiary subjects and only the major subject should be coded eg mechanical engineering, technical drawing and maths should be coded Mechanical Engineering.
Refer all queries to s/v.
NB Do not use code 997 - See Note 4.
4. If more than one qualification is coded 3, 4, 5 and the subjects fall into more than one code, proceed as follows:
If coded 5 (Higher degree) - code the subject of that qualification eg BA in economics and MSC in computer studies - code computing.
In all other cases use code 997.
eg BA in English and University diploma in Drama - code 997
BSc in Chemistry and LLB in Law - code 997
5. Vague answers/no answers: If the subject description is impossible to code, or not answered use the key for missing.
LEVEL or QUALIFICATIONS
The Department of Education and Science provides gradings of each qualification in terms of academic level as follows -
A Level denotes higher degrees
B Level denotes first degrees and qualifications of equivalent standing.
C Level denotes advance (ie above GCE 'A' Level) qualifications but below graduate standing
PRE-CODES BY LEVEL
LEVEL LevCode2
C City and Guilds - Full technological/Part III 5
C HNC, HND, BEC/TEC, BTEC Higher certificate or diploma 8
LevCode3
C Nursing 1
C Teaching Qualifications 2
B Level B qualifications from Universities,
other educational establishments and
professional institutions 3
B University or CNAA First degree 4
A University or CNAA Higher degree 5
Additional code
C Level C qualifications from Universities,
other educational establishments and professional
institutions not elsewhere classified 9
below
C Other Qualifications 8
KEY TO 1991 CENSUS QUALIFIED MANPOWER INDEXES
Qualifications are listed in the QM Indexes alphabetically by awarding institutions, except in the Medical and Teaching Qualifications index.
Each acceptable qualification is given a 3 digit qualification code and a 3 digit subject code (R = ‘all’ subjects; T = Teachers)
'Unacceptable' qualifications are identified by Code X - these are not coded on the Census but will be coded 8 (Other) on GHS unless covered by specific GHS instructions eg deletions.
Levels Level A covers qualification codes 001-007
Level B covers qualification codes 008-255
Level C covers qualification codes 256-478
Census codes GHS codes
001-007 5 at LevCode3 Higher degree
008-013 4 at Levcode3 First degree
*O14-255 3 at LevCode3 "B level" University, other
college or professional qualification
256, 288, 289 9 at Levcode3 "C level" Professional
257-262 8 at Levcode2 HNC/HND etc
263-287, 290-292 2 at Levcode3 Teaching
293-310 1 at Levcode3 Nursing
311-458,460-471,475,477 9 at Levcode3 ”C level” University, other
college or professional
qualification
459 5 at Levcode2 City and Guilds Full
Technological
472-474 7 at Levcode3 Foreign Qualifications
below B)
(476 NA)
478 2 at Levcode3 Teaching
*Certain Art teachers qualifications (095, 245 or 255) and ALL post graduate teacher's certificates are excluded from 3 and coded 2 - Teaching.
NOTES ON USING THE QUALIFIED MANPOWER INDEXES
1. The QM Indexes are organized in binders containing:
Universities and Polytechnics
English Colleges (A-L and M-Z)
Scottish, Welsh and Irish Colleges
Professional Institutions
Abbreviations
Medical and Teaching Qualifications
Foreign and Commonwealth Qualifications (not used on GHS)
Unacceptable Qualifications
Subjects (not used on GHS)
See point 14 (The Indexes) below.
2. Listed under each 'Awarding Body' is the full list of acceptable qualifications (HNC, HND and above), and subjects obtainable. Any unacceptable qualifications are listed beneath this with an 'X' in the code column - these should be coded 8 (Other) unless they are covered by Specific GHS coding instructions eg DELETIONS. A full list of unacceptable qualifications is contained in the 'Unacceptable Qualifications Index'. Note that if all qualifications from an Awarding Body are unacceptable, the Awarding Body will only appear in the Unacceptable Qualifications index.
3. Against each acceptable qualification are two 3 digit codes:
First 3 digits - level of qualification (or T - 'Teacher')
Second 3 digits - subject(s) in which awarded (or R - range of subjects too wide to be listed, T - 'Teachers')
EXAMPLE
QUAL SUBJ
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS
082 R
DIPLOMAS
332 015 Public Health
465 R
UNACCEPTABLE
CERTIFICATE
X AgricultureThis means that all postgraduate diplomas are given the Census code 082, which translates to GHS code 3 at LevCode3 (ie B Level). All diplomas, except for Diploma in Public Health, are Census code 465 = GHS code 9 at LevCode3 (ie C level); Diploma in Public Health is Census code 332 = GHS code 9 at LevCode3.
A Certificate in Agriculture from this awarding body is unacceptable, and would be coded 8 (Other) at LevCode3.
4. Universities, Polytechnics and other Educational Establishments will be found under the name of the Town/City/County or geographical area in which they are situated.
eg 'University of East Anglia' will be found under 'East Anglia' 'City of Birmingham Polytechnic' under 'Birmingham'.
5. Whenever a title is written as 'Institute of ' and no entry can be traced, a check should always be made under 'Institution' (which follows alphabetically after Institute). Sometimes an awarding body (particularly Engineering Institutions) will be written as 'Institute' when it should be 'Institution'. (Also try 'Royal', 'Chartered'; 'Institutional'; 'National').
6. Brackets around part of the Awarding Institute name in the Index, indicate that these words can be included/excluded in the construction of the title,
eg De La Salle (Training) College, Manchester
Derby (and District) College of Technology
Association (of) Stores and Materials Controllers
Association (for the) Study of Medical Education
In the Alphabetical Index the words in brackets are ignored.
7. Abbreviations - There is a separate index containing an alphabetical list of recognised abbreviations and designatory letters The 3 digit qualification code is given beside the abbreviation
8. Dates - Sometimes the level of the qualification is dependent upon the year in which the qualification was gained. If this is not possible to deduce (check age of informant and age left full-time education) code to the current level of the qualification.
9. The words 'Associate', 'Member', 'Licentiate', 'Graduate' are sometimes preceded by 'Diploma of', this is not significant, and should be ignored.
10. Polytechnic Awards
All degrees awarded by Polytechnics are CNAA awards, therefore if you have -difficulty in finding the level and subject under the relevant Polytechnic refer to Council for National Academic Awards for level code. Similarly refer to CNAA for diplomas and certificates from Polytechnics.
11. Legal qualifications
For all Legal qualifications where Inns of Court etc are mentioned look up the Law Society or the Council for Legal Education.
12. Medical qualifications
Conjoint awards are conferred when the subjects studied qualify for more than one award eg MB, Bch.
As well as basic medical qualifications such as MB, BCh; MB, BS; MB, ChB; (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) you may find post-graduate diplomas, although they may not be stated as post-graduate. To help identify the qualification, note the following:
i. The diploma's awarded by the Royal College of Physicians London and the Royal College of Surgeons England can be found under the English Conjoint Examining Board.
ii. Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow will be found under the Scottish Conjoint Board. All other diplomas, see relevant Royal Colleges.
iii. See also Medical and Teaching Qualifications index.
iv. If the qualification MD appears without a 'basic' medical qualification code 4 (First degree). If it appears as a postgraduate qualification code it 5.
13. Chartered Engineers
When 'chartered engineer' is stated with no awarding Institution or the Institution is given as the Council of Engineering Institutions (CEI) or there is an indication of the specific engineering subject, give the code for 'chartered engineer' of the Institution of that subject. If that Institution does not have a 'Chartered Engineer' use code 3 at LevCode3.
14. The QM Indexes
Take care when looking up Colleges, Schools, Institutes etc in the separate indexes (see below). Refer to S/V all colleges etc which cannot be found in the indexes.
Although in alphabetical order, note that it is not always strict alphabetical order.
i. Universities and Polytechnics
Included in the Universities (pages 1-120 at the front of the index) are constituent colleges, Institutes, schools, hospitals etc which are part of a university and colleges which have university status
eg Goldsmiths College - London University
Institute of Archaeology - London University
Durham University Institute of Education
School of Navigation - Southampton University
Middlesex Hospital - London University
Ruskin School of Art
Royal College of Art.
Included in the Polytechnics (following Universities in the index) are schools etc which are part of Polytechnics
eg Birmingham School of Music.
Note that Central Institutions in Scotland are included in the Colleges index, not the Polytechnics index.
ii. Colleges
Included in the Colleges index are schools and institutes which have College status
e.g. Bolton Institute of Higher Education
Greek Institute
Farm Institute
iii. Professional Institutions
As well as Professional Institutes and Institutions, this index includes
Associations, Boards, Councils, Societies etc
iv. Abbreviations
Generally it is best to use this index in order to identify the qualification which can then be looked up in the appropriate index.
Qualification and subject codes are entered by census where a clear code can be given.
Key to alphabetical codes:
CUP - Refer to Colleges, Universities and Polytechnics indexes
M Refer to Medical and Teaching Qualifications index
PI - Refer to Professional Institutions index
v. Abbreviations (Cont)
In some cases there will be 2 or more entries for the same abbreviation for different items
e.g. X MIHE Member of the Institute of Health Education
030 021 MIHE Member of the Institution of Highway Engineers
In such cases reference to occupation or other qualifications the informant may have may help to clarify which qualification code to use. If not, refer to S/V
Abbreviations are listed in the order of “complete abbreviations” followed by “Inst” followed by "Assoc Inst” etc.
eg AIBA Associate of the Institution of Business Agents
A Inst BB Associate of the Institute of British Bakers
Assoc Inst AA Associate of the Institute of Automobile Assessors.
vi. Medical and Teaching qualifications
The medical index (pages 1-44 at the front of the index) covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary science, chiropody, dietetics, medical laboratory science and technology, medical social work, occupational therapy, optics, orthoptics, osteopathy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychiatric social work, psychology, remedial gymnastics, radiography and speech therapy.
Medicine is organized by university degrees followed by Royal Colleges, Fellow etc. diplomas; Nursing by university degrees followed by certificates, diplomas, registration etc from associations, boards and councils.
Most, but not all; of these colleges, councils etc will be found in the other indexes eg the General Nursing Council will be found in the Professional Institutions index but the Central Nursing Council and British College of optometrists are only in the Nursing and Medical Qualifications index.
Remember that all foreign nursing and medical qualifications should be coded 7 at LevCode3, no matter what the level.
The teaching index follows the Medical index and lists BEd (first degree), DipEd, Certificates and Post Graduate certificates etc.
Remember that on GHS all post graduate certificates of education are coded 2 (Teaching) and that this takes priority over the QM Index.
APPENDIX A
BACHELORATES THAT ARE HIGHER DEGREES AND MASTERS DEGREES THAT ARE FIRST DEGREES
UNIVERSITIES
NB BLitt and most BPhil degrees are higher degrees.
Aberdeen
Master - Arts (MA) First
Bachelorate - Education (BEd) before 1967 Higher
Aston
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bath
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Architecture (BArch) First
Birmingham
Master - Engineering (MEng) Master First
Master - Mechanical Engineering,
Manufacturing and
Management (MEng & Man) First
Bachelorate - Philosophy (Education)
(BPhil (Ed)) First
Bradford
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bristol
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Cambridge
Master - Arts (MA) First
Bachelorate - Divinity (BD) Higher
Bachelorate - Music (BMus) First
City
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Dundee
Master - Arts (MA) First
Bachelorate - Architecture (BArch) First
Bachelorate - Philosophy (BPhil) Higher
Durham
Bachelorate - Civil Law (BCL) Higher
East Anglia
Bachelorate - Philosophy (Teaching)
(BPhil (Teaching)) First
Bachelorate - - Philosophy (BPhil) Higher
Edinburgh
Master - Arts (MA) First
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Education (BEd) before 1967 Higher
Exeter
Bachelorate - Philosophy (Education)
(BPhil (Ed)) First
Bachelorate - Philosophy (BPhil) Higher
Glasgow
Master - Arts (MA) First
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Education (BEd) before 1967 Higher
Heriot Watt
Master - Arts (MA) First
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Master - Engineering (MEng)
(in Petroleum engineering) Higher*
Lancaster
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Philosophy (in Education)(BPhil) First
Leeds
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Music (BMus) Higher
Liverpool
Master - Engineering (MEng) First+
Bachelorate - Architecture (BArch) First
Bachelorate - Philosophy (Education)
(BPhil (Ed)) Higher
Bachelorate - Philosophy (BPhil) Higher
London
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Loughborough
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Manchester
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Architecture (BArch) Higher
Bachelorate - Divinity (BD) Higher
Bachelorate - Landscape Design (BLD) Higher
Bachelorate - Linguistics (BLing) Higher
Bachelorate - Planning (BP1) Higher
Bachelorate - Town Planning (BTP) Higher
Newcastle
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Philosophy (BPhil) Higher
Bachelorate - Architecture (BArch) First
Nottingham
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Architecture (BArch) First
Bachelorate - Philosophy (Education)
(EPhil (Ed)) First
Open
Bachelorate - Philosophy (BPhil) Higher
Oxford
Master - Arts (MA) First
Bachelorate - Civil Law (BCL) Higher
Bachelorate - Divinity (BD) Higher
Bachelorate - Music (BMus) Higher
Bachelorate - Philosophy (BPhil) Higher
Bachelorate - Science (BSc) Higher
Queens (Belfast)
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Education (BEd) before 1967 Higher
Bachelorate - Obstetrics (BAO) Higher
Salford
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Sheffield
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Master - Engineering (MEng) Higher*
Southampton
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Music (BMus) Higher
St Andrews
Master - Arts (MA) First
Master - Theology (MTheol) First
Bachelorate - Divinity (BD) First
Bachelorate - Divinity (BD) Higher
Bachelorate - Education (BEd) before 1967 Higher
Strathclyde
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Architecture (BArch) First
Surrey
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Ulster
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Wales
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Bachelorate - Architecture (BArch) First+
Warwick
Bachelorate - Philosophy (Education)
(BPhil in Education) First
York
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
POLYTECHNICS
Coventry
Master - Engineering (MEng) Higher
Hatfield
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Kingston
Master - Engineering (MEng) Higher
Liverpool
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Middlesex
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Master - Engineering (MEng) Higher*
Newcastle
Master - Engineering (MEng) Higher
Nottingham
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Portsmouth
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Sheffield City
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
South Bank
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
South West (formerly Plymouth)
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Wales
Master - Engineering (MEng) First
Master - Engineering (MEng) Higher*
*Only code MEng as a higher degree if the person has a BSc or BEng from a different university/polytechnic. If in doubt code as first degree.
+These are now first degrees but in the past were higher degrees (in 1979 definitely higher degree). If no indication of year obtained code as first degree.
The Further and Higher Education Act of 1992 led to the dissolution of the Council of National Academic Awards (CNAA) and the granting of university status to polytechnics.
Many of the polytechnics have now changed their name.
POLYTECHNIC NOW
Anglia Polytechnic Anglia Polytechnic University
Bournemouth Polytechnic Bournemouth University
Brighton Polytechnic University of Brighton
Birmingham Polytechnic University of Central England in Birmingham
Lancashire Polytechnic University of Central Lancashire
Coventry Polytechnic Coventry University
Leicester Polytechnic De Montfort University, Leicester
Polytechnic of East London University of East London
Polytechnic of Wales University of Glamorgan
Thames Polytechnic University of Greenwich
Hatfield Polytechnic University of Hertfordshire
Huddersfield Polytechnic University of Huddersfield
Humberside Polytechnic University of Humberside
Kingston Polytechnic Kingston University
Liverpool Polytechnic Liverpool John Moores University
Middlesex Polytechnic Middlesex University
Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh Napier University
Polytechnic of North London University of North London
Newcastle Polytechnic University of Northumbria at
Newcastle
Paisley College of Technology University of Paisley
South West (Plymouth) Polytechnic University of Plymouth
Portsmouth Polytechnic University of Portsmouth
Robert Gordon's Institute of Robert Gordon's University
Technology
Sheffield City Polytechnic Sheffield Hallam University
South Bank Polytechnic South Bank University
Staffordshire Polytechnic Staffordshire University
Sunderland Polytechnic University of Sunderland
Teesside Polytechnic University of Teesside
Bristol Polytechnic University of the West of England at
Bristol
Polytechnic of Central London University of Westminster
Wolverhampton Polytechnic University of Wolverhampton
EDUC1 [GHS CAI INSTRUCTIONS]
Education
Appendix C
SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION FOR EDUCATION STILTISTICS
Group Code
A. Medicine and dentistry 013 Clinical medicine
014 Clinical dentistry (including others
in medicine and dentistry)
B. Subjects allied to medicine 021 Anatomy and physiology
022 Pharmacology
023 Pharmacy
024 Nutrition
025 Ophthalmics
026 Audiology
027 Nursing
028 Medical Technology
029 Other medical subjects
C. Biological sciences 031 Biology
032 Botany
033 Zoology
034 Genetics
035 Microbiology
036 Molecular biology and biophysics
037 Biochemistry
038 Psychology unless solely as a social
science
039 Other biological sciences
D. Agriculture and related 041 Veterinary sciences
subjects 042 Agriculture
043 Forestry
044 Food science
049 Other agricultural subjects
F. Physical sciences 051 Chemistry
052 Materials science
053 Physics
055 Astronomy
056 Geology
058 Geography studies as a science
059 Environmental science and
other physical sciences
G. Mathematical and 061 Mathematics
computing sciences 064 Statistics
065 Computing
069 Other mathematical sciences
H,J. Engineering and 071 General engineering
Technology 072 Civil engineering
073 Mechanical engineering
074 Aeronautical engineering
075 Electrical engineering
076 Electronic engineering
077 Production engineering
078 Chemical engineering and fuel
technology
079 Other engineering
081 Minerals technology
082 Metallurgy
083 Ceramics and glasses
084 Polymers and textiles
085 Other material technology
086 Marine technology
088 Biotechnology
089 Other technologies
K. Architecture, building 091 Architecture
and planning 092 Building
093 Environmental Technologies
094 Town and country planning
099 Other architectural studies
L,M. Social studies 101 Economics
103 Sociology
104 Social policy and administration
105 Applied social work
106 Anthropology
107 Psychology without significant
biological science
108 Geography unless solely as a
physical science
111 Politics
113 Law
119 Other social studies
N. Business and administrative studies 121 Business and management studies
122 Operational research
123 Financial management
124 Accountancy
125 Marketing and market research
126 Industrial relations
127 Hotel, catering and Institutional
management
128 Land and property management
129 Transport and other business and
administrative studies
P. Mass communication and 131 Librarianship
documentation 132 Information science
133 Communication studies
134 Media studies
135 Publishing
136 Journalism
Q,R,T. Languages and 141 Linguistics
related disciplines 142 Comparative literature
143 English
144 American studies
145 Celtic languages
148 Classics
149 Other ancient languages
151 French
152 German
153 Italian
154 Spanish
155 Portuguese
156 Latin American languages
157 Scandinavian languages
158 Russian
161 Slavonic and Eastern European
languages
162 Other or general European languages
163 Chinese
164 Japanese
165 Other Asian languages
166 Modern Middle Eastern languages
167 African languages
168 Other language studies
169 Other or unspecified or general
modern languages
V. Humanities 171 History
173 Economic and social history
174 History of art
176 Archaeology
177 Philosophy
178 Theology and religious studies
W. Creative arts and design 181 Fine art
182 Design studies
183 Music
184 Drama
185 Cinematics
186 Crafts
187 Arts
188 Beauty and hairdressing
189 Art and design other
X. Education 192 Physical education
193 Academic studies in education
194 Techniques in teaching children
195 Techniques in teaching adults
196 Education for those with special
needs
197 Technology in education
198 Management and organization of
education
199 Other topics in education
Y. Combined and general 201 combined or general science
courses not otherwise 203 combined or general arts
classified 204 Other combined or general courses
(including science and social
studies, general studies)
205 Combined general and leisure courses
not elsewhere specified
206 Triple combinations - science,
social studies and arts.
SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS
Index of Subject Names
Group Code
N Accommodation Studies 127
N Accountancy 124
N Accounting 124
N Accounting and Finance 124
N Accounts 124
J Acoustics 089
Administration -
N business 121
D farm 042
D game-keeping sporting 049
L health 104
hotel & catering 127
nursing 027
N personnel 126
J printing 085
M public 111
N science laboratory 121
L social 104
N Administrative Management 121
N Administrative Studies 121
X Adolescent Development 194
N Advertising 125
W Advertising Design 182
P Advertising Writing 134
H Aeronautical Engineering 074
H Aerospace Studies 074
T African Studies 167
H Agricultural Engineering 073
D Agricultural Marketing and Merchanting 042
H Agricultural Mechanics 073
Agricultural/Horticultural Machinery
Maintenance 073
D Agriculture 042
D Agriculture Related Studies 049
D Agriculture/Horticulture 042
N Air Transport 129
B Ambulance Officers 027
Q American Studies 144
F Analytical Chemistry 051
Q Ancient Greek 148
Q Ancient Hebrew 149
Q Ancient history (classical) 148
V Ancient history (nes) 171
V Ancient and medieval history 171
D Animal Management 041
D Animal Nursing 041
D Animal Production 042
D Animal Related Studies 041
D Animal Technicians 041
W Animation 182
L Anthropology 106
G Applicable Mathematics 061
J Applied Acoustics 089
C Applied Biochemistry 037
C Applied Biology 031
F Applied Chemistry 051
G Applied Computing 065
W Applied Design 182
X Applied Education 193
G Applied Information Technology 065
G Applied Mathematics 061
F Applied Physics 053
L Applied Psychology 107
F Applied Science 059
L Applied Social Science/social work 105
L Applied Social Science/Studies 103
G Applied Statistics 064
T Arabic 166
D Arboriculture 043
V Archaeology 176
W Architectural Stained Glass Design 182
K Architecture 091
W Art 181
W Art and Design - General 189
Y Arts General 203
N Arts Mana1gement 121
Q Aspects of Language in Community 141
K Asphalt/Mastic Work 092
F Astronomy/Astronautics 055
F Astrophysics 055
W Audio visual Technicians 185
B Audiology 026
X Audio-Visual Techniques for Education 197
H Automation and Control 076
H Automobile Assessment 073
N Baking 127
N Baking Technology 127
N Banking 123
W Basketry 186
N Baths Management 129
W Beauty Therapy 188
D Bee-keeping 049
L Behavioral Science 107
V Bible studies 178
C Biochemistry 037
F Biodeterioration of Materials 051
L Biological Anthropology 106
C Biological Sciences 031
C Biology 031
C Biomolecular Science 036
C Biophysical Science 036
J Biotechnology 088
H Boiler House Practice 078
W Book and Book-binding Design 182
J Bookbinding Technologies 085
N Book-keeping 124
C Botany 032
K Brickwork 092
M British Studies 119
K Builders and Plumbers Merchants 092
K Building 092
K Building Construction Engineering 092
K Building Inspection and Control 092
K Building r4aintenance Management 092
K Building Maintenance/Adaptation/
Conservation 092
Building Regulations 022
K Building Related Studies 092
K Building Services Engineering 092
K Building Services Engineering -
Electrical 092
K Building Services Engineering -
HV and AC 092
K Building Services Engineering -
Plumbing 092
K Building Services Engineering -
Refrigeration 092
K Building Services Engineering - Gas 092
N Building Societies 123
K Building Surveying 092
K Building Technology 092
T Bulgarian 161
N Business Administration 121
N Business and Management Studies 121
Business Computing 121
Business Law 113
N Business Studies 121
N Business a Finance 121
B Cardiography 029
L Careers Education/Guidance 105
L Caring Skills 105
K Carpentry and Joinery 092
W Carpet Design 182
F Cartography 058
N Catering and Institutional Management 127
Q Celtic languages 145
W Ceramic Design 182
J Ceramics 083
J Ceramics Technology 083
N Certified Accountancy 124
N chartered Accountancy 124
N Chartered Insurance 123
H Chemical Engineering 078
F Chemical Technicians 051
F Chemistry 051
B Chemotherapy 029
L Child Care l05
L Children in Society 105
T Chinese 163
B Chiropody 029
V Church history 171
M Civics 111
H Civil Engineering 072
Q Classics 148
B Cleaning Science 029
K Clerk of Works 092
C Clinical Biochemistry 037
A Clinical Dentistry 014
A Clinical Medicine 013
C Clinical Science (including-
Psychological Medicine) 038
B Clinical Teaching 027
W Clothing Design 182
J Clothing Technology and Manufacture 084
F Colaration Physics 053
J Colliery Control Engineering 081
J Colliery Electricians/Mechanics 061
J Colliery Managers 081
J Colliery Ventilation 081
F Color Chemistry 051
W Combined Art 189
Y Combined humanities 203
Y Combined science 201
Y Combined studies (arts) 203
Y Combined studies (science) 201
N Commerce 121
D Commercial Horticulture 042
D Commercial Landscape, Recreation
and Amenity Horticulture 042
P Communication Studies 133
H Communications Engineering 086
P Communications Media 134
B Community Health Teacher 027
B Community Psychiatric Nursing 027
L Community Work 105
Q Comparative Literature 142
X Compensatory Education 193
H Computer Aided Engineering 071
G Computer Appreciation for Managers 065
G Computer Education 065
G Computer Studies 065
H Computer Systems Engineering- 076
G Computer Science 065
K Concrete Technology/Practice 092
T Conference Interpretation 169
W Conservation (art) 181
K Conservation (building) 092
F Conservation (environmental) 059
W Conservation of Painting 181
F Conservation Policy 059
K Construction Plant Mechanics 092
K Construction Site Supervision 092
N Consumer Affairs 129
N Consumer Studies 129
B Contact tans Fitting 025
Y Contemporary studies 203
M Conveyancing 113
N Cookery 127
J Corrosion Technology 082
F Cosmetic Chemistry 051
N Cost and Management Accountancy 124
L Counseling 105
D Countryside Recreation 049
W Craft, Design and Technology
Education 182
W Craft Design and Technology 182
W Craft Materials 186
W Creative Arts 184
W Creative Studies l86
W Creative/Performing Arts 184
M Criminal Law 113
L Criminology 103
D Crop Production (including grassland-
Forage crops) 042
D Crop Protection 042
F Crystallography 053
L Cultural Studies 106
X Curriculum 199
T Czech 161
D Dairying Technicians 044
W Dance 184
R Danish 157
Data Processing 065
Deaf Children 196
B Deaf Studies 026
N Deck Officer 129
N Demonstrators 127
A Dental Health Education 014
A Dental Surgery Assistants 014
A Dental Technology 014
A Dentistry 014
J Deputies 081
N Design and Decoration of Flour
Confectionery 127
X Design for Learning 197
X Design Research in Education 197
Y Development of science and technology 201
B Dietetics .. 024
B Dispensing Opticians 025
B Dispensing Technicians 023
W Display Design 182
N Distribution - 125
B District Nurse Tutors 027
B District Nursing 027
V Divinity 178
W Drama 184
W Drama Therapy 184
W Drama - Oral Skills 184
W Drama - Performers 184
W Drama - Teachers 184
W Dressmaking 186
T Dutch 162
J Dying and Coloring of Textiles 084
F Earth Science 059
F Ecological Physics 053
F Ecology 059
L Economic Geography 108
V Economic History 173
V Economic and social history 173
L Economics and Quantitative
Analysis 101
L Economics/Applied Economics 101
X Education 193
X Education Management 198
L Educational Psychology 107
X Educationally Sub-normal 196
H Electrical and Electronic Craft Practice 076
H Electrical and Electronic Engineering 075
H Electrical and Systems Engineering 076
H Electrical Engineering 075
H Electrical Technicians 075
F Electron Microscopy 053
H Electronic Engineering Related Studies 076
H Electronic Engineering/Electronics 076
H Electronic Musical Instruments 076
H Electronic Servicing 076
H Electronics a Computer Technology 076
W Embroidery 186
J Energy Studies 089
H Engineering Craft 077
H Engineering Design 077
H Engineering Design and Manufacture 077
H Engineering Drawing 017
F Engineering Geology 056
H Engineering Management 071
H Engineering of Dynamic Systems 076
H Engineering Production 077
H Engineering Surveying 072
H Engineering Systems and Control 076
H Engineering with Business Studies 071
H Engineering: Automobile/Motor Vehicle 073
Q English 143
Q English for Foreign Students as a
Foreign Language 143
Q English Language and Literature 143
Q English Literature 143
Q English Literature and European
Literature in Translation 142
N Enterprise Training 121
C Environmental Biology 031
W Environmental Design 182
H Environmental Engineering 072
B Environmental Health 029
W Environmental Media 182
F Environmental Science 059
F Environmental Studies 059
Epilation 189
N Estate Management 128
N Estate Management and Valuation 128
N European Business Administration 121
M European Community Law and
Integration 113
T European languages 162
T European Studies 162
N Export Practice 125
H Fabrication Engineering Craft
Practice 077
D Farm Business Administration
and Management 042
H Farm Mechanization 073
D Farm Secretaries 042
D Farmery 042
W Fashion Design 182
N Fashion Merchandising 125
Fashion Technology 084
W Fashion/Textile Design 182
C Field Biology 031
W Film and Photographic Art 182
W Film and Television 185
W Film and TV in Education 185
W Film Studies 185
W Film/video 182
W Fine Art 181
R Finnish 157
N First Aid 129
D Fish Farming and Water Keeping 042
N Fisheries 129
N Fishing Crew 129
D Floristry 042
W Flower Arranging 186
H Fluid Power Engineering 073
D Food and Drink Processing 044
D Food Hygiene 044
D Food Market Science 044
D Food Science 044
N Food Service 127
D Food Technology 044
W Footwear Design 182
J Footwear Manufacture 084
D Forestry 043
K Formwork for Concrete Construction 092
W Foundation Art and Design 189
J Foundry Technology 082
N Freight Forwarding 129
R French 151
R French Studies 151
D Fruit 042
H Fuel Technology 078
W Furniture Design 182
J Furniture Production …
J Furriery …
X Further Education Teacher Training 195
Q Gaelic 145
D Gamekeeping Sporting Management 049
D Garden Center Work 042
H Gas Engineering 078
H Gas/Governor Fitters Work 078
J Gemology/Gem Diamond 085
W General Design 182
H General Engineering 071
H General Practice Surveying 072
Y General science 201
Y General studies 204
C Genetics 034
L Geographical Techniques 108
F Geography as a Physical Science 058
L Geography 108
F Geography and Geology 058
F Geological Technology …
F Geology …
F Geology and Landscape Study 056
H Geotechnics 072
R German 152
R German Studies 152
X Gifted Children 194
J Glass technology and Manufacture 083
D Glasshouse and Protected Cropping 042
K Glazing and Allied Trades 092
M Government 111
W Graphic Design 182
J Graphic Reproduction 085
W Graphics 182
Q Greats (Oxford) 148
Q Greek - ancient 148
T Greek - modern 162
X Guidance in Schools 194
X Gymnastics and PE 192
W Hairdressing/Wig-making 188
W Handicraft 186
L Health Administration 104
B Health Education 029
K Health Facility Planning 091
N Health Service Management 121
B Health Studies 029
B Health Visitor Tutors 027
B Health Visitors 027
H Heat Exchanger Technology 073
Q Hebrew studies (ancient) 149
H Highway/Traffic Engineering 072
History -
Q ancient (classical) 148
V ancient (nes) 171
V church 171
economic 173
V medieval 171
V modern 171
V of art 174
X of science 201
V political 171
V social 171
V History 171
V History of Art 174
V History of Design 174
N Home and Community Studies 127
N Home Economics 127
L Home Help 105
W Home Knitting 186
N Home Management 127
J Horology 089
D Horses on Farms and Estates 042
Y Horse instructors 205
Horticulture 042
Hotel and Catering Administration 127
N Hotel Chefs 127
N Hotel Reception 127
N House-Keeping and Catering 127
K Housing 094
K Housing Management 094
K Housing Studies 094
L Human and Social Science 103
B Human Biology 021
F Human Ecology 059
Y Humanities 203
T Hungarian 161
F Hydrographic Surveying 058
T Linguists in Commerce 168
W Illustration 182
C Immunology 039
F Industrial Chemistry 051
W Industrial Design 182
H Industrial Engineering 077
W Industrial Glass Design 182
N Industrial Management 121
H Industrial Operatives 077
N Industrial Relations 126
N Industrial Relations and Trade
Union studies 126
N Industrial Safety 126
N Industrial Studies 126
P Information Science 132
G Information Systems 065
G Information Technology 065
N Institutional House-keeping and Catering 127
H Instrument production 077
H Instrumentation and Control Engineering 076
H Instrumentation and Systems Engineering 076
N Insurance 123
W Integrated Design 182
H Integrated Engineering 071
W Interior Design 182
N Internal Audit 124
N International Marketing 125
M International Politics 111
M International Relations and Politics 111
J Iron and Steel 082
R Italian 153
T Japanese 164
W Jazz and Light Music 183
W Jewelry Design 182
P Journalism 136
J Kiln Burners 083
J Knitting Machines 084
W Knitting Design 182
T Korean 165
Y Laboratory science 201
N Labor Studies 126
H Land Surveying 072
K Land Use 093
K Landscape Architecture 093
K Landscape Design 093
X Language Handicap 196
Q Language Studies 141
T Languages and Literature in Education 168
T Languages for Business purposes 168
Q Latin 148
R Latin American Studies 156
M Law 113
M Law for Magistrates Court Clerks 113
M Law Related Studies 113
J Leather Technology/Manufacture 084
Y Leisure Studies 205
M Liberal studies 119
P Librarianship 131
N Licensed Trade 127
C Life Sciences 039
W Light Music 183
Q Linguistics 141
Q Literae Humaniores 148
Q Literary Studies 142
Q Literature, Life and Thought 143
Q Literature and Philosophy 142
V Local History, English 171
V Logic 177
H Machine Tools 077
Machine Wood Working 084
Make-up/Manicure/Pedicure 189
X Maladjusted 196
Management -
N administrative 121
D animal 041
N arts 121
N baths 129
N catering & institutional 127
X education 198
H engineering 071
N estate 128
D farm 042
N health service 121
N home 127
K housing 094
N industrial 121
B nursing ward 027
N pensions 123
pet store 041
process 078
D rural resource 049
N sales 125
W stage 184
N supervisory 121
N training 121
J yacht a boatyard 086
C zoo 033
N Management 121
N Management Development 121
N Management of Human Resources 126
N Management Services 121
H Manufacture Engineering 077
C Marine Biology 031
J Marine Electronics 086
H Marine Engineering 073
J Marine Plumbing 086
J Marine Radar 086
J Marine Radio 086
N Maritime Commerce 129
N Maritime Studies 129
N Market Research 125
N Marketing 125
J Materials Engineering 085
H Materials Handling 077
F Materials Science 052
J Materials Technology Related Studies 085
G Mathematical Sciences 061
G Mathematical Statistics 064
G Mathematics 061
G Mathematics, Statistics and Computing 069
H Measurement and Control 076
D Meat Industry 044
D Meat Inspection 044
D Meat Technology 044
H Mechanical Engineering 073
H Mechanical Engineering and Maintenance 077
H Mechanical Engineering Technicians 073
H Mechanical/Electromechanical Engineering 073
H Mechanical/production Engineering 073
H Mechanisms and Machines 073
W Media Design 182
P Media Studies 134
P Media and communication 134
B Medical Laboratory Science 029
B Medical Photography 028
N Medical Record Keeping 121
B Medical Related Professions 029
B Medical Technology 028
A Medicine 013
V Medieval history 171
X Mentally Handicapped 196
J Metallurgy/Metals Technology 082
F Meteorology 059
C Microbiology 035
G Microprocessing 065
B Midwifery 027
J Mine Surveying 081
J Minerals Processing 081
J Minerals Surveying 081
J Minerals Technology 081
J Mining 081
J Mining Engineering 081
J Mining Related Studies 081
J Mining - Electrical/Mechanical Engineering 081
T Modern Chinese 163
Q Modern English Studies 143
T Modern Greek 162
V Modern History 171
T Modern Languages 169
M Modern Studies 119
V Moral philosophy 177
V Moral sciences 177
B Mortuary Hygiene and technology 028
H Motor cycle Engineering 073
H Motor Vehicle Electronics 073
J Mouldmakers 085
W Movement Studies 184
W Multi-disciplinary Design 182
T Multi-Lingual Secretaries 168
H Municipal Engineering 072
P Museum studies 132
W Music 183
Music for Performers 183
Music for Teachers 183
W Music Professional 183
J Musical Instrument Technology
Manufacture 085
W Musicianship 183
Y Natural philosophy 201
D Natural Resources 049
Y Natural science 201
J Naval Architecture 086
N Navigation 129
A Neurophysiological Basis of Behavior 013
R Norwegian 157
A Nuclear Medicine 013
G Numerical Methods/Analysis 061
X Nursery Education 193
B Nursery Nursing 027
D Nursery Practice 042
Nursing 027
Nursing Administration 027
B Nursing Related Studies 027
B Nursing ward Management and
Technology 027
B Nutrition/Dietetics 024
B Occupational Health 027
B Occupational Hygiene 029
L Occupational Psychology 107
B Occupational Therapy 029
J Office Machinery Maintenance 089
N Office Studies/Technology 121
J Offset Litho 085
W Opera 183
N Operational Research 122
N Operational Research with Computing 122
B Ophthalmics 025
F Organic Chemical synthesis 051
N Organization and Development 121
N Overseas Trade 125
J Packaging 085
J Paint Technicians 084
K Painting/Decorating 092
F Palaeontology 056
J Paper Conservation 085
N Paper Merchandising 125
J Paper Technology 085
N Pastry Cooks 127
J Pattern Cutting 084
J Pattern Making 082
N Pension Management 123
W Performing Arts 184
N Personal Assistants 121
N Personnel Administration 126
D Pet Store Management 041
B Pharmacology 022
B Pharmacotherapeutics 022
B Pharmacy 023
B Pharmacy Technicians 023
V Philosophy 177
Y Philosophy of science 201
Y Philosophy, Physiology and Psychology (PPP) 204
Y Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) 204
W Photographic Arts 182
W Photographic Science/Technology 182
W Photography 182
J Photo-Lithography 085
X Physical Education 192
F Physical Electronics 053
F Physical Research Techniques 053
F Physical Sciences 059
F Physics 053
B Physics for Radiographers 028
B Physiology (nes) 021
B Physiotherapy 029
D Pig Technology/Husbandry 042
N Planning and Administration 121
K Planning Studies 094
H Plant/Process Trades 078
K Plasterers Work 092
J Plastics 084
L Playwork 105
N Policy and Administration Studies 111
T Polish 161
L Political, Economy 101
M Politics 111
M Politics and Administration 111
M Politics and Government 111
F Pollution Control 049
F Polymer Chemistry 051
N Port Operations 129
R Portuguese 155
N Postal Related Services 129
D Poultry Meat Inspection 044
D Poultry Technology/Husbandry 042
H Power Plant Operation 075
X PPE (philosophy, politics, economics) - 204
X PPP (philosophy, physiology, psychology) 204
B Pre-Nursing 027
N Pre-Sea Training 129
X Primary Curriculum 199
J Printing Administration 085
W Printing Design 182
J Printing Technology/Printing 085
N Private Pilot 129
L Probation and After Care Training 103
Process Management 078
Process Plant Operation 051
N Production Control 121
H Production Engineering 077
W Professional Photography 182
K Professional Practice Architecture 091
G Programming 065
N Property Development 128
B Prosthetist 029
C Psychological Medicine 038
L Psychology 107
C Psychology as a Biological Science 038
L Psychology - Educational 107
L Psychology and Sociology 107
N Public Accountancy 124
M Public Administration 111
H Public Health Engineering 072
P Public Relations 134
P Publishing 135
Purchasing and Supply 125
Quality Assurance (Engineering) 077
H Quality Control 077
K Quantity Surveying 092
J Quarrying 081
F Quarternary Studies 059
F Radiation Science 059
F Radio Chemistry 051
B Radiography/Radioagnostics 029
N Rating and valuation 128
X Reading 199
N Receptionists 121
Y Recreation and leisure studies 205
Y Recreational studies 205
H Refrigeration 071
V Regional History 171
V Religious Studies 178
X Remedial and Slow Learners 196
B Remedial Professions 029
N Report Writing 129
J Reprographic Techniques 085
J Rescue Officials 081
L Residential Child Care 105
L Residential Social Work 105
N Restaurant Operations 127
N Retailing 125
N Road Safety Studies 129
N Road Transport 129
H Road Transport Engineering 073
K Roadwork 092
T Romanian 161
K Roof-slating and Tiling 092
J Rubber Technology 084
D Rural Home Economics 049
D Rural Resource Management 049
J Rural Saddlery 084
R Russian 158
R Russian and Soviet Studies 158
N Sales Management 125
N Salesman/Commercial Travelling 125
J Science and Technology of Polymers 084
N Science Laboratory Administration 121
Y Science and social studies 204
Y Science, social studies and arts 206
J Screen Process Printing 085
N Sea Fishing 129
N Sea Survival 129
X Secondary Education 193
N Secretarial and Typing Skills 121
N Secretarial Studies 121
T Serbo-Croat 161
C Serology 039
H Sheet Metal Work 077
N Shipbroking 129
J Shipbuilding 086
N Shipping 129
N Ships Cook 127
K Shopfitting 092
N Shorthand and Shorthand Transcription 121
J Silversmiths Work 085
K Site Management Studies 092
J Skilled Processors (Technology) 089
T Slavonic 161
L Social Administration 104
V Social Ethnics 178
V Social History 171
L Social Policy 104
L Social Science 103
L Social Studies 103
L Social Work 105
M Socio Legal Studies 113
L Sociology 103
W Soft Furnishing 186
G Software 065
G Software Engineering 065
H Soil Mechanics 072
B Solid Waste 029
R Spanish 154
R Spanish Studies 154
R Spanish/Latin American Studies with
Portuguese 156
X Special Needs 196
W Speech and Drama 184
B Speech Therapy 029
X Sports Studies/science 192
H Spring Engineering 073
W Stage Management 184
Statistics 064
Statistics and Computing 064
G Statistics and Numerical Methods 064
N Stock Exchange Practice 123
N Store-keeping 125
H Structural Engineering 072
P Studio and Production Techniques 134
N Supervisory Management 121
F Surface Coating Technology 051
W Surface Pattern Design 182
B Surgical Laboratory Technicians 028
Surveying -
K building 092
H engineering 072
H general practice 072
F hydrographic 058
K quantity 092
H Surveying Science 072
R Swedish 157
Systems Analysis and Design 065
Tailoring 084
N Taxation 123
X Teachers - Adult Education 195
X Teaching in a Multi-cultural Society 194
X Teaching in Special Schools 196
X Teaching the Handicapped 196
P Technical Communication/Authorship 131
W Technical Illustration 182
W Textile Design 182
N Textile Marketing 125
J Textiles Technology 084
J Textiles-General 084
W Theater 184
W Theater Acting 184
W Theater Arts 184
W Theater Craft 184
W Theater Design 182
H Theater Electricians 075
W Theater/Film/TV 185
V Theology 178
M Theory of Law 113
B Therapy through Art/Drama/Music 029
J Thermal Insulation 089
W Three-D design 182
J Timber Technology (Wood Science) 084
N Tourism 127
K Town Planning 094
B Toxicology 022
N Trade union Studies 126
N Trading Standards 129
N Training Management 121
T Translators 169
N Transport 129
N Transport Planning 129
N Travel and Tourism 127
W Trichology 189
H Turbine Technology 073
D Turf Culture/Green Keeping 042
N Typewriting and Audio-type-writing 121
W Typography and Graphic Communication 182
K Urban and regional Planning 094
K Urban Studies 094
N Valuers and Auctioneers and General Practice 128
D Vegetable/Flower Production 042
H Vehicle Bodywork 073
D Veterinary Science 041
W Visual Art 181
W Visual Studies 185
W Vocational Craft 186
W Vocational Design 186
H Welding 077
L Welfare 105
Q Welsh 145
N Wines and Spirits/Alcoholic Beverages 127
M Women’s Studies 119
N Word-processing 121
N Work Study (including Organization
and Methods) 121
J Yacht and Boat Design 086
J Yacht and Boat-building 086
J Yacht and Boatyard Management 086
N Yachting 129
L Youth and Community Work 105
C Zoo Management 033
C Zoology 033
B: classif. GH
HEALTH EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
ILLNESS
Do not alter the coding.
If coded NO and there is an interviewer note that the informant answered no but is very deaf or has a leg amputated etc., accept No. However, if it is a full interview and the note refers to the informant being mentally handicapped etc., refer to supervisor.
Accept YES even if the answer at LMatter states that the complaint no longer troubles the informant, or if the complaint does not appear to be a long-standing one.
WhWrong
Code the answer given at LMatter, using the following notes and frame.
NB In the Child Health section, the variable WhWrong appears after Matter rather than LMatter, but refers to coding LMatter for that child. Make sure you code the answer at LMatter, not Matter, and that you code the right answer for the right child. Maximum number of multicodes = 8.
Notes on coding long-standing illness
1. Code the current condition as it now affects the informant, not the cause, if the cause is an infection or injury.
eg. "Had polio as a child and left with a limp" - code the aftereffect of polio only (code 36).
"Arthritis following severely fractured femur" - code arthritis only (code 34).
"Deafness as a result of meningitis" - code deafness only (code 11).
2. Code all complaints the informant currently suffers from, even if the informant says that one complaint causes another condition, unless:
i. single coding or coding of only one of the complaints is specifically indicated in the instructions or frame.
ii. the answer indicates that one condition is an explanation of another complaint.
eg. "Angina, diabetic and high blood pressure" - code all complaints (codes 16, 2, 17)
"Angina. Also suffer from breathlessness" - code both complaints (code 16, 25)
"Diabetes, therefore sight problems and heart problems - code all complaints (codes 2, 9, 18)
"Angina, also breathlessness because of this" - code angina only (code 16)
Partially paralyzed as result of stroke" - code stroke only (code 15)
"Back problems - arthritis of spine" - code arthritis only (code 34)
"Leg trouble - varicose veins" - code varicose veins only (code 20)
"Spastic down right side, can't use hand, walks with limp" - code spastic only (code 8)
3. Operations: Code the cause of the operation unless the informant actually states that this no longer troubles him/her, or that the operation has resulted in another problem.
eg. "Eye operation for cataracts" - code cataracts "
Operation for cancer of bowel" - code cancer
"Effects of cancer operation" - code cancer
"2 replacement hips for arthritis" - code arthritis (unless there is an indication that it is now the replacement hips which are the problem)
"Had cancer operation 2 years ago - apart from going for checks it doesn't trouble me now" - ignore cancer, use code 42 if this is the only complaint mentioned.
4. Complaints no longer present: If the informant actually states that he/she no longer suffers from the complaint, use code 42 if this is the only complaint given; if another complaint is given, ignore this complaint.
eg. "Tonsil trouble but now resolved after removal" - use code 42 (complaint no longer present).
"Migraine. Used to suffer from asthma as child but haven't had it since" - code migraine only
But if the informant says the complaint no longer troubles him/her, and the complaint is still present but kept under control by medication, code the complaint.
eg. "Epilepsy, kept under control by drugs" - code epilepsy
"Used to suffer from dizzy spells - takes medicine -code dizzy spells
5. Injury/war wound: Code the site of the injury unless a past injury now causes a present complaint.
eg. "Gun shot wounds in shoulder" - code 36
"Whip lash injury to neck" - code 35
"Paraplegic as result of rugby accident" - code paraplegic
"Rheumatism in leg - broke it when a child" - code rheumatism
6. Old age: Ignore old age if another complaint is given, but use code 41 if it is the only answer given and there are no other codable complaints.
eg."Diabetes and old age" - code diabetes only
"Weak with old age, difficulty walking" - code difficulty walking
"Frail - old age" - use code 41
7. Code what the informant thinks or suspects to be the complaint or cause.
eg. "Suspected diabetes" - code diabetes
"Pain in knee - think it is arthritis" - code arthritis
8. Code 41 (unclassifiable) is single coded. Ignore unclassifiable complaints if a codable complaint is also given eg "arthritis, allergies" - code arthritis only.
9. Only use codes 40 and 41 for the complaints given as examples in the frame. Refer all queries to s/v.
10. FLAG all queries for s/v.
11. It is acceptable to use code 42 (complaint no longer present) when LimitAct is coded Yes.
GHS CODING FRAME FOR LONGSTANDING ILLNESS
MC COMPLAINT
1 Cancer (neoplasm) including lumps, masses, tumors and growths and benign (non-malignant) lumps and cysts
incl. leukemia (cancer of the blood)
Hodgkin's disease
Lymphoma
acoustic neuroma
Neurofibromatosis
hereditary cancer
Cancers sited in any part of the body or system eg. lung cancer, breast cancer, stomach cancer, skin cancer, bone cancer
All tumors, growths, masses, lumps and cysts whether malignant or benign eg. tumor of brain, growth in bowel, growth on spinal cord, lump in breast, cyst on eye, cyst in kidney
Wilms tumor
rodent ulcers
sarcomas, carcinomas
mastectomy (nes)
hysterectomy for cancer of womb
colostomy caused by cancer
part of intestines removed (cancer)
after affect of cancer (nes)
Endocrine/nutritional/metabolic diseases and immunity disorders
2 Diabetes
incl. Hyperglycemia
3 Other endocrine/metabolic
incl. underactive/overactive thyroid, goitre, thyrotoxicosis
hormone deficiency, deficiency of growth hormone, dwarfism
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Addison's disease
Cushing’s' syndrome
Gilbert's syndrome
Coeliac disease
phenylketonuria
Cystic fibrosis
AIDS, AIDS carrier, HIV positive
rickets Hashimoto's disease
obesity/overweight Malacia
gout Wilson's disease
water/fluid retention Myxoedema (nes)
hypopotassaemia, lack of potassium
hypercalcemia
NB Thyroid trouble and tiredness - code 3 only
Overactive thyroid and swelling in neck - code 3 only
Mental, behavioral and personality disorders
4 Mental illness/anxiety/depression/nerves (nes)
incl. schizophrenia, manic depressive
senile dementia, forgetfulness, gets confused
nervous breakdown, neurasthenia, nervous trouble
anxiety, panic attacks
stress
nerves (nes)
depression
phobias
autistic child
anorexia nervosa
alcoholism, recovered not cured alcoholic drug addict
speech impediment, stammer
dyslexia
hyperactive child
catalepsy
concussion syndrome
NB Alzheimer's disease, degenerative brain disease = code 8
5 Mental handicap
incl. Down's syndrome, mongol
mentally retarded
subnormal
Nervous system (central and peripheral including brain) -not mental illness
6 Epilepsy/fits/convulsions
incl. grand mal, petit mal, Jacksonian fit, blackouts, febrile convulsions, fit (nes)
7 Migraine/headaches
8 Other problems of nervous system
incl. Multiple sclerosis (MS), disseminated sclerosis
Cerebral palsy (spastic)
Spina bifida
Physically handicapped - spasticity of all limbs
Hydrocephalus, microcephaly, fluid on brain
Parkinson's disease (paralysis agitans)
Motor neurone disease
muscular dystrophy
Huntington's chorea
Alzheimer's disease, degenerative brain disease
Friedreich's Ataxia
Abscess on brain
Brain damage resulting from infection (eg meningitis,
encephalitis) or injury
injury to spine resulting in paralysis
paraplegia (paralysis of lower limbs)
partially paralyzed (nes)
metachromatic leucodystrophy
Myotonic dystrophy
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Myastenia gravis
syringomyelia
myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)
post viral syndrome (ME)
Bell's palsy
trigeminal neuralgia
neuralgia, neuritis
carpal tunnel syndrome
sciatica
trapped nerve
numbness/loss of feeling in fingers, hand, leg etc
pins and needles in arm
removal of nerve in arm
shingles
restless legs
narcolepsy (falling asleep)
Eye complaints
9 Cataract/poor eye sight/blindness
incl. operation for cataracts, now need glasses
bad eyesight/nearly blind because of cataracts
hardening of lens
lens implants in both eyes
bad eyesight, restricted vision, partially sighted
short sighted, long sighted, myopia
trouble with eyes (nes), eyes not good (nes)
blind in one eye, loss of one eye
blindness caused by diabetes detached/scarred retina
tunnel vision
blurred vision
10 Other eye complaints
incl. glaucoma
buphthalmos
iritis
retinitis pigmentosa
night blindness
astigmatism
double vision
color blind
squint, lazy eye
scarred cornea, corneal ulcers
haemorrhage behind eye
dry eye syndrome, trouble with tear ducts, watery eyes
eyes are light sensitive
injury to eye
eye infection, conjunctivitis
sty on eye
floater in eye
Ear complaints
11 Poor hearing/deafness
incl. hard of hearing, slightly deaf
conductive/nerve/noise induced deafness
deaf and dumb
otosclerosis
poor hearing after mastoid operation
12 Tinnitus/noises in the ear
incl. pulsing in the ear
13 Meniere's disease/ear complaints causing balance problems
incl. Labyrinthitis
loss of balance - inner ear
vertigo
vestibulitis
14 Other ear complaints
incl. otitis media
glue ear
disorders of Eustachian tube
perforated ear drum (nes)
middle/inner ear problems
mastoiditis
ear trouble (nes), ear problem (wax)
ear aches and discharges
ear infection
Complaints of heart, blood vessels and circulatory system
15 Stroke/cerebral haemorrhage/cerebral thrombosis
incl. stroke victim - partially paralyzed and speech difficulty
hemiplegia, apoplexy, cerebral embolism
cerebra-vascular accident
16 Heart attack/angina
incl. coronary thrombosis, myocardial infarction
17 Hypertension/high blood pressure/blood pressure (nes)
18 Other heart problems
incl. heart disease, heart complaint, heart failure
cardiac problems, heart trouble (nes)
weak heart because of rheumatic fever
hole in the heart, valvular heart disease
hardening of arteries in heart Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome Aortic stenosis, aorta replacement, mitral stenosis
pacemaker implant
pericarditis, Ischaemic heart disease
cardiac diffusion, cardiac asthma
heart murmur, palpitations
tachycardia, sick sinus syndrome
atrial/ventricular fibrillation
tired heart, pains in chest (nes)
dizziness, giddiness, balance problems (nes)
too much cholesterol in blood, high cholesterol
St Vitus dance
NB Balance problems due to ear complaint - code 13
19 Piles/haemorrhoids
incl. varicose veins in anus
20 Varicose veins/phlebitis in lower extremities
incl. varicose ulcers, varicose eczema
21 Other blood vessels/embolic
incl. arteriosclerosis, hardening of arteries (nes)
artificial arteries (nes)
arterial thrombosis, thrombosis (nes)
blocked arteries in leg
Raynaud's disease
pulmonary embolism, blood clots (nes)
intermittent claudication
Wright's syndrome
telangiectasia (nes)
polyarteritis nodosa
swollen legs and feet
gangrene
low blood pressure/hypotension
hypersensitive to the cold
poor circulation
varicose veins in oesophagus
NB Haemorrhage behind eye = code 10
Complaints of respiratory system
22 Bronchitis/emphysema
incl. chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis
23 Asthma
incl. bronchial asthma, allergic asthma
asthma - allergy to house dust/grass/cat fur
NB Exclude cardiac asthma - code l8
24 Hayfever
incl. allergic rhinitis
25 Other respiratory complaints
incl. bronchial trouble, chest trouble (nes)
bad chest (nes), weak chest - wheezy
breathlessness
pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, asbestosis and other industrial
respiratory diseases, pigeon fanciers' lung
lung complaint (nes), lung problems (nes)
damaged lung (nes), lost lower lobe of left lung
lung damage by viral pneumonia
fibrosis of lung
ulcer on lung, fluid on lung
furred up airways, collapsed lung
chest infections, get a lot of colds
recurrent pleurisy
sinus trouble, sinusitis
rhinitis (nes)
catarrh
adenoid problems, nasal polyps
sore throat, pharyngitis, tonsillitis
throat trouble (nes), throat irritation
throat infection
abscess on larynx
coughing fits
allergy to dust/cat fur (nes)
paralysis of vocal cords
croup
NB TB (pulmonary tuberculosis) - code 37
Cystic fibrosis - code 3
Skin allergy - code 39
Food allergy - code 27
Allergy (nes) - code 41
Pilonidal sinus - code 39
Sick sinus syndrome - code 18
Whooping cough - code 37
If complaint is breathlessness with the cause also stated, code the cause -
eg breathlessness as a result of anemia - code 38
breathlessness due to hole in heart - code 18
breathlessness due to angina - code 16
Complaints of the digestive system
26 Stomach ulcer/ulcer (nes)/abdominal hernia/rupture incl. gastric/duodenal/peptic ulcer
ulcer (nes) double/inguinal/diaphragm/hiatus/umbilical hernia hernia (nes), rupture (nes)
27 Other digestive complaints (stomach, liver, pancreas, bile ducts, small intestine - duodenum, jejunum and ileum)
incl. stomach trouble (nes), abdominal trouble (nes)
indigestion, heart burn, dyspepsia
nervous stomach, acid stomach
inflamed duodenum
weakness in intestines
ileostomy
pancreas problems
throat trouble - difficulty in swallowing
stone in gallbladder, gallbladder problems
liver disease, biliary artesia
cirrhosis of the liver, liver problems
twisted gullet
food allergies
28 Complaints of bowel/colon (large intestine, caecum, bowel, colon, rectum)
incl. colitis, colon trouble, ulcerative colitis
spastic colon
enteritis
diverticulitis
irritable bowel, inflammation of bowel
polyp on bowel
colostomy (nes)
Crohn's disease
Hirschsprung's disease
frequent diarrhea, constipation
fecal incontinence/encopresis
grumbling appendix
NB exclude piles - code 19
Cancer of stomach/bowel - code 1
29 Complaints of teeth/mouth/tongue incl.
impacted wisdom tooth, gingivitis
ulcers on tongue, mouth ulcers
cleft palate, hare lip
no sense of taste
Complaints of genito-urinary system
30 Kidney complaints
incl. kidney trouble, tube damage, stone in the kidney
nephritis, pyelonephritis
chronic renal failure
uremia
renal TB
horseshoe kidney, cystic kidney
only one kidney, double kidney on right side
Goodpasture' S syndrome
Laurence-Moon (-Biedl) syndrome
31 Urinary tract infection
incl. cystitis, urine infection
32 Other bladder problems/incontinence
incl. weak bladder, bladder complaint (nes)
bladder restriction
bed wetting, enuresis
water trouble (nes)
NB Prostate trouble - code 33
33 Reproductive system disorders
incl. Endometriosis
prolapsed womb
prolapse (nes) if female
vaginitis, vulvitis, dysmenorrhoea
gynaecological problems
menopause
hysterectomy (nes)
period problems, flooding, premenstrual tension
abscess on breast, mastitis, cracked nipple
damaged testicles
prostate gland trouble
impotence, infertility
Turner's syndrome
pelvic inflammatory disease (female)
Musculoskeletal - complaints of bones/joints/muscles
34 Arthritis/rheumatism/fibrositis
incl. arthritis/rheumatism in any part of the body
osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica psoriasis arthritis (also code psoriasis)
Still's disease
rheumatic symptoms
arthritis as result of broken limb
35 Back problems/slipped disc/spine/neck
incl. back trouble, lower back problems, back ache
spondylitis, spondylosis, cervical spondylitis
prolapsed invertebral discs
worn discs in spine - affects legs
damage, fracture or injury to back/spine/neck
curvature of spine
lumbago, inflammation of spinal joint
disc trouble
Schuermann's disease
laminectomy (nes)
NB Exclude if damage/injury to spine results in paralysis -code 8
Sciatica - code 8
Trapped nerve in spine - code 8
Musculoskeletal - complaints of bones/joints/muscles
36 Other problems of bones/joints/muscles
incl. osteomyelitis
brittle bones, osteoporosis
Pierre Robin syndrome
Paget's disease
Perthe's disease
Schlatter's disease
Sever's disease
dislocation eg dislocation of hip, clicky hip, dislocated knee/finger
fracture, damage or injury to extremities, ribs, collarbone, pelvis, skull eg knee injury, broken leg, gun shot wounds in leg and shoulder, can't hold left arm out flat - broke it as a child, broken nose, deviated septum
absence or loss of limb eg lost leg in war, finger amputated, born without arms
deformity of limbs eg club-foot, clawhand, malformed jaw
walk with limp as a result of polio, polio (nes),
after-effects of polio (nes)
Systemic sclerosis, myotonia (nes)
disseminated lupus
hip replacement (nes)
hip infection, TB hip
torn muscle in leg, torn ligaments, tendinitis
bad shoulder, bad leg, collapsed knee cap, knee cap removed cartilage problems
frozen shoulder
aching arm, stiff arm, sore arm muscle
strained leg muscles, pain in thigh muscles
stiff joints, joint pains, contraction of sinews
muscle wastage
Dupuytren's contraction
bursitis, housemaid's knee, tennis elbow
delayed healing of bones or badly set fractures
weak legs, leg trouble, pain in legs
legs won't go, difficulty in walking
cramp in hand
physically handicapped (nes)
flat feet, bunions
chondrodystrophia
tenosynovitis
NB Muscular dystrophy - code 8
37 Infectious and parasitic disease
incl. pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
tuberculosis of abdomen
sarcoidosis
toxoplasmosis (nes)
viral hepatitis
glandular fever
malaria
typhoid fever
tetanus
venereal diseases, herpes
thrush, candida
athlete's foot, fungal infection of nail
ringworm
whooping cough
NB After-effect of poliomyelitis, meningitis, encephalitis -
code to site/system
Ear/throat infections etc - code to site
38 Disorders of blood and blood forming organs
incl. anemia, pernicious anemia
sickle cell anemia/disease
thalassaemia
hemophilia
purpura (nes)
blood condition (nes), blood deficiency
polycthaemia (blood thickening), blood too thick
removal of spleen
removal of lymph gland (nes)
NB Leukemia - code 1
39 Skin complaints
incl. eczema
psoriasis, psoriasis arthritis (also code arthritis)
dermatitis
epidermolysis, bulosa
pilonidal sinusitis
impetigo
acne
skin rashes and irritations
skin allergies, leaf rash, angio-oedema
skin ulcer, ulcer on limb (nes)
birth mark
burned arm (nes)
cellulitis (nes)
carbuncles, boils, warts, verruca
corns, calluses
ingrown toenail
chilblains
abscess in groin
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
NB Rodent ulcer - code 1
Varicose ulcer, varicose eczema - code 20
40 Other complaints
incl. Insomnia
sleepwalking
fainting
adhesions
hair falling out, alopecia
travel sickness
nose bleeds
no sense of smell
dumb, no speech
NB Deaf and dumb - code 11 only
SC
41 Unclassifiable (no other codable complaint)
incl. old age/weak with old age
general infirmity
allergy (nes), allergic reaction to some drugs (nes)
war wound (nes), road accident injury (nes)
tiredness (nes)
generally run down (nes)
weight loss (nes)
after-effects of meningitis (nes)
had meningitis - left me susceptible to other things (nes)
electrical treatment on cheek (nes)
swollen glands (nes)
embarrassing itch (nes)
glass in head - too near temple to be removed (nes)
42 Complaint no longer present
NB Only use this code if it is actually stated that the complaint no longer affects the informant.
Exclude if complaint is kept under control by medication -code to site/system.
] Refusal
DocTalk
When dealing with notes made by interviewers, bear in mind the following points:
1. To avoid duplication:
If the doctor sees a relative of the patient, and not the patient himself, the visit should be coded on the relative's questionnaire (if in the household).
Where the doctor visits a house and examines a patient and, at the same visit, talks to another member of the household about the patient, the visit should be shown only on the questionnaire of the patient.
2. Doctors seen at clinics:
The question is intended to cover visits to doctors in their own practices only. If it emerges, at GP or DocWhere for example, that the doctor was seen at a hospital clinic or a district health authority clinic, delete this consultation (unless the doctor functions as a GP to hospital staff and informant is on hospital staff, in which case accept).
Also delete if the doctor was only seen at a blood donor session, or it was a follow-up visit to informant's home by a hospital doctor (eg for TB or VD).
Include if the child was seen by a doctor at a sch6ol clinic but exclude visits to a child welfare clinic run by a Local Authority.
3. Medicals:
Accept these regardless of who they are for (eg insurance company, employer, DSS) or where they are held.
4. Making appointments:
Visits or phone calls to the doctor to book appointments or arrange home visits should be deleted unless the doctor was actually spoken to about a health problem.
NChats
If there is a note that the informant has seen a doctor more than 4 times, accept 4 but make a note of the number of times and refer to s/v. (We will keep a count of these to consider whether we should extend the range next year.)
GP
Recode answers given at XGP where possible. Otherwise leave in code 3.
Include in code 1: Doctors/locums forming part of the general practitioners emergency service as they perform the functions of a GP.
Include in code 2: Consultant (unless seen at a hospital, in which case delete)
Include in code 3: Forces Medical Officers; School doctor - at school; Company/works doctor - at work
The following types of doctor should be deleted:
Doctors in hospital/doctors in convalescent home
Homeopathic doctor/hypnotist/acupuncturist (unless a qualified GP)
Osteopaths/chiropractors etc
Doctor at a Child Welfare Center or Child Health Clinic
DocWhere
Include in code 2: Seen in relative's/friend's home.
InPatnt
Exclude inpatient stays in a hospital abroad.
PrsGlses/PrsLens
There is a warning if PrsGlses or PrsLens is 5 or more.
SUPPRESS this warning unless it is clear that the answer is incorrect, or the interviewer has not followed the instructions about disposable lenses, in which case amend the answer at PrsGlses/PrsLens.
NHStest
If there is an interviewer note that the informant belongs to one of the groups listed in the interviewer instructions, and NHStest is not coded 1, then recode to 1 (NHS test).
HEALTH
INDEX
Code
Abdominal hernia 26
Abdominal rupture 26
Abdominal trouble 27
Abcess
brain 08
breast 33
groin 39
larynx 25
Absence
eye 09
kidney 30
limb 36
Acoustic neuroma 01
Ache -
Arm 36
back 35
ear 14
head 07
Acid stomach 27
Acne 39
Addiction
alcohol 04
drug 04
Addison's disease 03
Adenoid problems 25
Adhesions (nes) 40
After-effect -
cancer (nes) 01
meningitis (nes) 41
polio 36
Age (old) (nes) 41
Agoraphobia 04
AIDS 03
AIDS carrier 03
Alcoholism 04
Allergic asthma 23
Allergic reaction (nes) 41
Allergic rhinitis 24
Allergy
animal fur (nes) 25
causing asthma 23
drugs(nes) 41
dust(nes) 25
food 27
skin 39
(nes) 41
Alopecia 40
Alzheimer's disease O8
Anemia -
pernicious 38
sickle cell 38
(nes) 38
Angina 16
Angio-oedema 39
Anorexia nervosa 04
Anxiety 04
Aorta replacement 18
Aortic stenosis 18
Apoplexy 15
Appendix (grumbling) 28
Arterial thrombosis 21
Arteriosclerosis (nes) 21
Artesia
biliary 27
Artificial arteries (nes) 21
Arthritis
Rheumatoid 34
(any site) 34
Asbestosis 25
Asthma
allergic 23
bronchial 23
cardiac 18
(nes) 23
Astigmatism 10
Ataxia
Friedreich's 08
Athlete's foot 37
Atrial fibrillation 18
Attack
heart 16
panic 04
Autism 04
Back ache 35
Back trouble 35
Bad chest 25
Bad eyesight 09
Bad leg 36
Balance problem
due to inner ear 13
(nes) 18
Baldness 40
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome 03
Bed Wetting 32
Bell’s Palsy O8
Biliary artesia 27
Birthmark 39
Blackouts 06
Bladder complaint 32
Bladder problems 32
Bladder restriction 32
Bleeding
Nose 40
Blindness
color 10
night 10
(nes) 09
Blocked artery (nes) 21
Blood
Clot (nes) 21
condition 38
deficiency 38
pressure
- high 17
- low 21
- (nes) 17
thickening 38
Blurred vision 09
Boils 39
Bowel
inflamed 28
irritable 28
polyp 28
Brain damage 08
Breakdown
nervous 04
Breathlessness
excl. due to anemia, angina, hole
in the heart) 25
Brittle bones 36
Broken
limb 36
nose 36
rib 36
Bronchial trouble 25
Bronchiectasis 22
Bronchitis 22
Bulosa 39
Bunion 36
Buphthalmos 10
Burned arm (nes) 39
Bursitis 36
Byssinosis 25
Callous 39
Cancer (any site) 01
Candida 37
Carbuncle 39
Carcinoma (any site) 0l
Cardiac diffusion 18
Cardiac problem 18
Carpal tunnel syndrome 08
Cartilage problem 36
Catalepsy 04
Cataract 09
Catarrh 25
Cellulitis (nes) 39
Cerebral embolism 15
Cerebral hemorrhage 15
Cerebral palsy O8
Cerebral thrombosis 15
Cerebro-vascular
accident 15
Cervical spondylitis 35
Chest infection 25
Chest pains (nes) l8
Chest trouble (nes) 25
Chilblains 39
Cholesterol
high l8
too much in blood 18
Chondrodystrophia 36
Chronic bronchitis 22
Chronic renal failure 30
Circulation
poor 21
Cirrhosis
liver 27
Claudication
intermittent 21
Claw-hand 36
Cleft palate 29
Club-foot 36
Coeliac disease 03
Cold (common) 25
Colitis
ulcerative 28
(nes) 28
Collapse
Knee cap 36
lung 25
Colon trouble 28
Colostomy
for cancer 01
nes) 28
Color blind 10
Concussion syndrome 04
Confused (mental) 04
Conjunctivitis 10
Constipation 28
Contraction
Dupuytren s 36
Sinews 36
Convulsions 06
Corn 39
Cornea
scarred 10
Corneal ulcer 10
Coronary thrombosis 16
Cough
Whooping 37
(nes) 25
Cracked nipple 33
Cramp
limb 36
Crohn's disease - 28
Croup 25
Curvature
spine 35
Cushing's syndrome 03
Cyst (any site) 01
Cystic fibrosis 03
Cystic kidney 30
Cystitis 31
Damage
brain 08
kidney 30
lung 25
spine (excl paralysis ) 35
testicles 33
Deaf and dumb 11
Deafness -
conductive 11
nerve 11
(nes) 11
Deficiency
blood 38
hormone 03
Dementia -
senile 04
Depression 04
Dermatitis 39
Detached retina 09
Deviated septum 36
Diabetes 02
Diarrhea 28
Difficulty
swallowing 27
walking (nes) 36
Diffusion
cardiac 18
Disc trouble 35
Discharge
ear 14
Disease - (see also syndrome)
Addison's 03
Alzheimer's 08
Coeliac 03
Crohn's 28
degenerative brain 08
hashimoto's 03
heart 18
Hirschsprung's 28
Hodgkin’s 01
Ischaemic heart 18
liver 27
Meniere's 13
motor neurone 08
Paget's 36
Parkinson's 08
Pelvic inflammatory (Female) 33
Perthe's 36
Raynaud's 21
Schlatter's 36
Schuermann's 35
Sever's 36
Sickle cell 38
Still's 34
valvular heart l8
venereal 37
Dislocation
disc 35
neck 35
spine 35
other site 36
Disseminated lupus 36
Disseminated sclerosis 08
Diverticulitis 28
Dizziness 18
Double hernia 26
Double kidney 30
Double vision 10
Down's syndrome 05
Drug addiction 04
Dry eye syndrome 10
Dumb
and deaf 11
(nes) 40
Duodenal ulcer 26
Dupuytren contraction 36
Dwarfism 03
Dyslexia 04
Dysmenorhea 33
Dyspepsia 27
Dystrophy
muscular O8
myotonic O8
Ear
causing balance problems 13
drum - perforated (nes) 14
glue 14
noises in 12
Earache 14
Eczema
varicose 20
(nes) 39
Embolism
cerebral 15
pulmonary 21
Emphysema 22
Encephalomyelitis -
myalgic 08
Encopresis 28
Endomentriosis 33
Eneuresis 32
Enteritis 28
Epilepsy 06
Epidermolysis 39
Eustachian tube
disorder of 14
Eye
dry 10
infection 10
lazy 10
light sensitive 10
sty 10
watery 10
Eyesight
bad 09
poor 09
Fecal incontinence 28
Failure
heart 18
renal 30
Fainting (nes) 40
Febrile convulsions 06
Feeling
loss of (in extremities) 08
Fibrillation -
atrial 18
ventricular l8
Fibrosis
cystic 03
lung 25
Fibrositis 34
Fit
coughing 25
Jacksonian O6
(nes) 06
Flat feet 36
Floater-eye 10
Fluid
on brain 08
on lung 25
retention 03
Food allergy 27
Forgetfulness 04
Fracture (nes)
disc 35
neck 35
spine 35
other site 36
Friedreich's ataxia 08
Frozen shoulder 36
Fungal infection of nail 37
Gall bladder problems 27
Gallstone 27
Gangrene 21
Gastric ulcer 26
Giddiness l8
Gilbert's syndrome 03
Gingivitis 29
Glandular fever 37
Glaucoma 10
Glue ear 14
Goitre 03
Good pasture's syndrome 30
Gout 03
Grand mal 06
Growth (any site) 0l
Guillain-Barre syndrome 08
Gullet
twisted 27
Gynecological problems 33
Hemophilia 38
Hemorrhage
cerebral 15
eye 10
Hemorrhoids 19
Hair
falling out (nes) 40
Handicap
mental 05
physical - spasticity 08
physical (nes) 36
Hardening
arteries in heart 18
arteries (nes) 21
lens 09
Hare lip 29
Hashimoto's disease 03
Hayfever 24
Headaches 07
Hearing
poor 11
Heart
attack 16
burn 27
complaint l8
disease 18
failure l8
murmur l8
trouble 18
Hemiplegia 15
Hepatitis (viral) 37
Hernia
abdominal 26
diaphragm 26
double 26
hiatus 26
inguinal 26
umbilical 26
(nes) 26
Herpes 37
Hiatus hernia 26
High blood pressure 17
High cholesterol 18
Hip infection 36
Hip replacement (nes) 36
Hirschsprung's disease 28
HIV positive 03
Hodgkin's disease 0l
Hole in heart l8
Hormone deficiency 03
Horseshoe kidney 30
Housemaid's knee 36
Huntington's chorea 08
Hydrocephalus 08
Hyperactive child 04
Hypercalcemia 03
Hyperglycemia 02
Hypersensitive to cold 21
Hypertension 17
Hypopotassemia 03
Hypotension 21
Hysterectomy
for cancer 01
(nes) 33
Ileostomy 27
Impacted wisdom tooth 29
Impediment
speech -
because of stroke 15
(nes) 04
Impetigo 39
Implant
lens 09
pacemaker 18
Impotence 33
Incontinence
bladder 32
double 28&32
fecal 28
(nes) 32
Indigestion 27
Industrial respiratory disease 25
Infection
chest 25
ear 14
eye 10
fungal of nail 37
hip 36
throat 25
urinary tract 31
Infertility 33
Inflammation
bowel 28
duodenum 27
spinal joint 35
tendon 36
Ingrown toenail 39
Injury
brain 08
eye 10
limb 36
neck (excl. paralysis) 35
spine (excl. paralysis) 35
Insomnia 40
Intermittent claudication 21
Iritis 10
Irritable bowel 28
Irritation of skin 39
Ischaemic heart disease 18
Jacksonian fit 06
Kidney
cystic 30
horseshoe 30
stone 30
trouble 30
Labyrinthitis 13
Laminectomy (nes) 35
Laurence - Moon (-Biedl) syndrome 30
Lazy eye 10
Leaf rash 39
Lens
hardening 09
implant 09
Leucodystrophy
metachromatic 08
Leukemia 01
Ligament - torn 36
Limp (nes) 36
Liver disease 27
Liver problems 27
Loss of
balance -
inner ear 13
(nes) l8
Loss of
eye 09
feeling (in extremity) 08
kidney 30
limb 36
lung 25
sense of -
smell 40
taste 29
Low blood pressure 21
Lumbago 35
Lump (any site) 0l
Lung
collapsed 25
complaint (nes) 25
damaged (nes) 25
farmer s 25
pigeon fancier's 25
problems (nes) 25
Lymphoma 0l
ME 08
MS 08
Malacia 03
Malaria 37
Malformed jaw 36
Manic depressive 04
Mass (any site) 01
Mastectomy (nea) 01
Mastitis 33
Mastoiditis 14
Meniere's disease 13
Menopause 33
Mental handicap 05
Mental illness 04
Mental retardation 05
Metachromatic leucodystrophy 08
Microcephaly 08
Migraine 07
Mitral stenosis 18
Mongol 05
Motor neurone disease 08
Mouth ulcer 29
Multiple sclerosis 08
Murmur
heart 18
Muscular dystrophy 08
Muscle
torn 36
wastage (nes) 36
Myalgic encephalomyelitis 08
Myasthenia gravis 08
Myocardial infarction 16
Myopia 09
Myotonia (nes) 36
Myotonic dystrophy 08
Myxoedema (nes) 03
Narcolepsy 08
Nasal polyps 25
Neoplasm (any site) 01
Nephritis 30
Neuralgia
trigeminal 08
(nes) 08
Neurasthenia 04
Neuritis 08
Neurofibromatosis 01
Neuroma
acoustic 0l
Nerve
removal (in limb) 08
trapped 08
Nerves (nes) 04
Nervous breakdown 04
Nervous stomach 27
Nervous trouble 04
Night blindness 10
Nipple - cracked 33
Noise
deafness 11
in ear 12
Nose bleeds 40
Numbness (if in extremity) 08
Obesity 03
Osteo-arthritis 34
Osteomyelitis 36
Osteoporosis 36
Otitis media 14
Otosclerosis 11
Overactive thyroid 03
Pacemaker implant 18
Paget's disease 36
Pain
back 35
chest (nes) l8
joint 36
Palpitations 18
Palsy
Bell's 08
cerebral 08
Pancreas problems 27
Panic attacks 04
Paralysis -
agitans 08
vocal cords 25
(nes) 08
Paraplegia 08
Parkinson's disease 08
Partially paralyzed
because of stroke 15
(nes) 08
Partially sighted 09
Pelvic inflammatory disease (female) 33
Peptic ulcer 26
Perforated -
eardrum (nes) 14
Pericarditis l8
Period problems 33
Pernicious anemia 38
Perthe's disease 36
Petit mal 06
Pharyngitis 25
Phenylketonuria 03
Phlebitis 20
Phobia 04
Physically handicapped (nes) 36
Pierre Robin syndrome 36
Pigeon fancier's lung 25
Piles 19
Pilonidal sinusitis 39
Pins and needles in limb 08
Pleurisy 25
Pneumoconiosis 25
Polio (nes) 36
Polyarteritis Nodosa 21
Polycthaemia 38
Polymyalgia rheumatica 34
Polyp
bowel 28
nasal 25
Poor circulation 21
Poor eyesight 09
Poor hearing 11
Post viral syndrome (ME) 08
Premenstrual tension 33
Problem - (see also trouble)
adenoid 25
bladder 32
cardiac l8
cartilage 36
ear (nes) 14
gall bladder 27
gynecological 33
inner ear (nes) 14
liver 27
lung (nes) 25
middle ear 14
pancreas 27
period 33
Prolapse
inverterbral disc 35
womb 33
(nes) - if female 33
Prostate gland trouble 33
Psoriasis 39
Psoriasis arthritis 39&34
Pulmonary embolism 2.
Purpura (nes) 38
Pyelonephritis 30
Rash
leaf 39
skin (nes) 39
Raynaud's disease 21
Removal
for cancer (nes) 01
knee cap 36
lymph gland (nes) 38
nerve (in limb) 08
spleen 38
Renal failure 30
Renal TB 3.
Replacement
aorta 18
hip (nes) 36
Restless legs 08
Restriction
bladder 32
vision 09
Retardation
mental 05
Retention
fluid 03
water 03
Retina
detached 09
scarred 09
Retinitis pigmentosa 10
Rheumatism 34
Rheumatoid arthritis 34
Rhinitis
allergic 23
(nes) 25
Rickets 03
Ringworm 37
Rodent ulcer 01
Rupture
abdominal 26
(nes) 26
St. Vitus dance l8
Sarcoidosis 37
Sarcoma (any site) 01
Scarred cornea 10
Scarred retina 09
Schizophrenia 04
Sciatica 08
Schlatter's disease 36
Schuermann's disease 35
Sclerosis -
arterial (nes) 21
disseminated 08
multiple 08
systemic 36
Senile dementia 04
Sever's disease 36
Shingles 08
Short sighted . 09
Sick sinus syndrome l8
Sickle cell anemia 38
Sickle cell disease 38
Sinus
pilonidal 39
sick, syndrome 18
trouble 25
Sinusitis 25
Skin
irritation (nes) 39
rash (nes) 39
ulcer 39
Sleep walking 40
Smell - no sense of 40
Sore throat 25
Spastic
colon 28
(nes) 08
Speech impediment
because of stroke 15
(nes) 04
Spina bifida 08
Spondylitis 35
Spondylosis 35
Squint 10
Stammer 04
Stenosis
aortic l8
mitral 18
Still's disease 34
Stomach trouble (nes) 27
Stone
gallbladder 27
kidney 30
Stress 04
Stevens- Johnson syndrome 39
Stroke 15
Sty on eye 10
Subnormal 05
Swallowing
difficulty 27
Swollen glands (nes) 41
Swollen legs (nes) 21
Syndrome - (see also disease)
Beckwith-Wiedemann 03
Carpal tunnel 08
Concussion 04
Cushing's 03
Down's 05
dry eye l0
Gilbert's . 03
Good pasture’s 30
Guillain-Barre 08
Laurence - Moon (-Biedl) 30
Pierre Robin 36
post viral (ME) 08
sick sinus l8
Stevens - Johnson 39
Turner s 33
Wolff-Parkinson-White l8
Wright's 21
Syringomyelia 08
Systemic sclerosis 36
TB
abdomen 37
hip 36
limb 36
pulmonary 37
renal 30
Tachycardia l8
Taste - no sense of 29
Teeth 29
Telangiectasia (nes) 21
Tendinitis 36
Tennis elbow 36
Tenosynovitis 36
Testicles - damaged 33
Tetanus 37
Thalassemia 38
Throat
infection 25
irritation 25
sore 25
trouble
difficulty swallowing 27
(nes) 25
Thrombosis
arterial 21
cerebral 15
coronary 16
(nes) 21
Thrush 37
Thyroid 03
Thyrotoxicosis 03
Tinnitus 12
Tired heart l8
Tiredness 41
Tongue ulcer 29
Tonsillitis 25
Torn ligament 36
Torn muscle 36
Toxoplasmosis (nes) 37
Travel sickness 40
Trapped nerve 08
Trouble - (see also problem)
abdominal 27
back 35
colon (nes) 28
ear (nes) 14
eye (nes) 09
heart l8
kidney 30
nervous 04
prostate gland 33
sinus 25
stomach 27
tear duct 10
throat
difficulty swallowing 27
(nes) 25
water (nes) 32
Tube
Eustachian (disorder) 14
kidney (damage) 30
Tumor (any site) 01
Tunnel vision 09
Turner’s syndrome 33
Typhoid fever 37
Ulcer
corneal 10
duodenal 26
gastric 26
limb (nes) 39
Lung 25
mouth 29
peptic 26
rodent 01
skin 39
stomach 26
tongue 29
varicose 20
(nes) 26
Underactive thyroid 03
Uremia 30
Urinary tract infection 31
Urine infection 31
Vaginitis 33
Valvular heart disease l8
Varicose eczema 20
Varicose ulcer 20
Varicose veins -
Anus 19
Lower Extremities 20
Oesophagus 21
(nes) 20
Venereal disease 37
Ventricular fibrillation 18
Verruca 39
Vertigo 13
Vestibulitis 13
Vision
blurred 09
double 10
restricted 09
tunnel 09
Vulvitis 33
Wart 39
Wastage- muscle 36
Water
retention 03
trouble (nes) 32
teary eye 10
Weak bladder. 32
Weak chest 25
Weak heart. 18
Weak legs 36
Weakness in intestines 27
Wheezy (nes) 25
Whooping cough 37
Wilms tumor 01
Wilson's disease 03
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome l8
Worn disc 35
Wright's syndrome 21
1/B: 1204INDEX
ELDERLY EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
General Notes:
The questions on managing tasks are about help from another person. Therefore a person who manages on his or her own, but with an aid such as a stick, should be coded "on your own" A person who uses a stairlift should be coded "on your own.
If more than one activity is covered at a question eg getting up and down stairs, getting in and out of bed, the activity should be looked at as a whole. If the informant has help up steps, but not down them, Stairs should be coded as "only with help".
StrsHp
TaskHp
TnailHp
Recode answers at code 9 where possible,
using the following frame.
BathHp
WashHp
WalkHp
PTHelp
DomHelp
NB Answers at StrsHp, and TnailHp - PTHelp are single coded. Answers at TaskHp and DomHelp can be multi-coded.
CODE
Spouse/partner 1
Other member of household 2
The following codes relate to
non-household members
Relative outside household 3
Include: in-laws; all other relatives
Friend or neighbor 4
Include: other residents of sheltered
accommodation
Voluntary worker 5
Include: meals on wheels provided by
a voluntary organization; Citizen's
Advice Bureau; helper provided by
a voluntary organization.
Formal NHS or personal social services 6
Include: Community or district nurse;
Macmillan nurse; nurse (nes)
Social worker; welfare worker;
health visitor; council (nes);
LA home help/homecare worker;
Home help (nes); night sitter paid
for by LA or social services;
Ambulance man;
Meals on wheels provided by LA;
Warden/staff provided by LA/social
services; Clinic (nes).
NB Warden (nes), staff in sheltered
accommodation etc - check with
LandLord in Household questionnaire
to determine if code 6 (LA) or 9
(Housing Association) applies.
Paid help 7
Include: Window cleaner; daily; domestic
help; Private nurse; Tradesmen; Taxi driver;
Shop deliveries provided it is not a
specific service to the elderly.
Chiropodist 8
Include: NHS or private chiropodist;
friend or neighbor who is a chiropodist.
Other 9
Include: Rep from using association; Warden
or staff at accommodation rented from a
housing association.
Answers such as Anyone who is around,
anyone who is nearby (provided no other
answer codable 1-8 is given).
PTYNot
Recode answers coded 6 (specified at XPTYNot) where possible, using the following notes:
Include in code 1: Answers relating to the informant's health eg I can't walk without a frame because of my blackouts; suffer from travel sickness.
Answers about the informant's health in relation to public transport eg cannot stand long enough to wait for buses; the fumes affect my asthma; can't walk as far as bus stop; can't get on and off; step too high on to bus.
Include in Code 2: Drive my car everywhere; I have my own car; Wife drives me.
Include in Code 3: Daughter (not in household) drives me everywhere; Neighbor drives me in his car; Don't go anywhere to use public transport, walk to local shops; Don't need to, council provides mini-bus for pensioners; always use a bike, like the exercise; prefer to walk everywhere; Don't like buses (nes).
Include in Code 4: Answers about inconvenient or inadequate public transport e.g.
Infrequent, only 2 per day; unsuitable - no convenient bus; No transport near us; Public transport is unreliable.
Also include where the bus stop is an unreasonable distance away, or where it is not clear whether code 1 or 3 applies eg bus stop too far away (nes).
Include in code 5: All answers about public transport being too expensive.
Include in Code 6: Answers about lack of confidence/insecurity eg frightened of getting on and off buses and crossing the road; Lost confidence since husband died; Drivers are impatient and drive off too quickly; Language problem - doesn't speak English.
OpLst3M
Include hospital optician.
Shelter
Recode answers at code 4 (specified at XShelter) where possible.
FLAG all queries for s/v.
SMOKING EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
QtyWkEnd/QtyWkDay
If the informant could only give an overall weekly number, or ounces of tobacco, and could not estimate the number of cigarettes smoked daily, recode using the following notes.
1. Hand rolled cigarettes -
Count 1 oz of tobacco as 40 cigarettes
Count 12.5 grams of tobacco as 18 cigarettes
Count 25 grams of tobacco as 36 cigarettes
NB Only convert ounces to cigarettes if the informant has
not given the number of cigarettes smoked.
2. Weekly amounts -
If the informant could only give an answer in weekly terms, code 1/7th of the total at QtyWkEnd and QtyWkDay.
CigType
If there is an interviewer note saying "50/50 hand rolled and filter-tipped", priority code 1 over code 2 over code 3.
If the informant smokes filter-tipped cigarettes with the tip removed, CigType should be coded 1 (filter-tipped).
CigBrand
Recode all answers coded 997, using the Brand Check List and notes which follow.
Use code 777 if an informant smokes no regular brand or someone else's cigarettes, and the interviewer has not recorded details of the brand currently smoked.
Use code 888 where there is insufficient detail to code the brand, or the brand does not appear on the attached Brand Check List. Flag for s/v if unsure whether to use 888. See notes 3 and 4 below.
Notes:
1. Tar levels are indicated after the brand on the Brand Check List by letters in brackets.
L = Low tar
LM = Low to middle tar
M = Middle tar
MM = Middle to high tar
2. If an informant smokes two types of cigarette equally:
if both brands fall into the same tar level category, code 199, 299, 399 accordingly (199 = low tar, 299 = low to middle, 399 = middle tar).
Otherwise, use code 888.
3. Use code 199, 299 etc, rather than 888, where there is insufficient detail but it is known from the Brand Check List that the tar level is the same for all cigarettes manufactured under that name eg code Piccadilly (nes) as 299 as all are LM (low to middle); similarly code Consulate (nes) as 199 as all are low tar (L).
Code 888 where tar levels are not indicated or are different for brands manufactured under one name.
4. Use code 888 for Benson & Hedges (nes) on Self Completions or if the interviewer has coded 997.
5. Note that some names may be a brand name or form part of a brand name eg Regal King Size and Embassy Regal.
Superkings is not a brand but forms part of several brand names. Benson & Hedges Silk Cut should be coded to Silk Cut as B & H are the manufacturers of Silk Cut. Royals 25s should be coded as Rothmans Royals 25s.
On the Brand Check List (P) indicates plain/untipped.
CigAge
There is a hard check if CigEver = Yes (has smoked cigarettes regularly) and CigAge = 0 (never smoked cigarettes regularly). The interviewer should have sorted out whether the informant smoked cigarettes regularly and amended CigAge or CigEver accordingly.
If the interviewer was unable to sort this out and has made a note (eg Self Completion), recode CigAge to DK using [ key.
Accept the age given here eg started smoking regularly at 5 as parents owned a tobacconists.
BRAND CHECK LIST 1994/5
Balmoral:
695 Filter Mild 100s (L)
348 King Size (Filter) (LM)
575 King Size Low Tar (L)
561 100s (LM)
696 Virginia 100s (LM)
Beaumont:
697 King Size (M)
698 King Size Lights (LM)
699 Superkings (M)
700 Superkings Lights (LW)
Belvedere:
531 International (LM)
590 International King Size (LM)
701 Superior Virginia Blend (King Size) (LM)
Benson & Hedges:
303 Gold Bond Filter (LM)
202 Sovereign Filter (LM)
203 Sovereign King Size (LM)
204 Sovereign Mild (King Size) (L)
306 Special Filter (King Size) (LM)
682 Special Mild (King Size) (L)
205 Sterling King Size (LM)
702 Superkings (LM)
703 Superkings Lights (L)
683 Super Virginia Filter (LM)
591 Turkish Filter (M)
293 XL (LM)
285 100s (LM)
704 100s Luxury Length (LM)
Bentley:
526 King Size (LM)
673 Superkings (LM)
Berkeley:
522 Special King Size
272 Superkings (LM)
148 Superkings Mild (L)
502 Superkings Menthol (L)
Black Cat:
576 King Size (LM)
524 Superkings (LM)
Broadway:
684 King Size 25s (LM)
685 Lights King Size 25s (L)
Buckingham
592 King Size (LM)
749 Lights King Size (L)
705 Superkings (LM)
706 Superkings Lights (L)
Camel:
208 Filters (King Size) (M)
532 Lights (L)
750 Camel (P) (H)
Capital:
594 King Size (LM)
595 Superkings American (Blend) (LM)
596 Superkings Medium (M)
597 Superkings Menthol (LM)
598 Superkings Mild (LM)
Capstan:
401 Navy Cut Full Strength (P) (M)
308 Medium (P)
209 Carrolls Number 1 (Virginia) (LM)
Cartier:
600 International Luxury Mild (L)
751 Vendome Lights (L)
686 Center King Size (M)
601 Charles House Special Reserve King Size (LM)
602 Chesterfield (Filter) King Size (LM)
Choice:
527 King Size (LM)
707 Low Tar King Size (L)
533 100s (LM)
Classic:
503 King Size (LM)
603 100s (LM)
Consulate:
104 Menthol (L)
105 No. 2 (L)
515 100s (L)
Conway:
752 Deluxe Mild King Size (L)
569 King Size Low Tar (L)
708 Lights Superkings (L)
709 Special Filter (LM)
570 lO0s (LM)
Craven:
534 100s Superkings (LM)
504 100s Superkings Special Wild (L)
Craven "A":
341 King Size (Filter) (LM)
710 King Size Special Menthol (L)
133 King Size Special Wild (L)
106 Luxury Length Special Mild
525 Special Menthol KS
294 Superkings
147 Superkings Special Mild
692 Curzon (King Size) 25s (LM)
604 Davidoff Magnum (LM)
711 Death King Size (M)
Dickens & Grant:
605 King Size (LM)
606 Superkings (LM)
780 Superkings Lights (LM)
Dorchester:
138 Extra Mild (L)
537 Extra Mild King Size (L)
347 Filter
538 King Size (M)
139 Menthol (L)
539 Menthol King Size (L)
516 Superkings (LM)
753 Superkings Extra Mild (L)
577 Superkings Menthol (L)
540 Superkings Mild (L)
Dunhill:
690 Infinite Lights (L)
213 International (LM)
712 International Filter De Luxe (LM)
214 International Menthol (LM)
108 International Superior Mild (L)
215 King Size (LM)
109 King Size Superior Mild (L)
658 Lights (L)
568 Light Virginia (L)
216 Luxury Length (LM)
583 Ultimate Lights (L)
Elan:
713 Mild 100s (LM)
714 King Size Medium (LM)
754 100s Medium (M)
Elite:
541 King Size (M)
715 Superkings (LM)
Embassy:
110 Extra Mild
217 Filter (LM)
542 Mild (King Size) (L)
111 Number 1 Extra Mild
218 Number 1 King Size (LM)
219 Number 3 Standard Size
220 Regal
113 Ultra Mild King Size
Fine:
716 120 Super Length Menthol (LM)
717 120 Super Length Virginia Blend (LM)
First:
718 De Luxe Length 100s (LM)
505 King Size (LM)
691 Specials (LM)
755 Specials 25s (LM)
Five Kings:
675 King Size (M)
676 King Size Mild (LM)
677 l00s (LM)
Gallaher's:
402 De Luxe Blue (P) (LM)
311 De Luxe Green (P) (LM)
Gauloises:
610 Blondes (LM)
756 Blondes Lights King Size (L)
403 Caporal (P)
224 Caporal Filter (LM)
225 Disque Blue Caporal (LM)
145 Legeres (Filter) (L)
Gitanes:
612 Blondes Filter (LM)
613 Blondes Lights (L)
404 Caporal
226 Caporal Filter (LM)
615 Gitanes (P) (LM)
614 International (LM)
615 Plain (LM)
Globe:
719 Blue King Size (L)
517 King Size (LM)
757 King Size Low Tar (L)
543 100s (LM)
313 Gold Leaf Filter Virginia (LM)
Gold Mark:
286 King Size (LM)
506 Superkings (LM)
228 Guards (LM)
Haddows:
678 King Size (M)
758 King Size Lights (LM)
720 Superkings (M)
667 Harrods King Size (M)
659 House of Commons (King Size) (L)
616 House of Lords (King Size) (L)
281 Hyde Park Superkings (LM)
Independent:
287 No.3 King Size (LM)
617 No.3 Superkings (LM)
John Player (JP):
231 King Size (LM)
115 King Size Extra Mild (L)
314 Special Filter
352 Special lOOs
315 Special King Size (LM)
578 Special Lights (King Size) (L)
232 Superkings (LM)
134 Superkings (Low Tar) (L)
584 Superkings Lights (L)
585 Superkings Menthol (L)
Kensitas:
544 Club (LM)
316 Club King Size (LM)
233 Club Mild (LM)
234 Club Mild King Size (L)
318 Corsair (Filter Virginia) (LM)
319 (Filter Virginia) King Size (LM)
320 Filter Virginia (P) (LM)
320 Kensitas (P) (LM)
235 Mild King Size (LM)
721 Superkings
Kent:
618 King Size (LM)
619 Lights King Size (L)
620 100s Deluxe (LM)
King George:
291 King Size (LM)
621 Mild King Size (L)
571 Superkings (LM)
Kings:
508 King Size (M)
349 100s (LM)
Kingsmen:
344 Filter Virginia
545 King Size (LM)
693 Special King Size (LM)
622 Superkings (LM)
Kingston:
660 King Size (LM)
722 King Size Filter Kings (LM)
723 Lights King Size (L)
759 Superkings (LM)
351 Kingsway King Size (LM)
Knights:
509 Low Tar (King Size) (L)
510 King Size (LM)
518 100s (LM)
Knightsbridge:
547 Knightsbridge (LM)
579 Kings (M)
586 King Size (M)
572 l00s (M)
623 Kool Filter Kings Menthol (LM)
Lambert & Butler:
321 International Size
239 King Size (LM)
549 King Size Low Tar (L)
724 Lights (L)
119 Special Mild King Size
288 100s (LM)
Lambeth:
546 King Size (LM)
725 Special Mild King Size (L)
565 Superkings (LM)
Lark:
625 Filter King Size (LM)
726 Triple Filter (LM)
626 L & M Filter (King Size) (LM)
Londis:
627 King Size (M)
669 Luxury Length (M)
London:
295 Superkings (M)
628 Lucky Strike (Filters) (King Size) (LM)
Mace:
511 King Size (LM)
511 Maceline King Size (LM)
629 Superkings (LM)
528 Major Extra Size (LM)
Marlboro:
242 King Size (LM)
135 Lights King Size (L)
140 Lights 100s (L)
243 100s (LM)
630 Mayfair King Size (LM)
120 Merit (Filter) Extra Mild (L)
Metro:
727 Kings International Filter (LM)
633 100s (LM)
760 100s Mild (L)
More:
244 Filter 120s (LM)
245 Menthol (Filter) 120s (LM)
141 Special Mild 120s (LM)
142 Special Mild Menthol 120s (L)
566 Special Mild Menthol Filter 120s
Oscar:
634 King Size (LM)
728 Superkings 100s (LM)
635 Pall Mall (Filter) (King Size) (LM)
Park Drive:
325 Special Virginia (P) (LM)
247 Tipped King Size (LM)
Peter Stuyvesant:
122 Extra Mild (King Size) (L)
249 (Filter) King Size (LM)
250 (Filter) Luxury Length (LM)
123 Luxury Length Extra Mild (L)
Piccadilly:
251 Filter De Luxe (LM)
253 Number One (P) (LM)
Players;
326 Medium Navy Cut (P) (LM)
256 No.6 King Size (LM)
328 No.10 Filter (LM)
730 Prime King Size (M)
Prince:
637 Lights (LM)
729 Prince of Blends (M)
Raffles:
274 100s (Special Virginia) (LM)
529 Kings (LM)
670 Lights 100s (L)
731 Special Virginia
Red Band:
289 King Size (LM)
136 King Size Mild (L)
638 Lights Superkings (L)
282 Superkings (LM)
Regal:
551 Filter (LM)
258 King Size (LM)
587 Mild King Size (L)
290 100s
Regatta:
530 King Size (M)
761 Superkings (M)
639 Review King Size (M)
640 Reyno Menthol (Fresh) (M)
Ronson:
345 King Size (LM)
732 Lights Special Mild King Size (L)
733 Special Virginia King Size (LM)
762 Superkings (LM)
283 100s
Rothmans:
259 International (LM)
330 King Size Filter (LM)
680 Lights King Size (L)
734 Royals Lights 25s (L)
260 Royals 120s (LM)
641 Royals 25s (LM)
513 100s (LM)
331 Royal Standard King Size
261 St. Moritz Luxury Length Menthol (LM)
642 Salem Menthol (Fresh) (LM)
Select:
643 Filter Virginia King Size (LM)
781 No. 2 (LM)
Senior Service:
262 Cadets King Size (LM)
332 Fine Virginia (P) (LM)
263 Superkings (LM)
Silk Cut:
143 Silk Cut (L)
275 Extra (L)
137 Extra De Luxe Mild (L)
661 Extra Mild King Size (L)
662 Extra Mild 100s (L)
127 King Size (L)
514 King Size Deluxe Mild (L)
588 Menthol (L)
128 No.3 (L)
663 Super Low (King Size) (L)
580 Ultra (L)
130 Ultra Low (King Size) (L)
664 100s (L)
Sinclair:
735 Superkings (L)
552 100s (L)
Sky:
567 King Size (M)
644 Superkings (M)
Sobranie:
645 Black Russian (LM)
646 Cocktail (LM)
Solo:
292 King Size (LM)
519 King Size Mild (L)
763 Lights King Size (L)
520 Superkings (ran)
764 25s King Size (LM)
Spar:
346 King Size (LM)
647 King Size Extra Mild (L)
278 Superkings (LM)
765 State Express 555 King Size (LM)
Statesmen:
681 King Size (M)
687 Luxury Length (LM)
Style:
521 King Size (LM)
694 Special 25s (LM)
Sullivan Powell:
671 Private Stock Filter (King Size) (LM)
648 Special Number 1 Turkish Filter (M)
Supreme:
736 Mild King Size (L)
553 King Size (LM)
649 Superkings (LM)
650 Sweet Afton Bank Size Plain (LM)
766 Sweet Afton Virginia (P) (M)
Triumph:
737 King Size Filter (LM)
738 Special Mild King Size (L)
739 Superkings (LM)
564 Twenties King Size (LM)
VG:
284 King Size (LM)
740 Superkings 100s (LM)
Victoria Wine:
276 King Size
277 Low Tar
554 Special Filter (LM)
555 Special Mild (L)
556 lOOs (LM)
Virginia Star:
741 De Luxe Mild 100s (L)
767 De Luxe Mild King Size (L)
742 De Luxe King Size
743 Gold Classic (LM)
744 Special Filter (LM)
573 King Size (LM)
581 100s (LM)
523 Vogue Superslims (100s CL)
Windsor Blue:
558 King Size (M)
745 King Size Lights (LM)
574 Low Tar (L)
746 Superkings (M)
Windsor Gold:
672 King Size (LM)
747 King Size Special Magnum
782 Special Virginia King Size (LM)
269 Winston King Size (LM)
337 Woodbine (Plain) (P) (LM)
York:
666 King Size (M)
654 King Size Low Tar (L)
769 King Size Mild (LM)
560 Superkings (M)
YSL:
748 Luxury lOOs (LM)
656 Menthol (L)
770 Menthol Luxury 100s(L)
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DRINKING EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
NonDrink and StopDrnk
Recode answers at code 6 where possible into codes 1-5.
Include in code 2: Don't like the smell;
Didn't appeal to me; Never wanted to;
Not interested;
Don't think young girls should drink (if
informant, is a young girl).
Include in code 3: Father drank and saw what it did to my
mother; Grannie's advice;
No one drinks in our family;
Parents drank to excess.
Include in code 4: Specific health problems whether or not drink
related; medication which is not compatible
with drinking; general fears that drinking
is bad for health;
Was an alcoholic.
Include in code 5: Waste of money; Wouldn't waste my money on it.
Include in code 6: Because of my job driving - didn't want to
risk losing my license; Never sure when, I
went to parties whether I would be over the
limit;
No reason, just stopped;
I've seen people destroyed by drink (no
mention of parents).
If more than one reason is specified and it is not clear which is the main one, treat codes as in priority order.
Shandy to OtherAm
General notes
1/2 pint of beer, 1 single of spirits, 1 small glass of sherry,
1 glass of wine are all = 1 unit of alcohol.
Shandy is entered as 1/2 pint measures but the alcohol content is half that of beer, and at the analysis stage this will be counted as 0.5 units of alcohol.
All specified answers at amounts will be recoded from code 97. All other drinks given at OtherDr, and the amounts, will be recoded to the appropriate drink category.
Amounts
CODE
1/2 pint shandy 1
1/2 pint beer/lager/cider 1
1 single (1/5 or 1/6 gill) of all spirits/liqueurs 1
1 small glass (2 fluid ozs) sherry/martini etc. 1
1 glass (4-4 1/2 fluid ozs) wine 1
Shandy
Shandy is half beer/lager and half lemonade.
Exclude bottled/canned shandy.
ShandyAm
Shandy should be entered as 1/2 pints. One and a half pints of shandy should be coded as 3.
Recode answers coded 97 and specified at XShndyAm.
Amounts of less than 1/2 pint - round up to 1/2 pint eg 3/4 pint
= code 2; 1 1/4 pints = code 3; 1 3/4 pints = code 4.
Beer
Include All beer, lager and cider.
Export, Heavy, Black & Tan, Diabetic beer, Home Brew lager, Special Brew lager, lager and lime, Home made beer, Guinness, Stout, Scrumpy, Pomagne, Barley wine. Diamond White cider, Black Velvet (champagne and stout).
Exclude Non alcoholic lagers such as Barbican, Kaliber. Also exclude ginger beer.
BeerAm
Beer, lager and cider should be entered as 1/2 pints.
Recode answers coded 97 and specified at XBeerAm.
Amounts of less than 1/2 pint - round up to 1/2 pint eg 3/4 pint
= code 2.
Cans of beer/lager/cider:
Small, 275 ml, approx. 1/2 pint (9 2/3 fl ozs) = code 1
Medium, 330 ml, 13 fl ozs = code 2
Large, 440ml, approx. 3/4 pint (15.5 fl ozs) = code 2
Therefore 2 medium cans = 26 fl ozs = code 3; 3 medium cans - 39 fl ozs = code 4 etc. 2 large cans = 1 1/4 pints = code 3; 3 large cans = 2 1/4 pints = code 5; 4 large cans = 3 pints = code 6 etc.
Bottles of beer/lager:
Small 1/2 pint (9 2/3 fl ozs) = code 1
Pint bottle = code 2
Liter bottle = approx. 1 3/4 pints = code 4
Flagon of beer/cider = 1 liter, approx. 1 3/4 pints = code 4
Barley wine: approx. 1/3 pint bottles = code 1 (1/3 pint of
barley wine will have the same strength as 1/2 pint beer);
2 1/3 pint bottles = code 2
NB A "nip" can be used to describe (1/3) bottle of barley wine.
If the exact measure of beer/lager/cider is not given, assume
1/2 pint eg 2 cans of lager (nes) = code 2; 3 beers = code 3;
1 bottle (nes) = code 1
Spirit
Include Gin, whisky, rum, brandy, vodka, liqueurs, Cocktails, Egg Flip, Snowball, Bacardi, Pernod, Pimms, Bourbon, Whisky Mac (whisky & ginger wine), Schnapps, Liqueur (nes), Bluemoon (no expl), Rum & pep, Southern Comfort, Tia Maria, Ouzo/Aniseed, Cherry brandy, Arak, Irish Velvet, Advocaat, Gaelic coffee, Tequila, Armagnac, Clan Dew, Campari, Malibu, Taboo, Raki, Archers, Poteen, Sloe gin, Monterez.
SpiritAm
Spirits/liqueurs should be entered as singles.
Recode answers coded 97 and specified at XSpiritAm.
Amounts less than 1 single (1 fl oz) - round up to 1 single.
1 single = 1/5 gill (Scotland) or 1/6 gill (England & Wales);
1/6 gill = 1 fl oz = code 1
1 double = 2/5 gill (Scotland) or 1/3 gill (England & Wales) = code 2
1 standard bottle of spirits = 70 or 75 cl = code 28
1/2 standard bottle = code 14
1/4 standard bottle = code 7
1 liter bottle of spirits = approx. 40 singles - code 40
1/2 liter bottle = approx. 20 singles = code 20
Teaspoons/tablespoons: 4 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
1 British measuring tablespoon = 1/32 imperial pint
Treat as 1 single up to 4 teaspoons or 1 tablespoon.
Cocktails: Assume a single measure unless further details or instructions are given.
Treat as 1 single a "half" (term used in Scotland), a "nip", or a "tot'.
Treat a large whisky as a double.
Treat 1 Whisky Mac (whisky and ginger wine) as a double = code 2.
If the exact measure is not given, code as a single eg 2 whiskies = code 2, and assume a standard bottle eg 1/2 bottle (nes) = code 14.
NB Take care with bottles - a miniature rather than a standard
bottle may be meant on a Self-Completion. Refer queries to s/v.
Sherry
Include Port; vermouth; Cinzano; Dubonnet; Martini; Bianco; Ricardo; Noilly Prat; ginger wine; home made sherry; Tonic wine; Sanatogen; Scotsmac and similar British wines fortified with spirits; port and lemon; 20/20.
Sherry Am
Sherry etc. should be entered as small glasses.
Recode answers coded 97 and specified at XSherryAm.
Amounts less than 1 small glass - round up to 1 small glass.
1 small glass (2 fluid ounces) = code 1
A schooner/large glass = 4 fl ozs = code 2
1 standard bottle of sherry/port - 70 or 75 cl - code 14
1/2 bottle = code 7
1 liter bottle = code 18
1/2 liter bottle = code 9
If exact size of glass is not given, treat as a small glass eg 1 martini = code 1.
If large glass is stated, treat as 2 small glasses.
If 1/2 bottle of sherry is specified, assume a standard bottle.
Wine
Include Champagne, Babycham, Punch, Mead, Moussec, Concorde, Saki, Cherry B, Calypso Orange Perry, Home made wine, Thunderbird, Pink Lady, Champagne cocktails, Castaway if drunk on its own.
Exclude Non alcoholic wines such as Eisberg; communion wine (unless a lot has been drunk)
WineAm
Wine should be entered as glasses.
Recode answers coded 97 and specified at XWineAm.
Amounts of less than one glass - round up to 1 glass eg 2 1/2 glasses code as 3 glasses.
1 glass of wine = 4 - 4 1/2 fl ozs = code 1
1 standard bottle of wine - 70 or 75 cl - code 6
1/2 standard bottle - code 3
1/3 standard bottle - code 2
1/4 standard bottle - 1 1/2 glasses - code 2
1 liter bottle of wine - approx 8 glasses - code 8
1/2 liter bottle - code 4
1/3 liter bottle - code 3
1/4 liter bottle = code 2
An ordinary carafe of wine = 1 standard bottle.
A liter carafe of wine - 1 liter bottle.
1 can of wine = 25 cl = code 2
1 pint of wine = 20 fl ozs = code 5
Babycham - 1 bottle (3 1/2 fl ozs) = code 1
Treat 1 glass of Castaway drunk on its own as a half measure.
Therefore 1 glass = code 1; 2 glasses = code 1; 3 glasses =
code 2; 4 glasses = code 2
If the exact size of glass is not given, assume a standard glass; if "bottle" (nes) is specified, assume a standard bottle.
"Large glass" (nes) = code 2
"Small glass" (nes) = code 1
OtherDr, OtherD and OtherAm
All other drinks must be recoded to the appropriate drinks category and IfOther then recoded to 2.
You will need to refer to the frequency (and the amounts) when recoding. The highest frequency in a category will be coded.
If the frequency at the relevant drinks category is higher than that at other drink, ignore the answer at other drink and recode IfOther to 2 eg Guinness specified at other drink, frequency at OtherD = 5 (once or twice a month);Guinness should be included in the beer category; frequency at Beer = 2 (5 or 6 days a week), which is the higher frequency, therefore ignore Guinness and recode IfOther to 2.
If the frequency at other drink is higher than the frequency in the relevant drinks category, recode both the frequency and the amount at other drink to the relevant category eg Spirit = 4 (once or twice a week), SpiritAm=2singles; Campari specified at other drink, OtherD = 3 (3 or 4 days per week), OtherAm = 1 single measure; Campari should be included in the Spirits category and other drink is the highest frequency, so recode Spirit to 3 and SpiritAm to 1 single Also recode IfOther to 2.
If the frequency at other drink is the same as the frequency in the relevant drinks category, add the amounts together and recode the amount at the relevant category eg Spirit = 7 (once or twice a year), SpiritAm = 1 single; Pimms specified at other drink, OtherD = 7 (once or twice a year), OtherAm = 1 glass. Pimms should be included in the Spirits category; as the frequency is the same, add the amounts together and recode SpiritAm to 2 singles. Also recode IfOther to 2.
Additional Notes
1. If the informant has 2 different drinks within the same category (eg port and sherry) on any one day, the amounts should be added together.
2. Code a teaspoon of brandy (in tea, for medicinal purposes) as 1 single.
3. Code miniature bottles as 2 measures - code 2.
4. If a range is recorded, code the highest amount eg 2-3 large cans, code 3 large cans.
5. Round up other fractions eg 2 1/2 glasses of wine, code 3 glasses.
6. Answers such as "5+ pints", code as dk at amount ([ key).
7. If, on a self- completion, the informant said he has had a drink of a p articular category in the last 12 months, but entered NIL at amount, then the interviewer should have used the dk key for amount - accept dk.
8. "Castaway" - If drunk with something else such as cider, code the cider; if drunk on its own, code as wine.
ShandyAm - WineAm
A soft check is activated if the amount is 20 or more.
SUPPRESS this check unless there is an interviewer note which indicates that the amount should be changed, or if the amount looks suspiciously high (eg it looks as if a 17 year old has entered a weekly or yearly amount on a self-completion), in which case refer to s/v.
FAMILY INFORMATION EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
General Notes:
1. Don't know and Refusal are not allowed at dates, except at MonLvTog and YrLvTg. If the dates are not available from the spouse's/cohabitee's questionnaire, then the dates will be imputed, unless all dates for a marriage are missing, in which case refer to s/v.
2. Refer to s/v if dates for a whole marriage are missing, or if a significant proportion of questions are entered as DK or Refusal.
In some cases these may need to be recoded 5 at SelfCom3 to indicate that Marital history is too incomplete, StpChld or Tgthr1 then being the next question to apply.
In rare cases it may be necessary to recode SelfCom3 to 4 to indicate that
the whole of the Family Information is too incomplete to be accepted.
3. If the section was asked using an interpreter aged under 16, accept the
information; do not recode SelfCom3 to 4.
SIMar
Refer to s/v any queries about whether a marriage was legal.
HusbAway
Recode answers at code 3 (specified at XHusbAway) into codes 1 or 2 where possible.
Include in code 1: Husband/wife in prison; spouse/cohabitee is a full-time student living away from home; wife/husband still living in Bangladesh (ie. it is only work or other circumstances which mean the couple are not living together).
Include in code 2: Answered married at MarStat but the marriage has broken down and the couple are in fact separated.
Include in code 3: Answers where it is unclear whether code 1 or code 2 applies eg had an argument and husband walked out two days ago and don't know if he is coming back.
WhereWed
Include in code 1: Any religious ceremony, whether performed in a place of worship or not.
Include in code 2: Any civil ceremony.
Include in code 3: If both a civil and religious ceremony was performed (but a civil ceremony with a blessing in church should be coded 2).
NumMar
Refer to s/v any queries about whether a marriage was legal.
ClMon and ClYr
If both ClMon and ClYr are DK or Refused, check with the partner's questionnaire and complete if possible. If not available then refer to s/v for imputation.
If ClMon only is DK or Refused, and the information is not available from the partner's questionnaire, enter 6 (June) for the month, but first check that this is consistent with other dates such as date of separation of last marriage, birth of child. If 6 does not make sense, refer to s/v. Refer answers such as “autumn” to s/v.
If ClYr only is DK or Refused, and the information is not available from the partner's questionnaire, refer to s/v for imputation.
There is a soft check that the person should not start cohabiting before the age of 16. The interviewer should have made a note explaining the circumstances: if the note indicates that they genuinely did start cohabiting before aged 16, then suppress the check. Otherwise check that the person was genuinely aged under 16 at the time they started to live together. If they were under 16, check the date on the partner's questionnaire: if that date is different and later, recode to agree with the date the partner has given; otherwise refer to s/v for a decision on whether to suppress the check.
There is a soft check that this date cannot be before the date of separation from the previous spouse.
SUPPRESS this check if a note indicates that the date is correct (but remember that if the previous marriage broke down over a period of time, it is the later date that is coded at date of separation, and therefore start of cohabiting should relate to that later date). Otherwise, if this date is less than 12 months before the separation date, SUPPRESS the check. If this date is 12 months or more before the date of separation, refer to s/v for a decision.
There is also a check that this date cannot be before the death of the previous spouse. Refer all such cases to s/v.
MonMar and YrMar
If both MonMar and YrMar are DK or Refused, and it is the current marriage, check with the spouse's questionnaire and complete if possible. If not available, or it is not the current marriage, refer to s/v for imputation.
If MonMar is DK or Refused, and the information is not available from the spouse’s questionnaire or it is a previous marriage, enter 6 (June) for the month, provide1d that this makes sense with other information eg it does not' conflict with date of separation etc (of this or a previous marriage). If it would be unreasonable to enter 6, then refer to s/y. Refer answers such as '“autumn” to s/v.
If YrMar only is DK or Refused, and the information is not obtainable from the spouse's questionnaire or it is a previous marriage, refer to s/v for imputation.
A soft check will be activated if the person got married aged under 16. The interviewer should have made a note explaining the circumstances. This check should only be suppressed if the person genuinely got married before the age of l6 in a foreign country where this was possible eg India, Morocco. Refer all other cases to s/v (the date will probably need amendment).
There are checks between this marriage date and dates of previous marriages eg this marriage date must be after the date of the previous marriage; if the previous marriage ended in death, this date cannot be before the date of death; if the previous marriage ended in divorce, this date cannot be before the date of divorce.
Examine any notes made by the interviewer, and if the discrepancy cannot be resolved refer to s/v for a decision.
There is also a check that the person cannot be married again if the previous marriage ended in separation. See notes at MonSep/YrSep to resolve the query.
MonLvToq and YrLvTq
Don't know and Refusal are permissible at these questions. However, if there is a note for the current marriage that one spouse could not remember the date, but the other spouse was able to give a date, then enter that date rather than leaving it as DK.
Answers such as “autumn”" for month should be referred to s/v.
There is a soft check that the person should not start living together before the age of 16. The interviewer should have made a note explaining the circumstances: if the note indicates that this date is correct and they did start living together when under 16, then suppress the check. Otherwise check whether they really were under 16, and if so, and it is the current marriage, check the date on the spouse's questionnaire: if that date is different and later, recode to agree with the date the spouse has given. Otherwise, refer to s/v for a decision on whether to suppress the check. There is a check that this date cannot be later than the date of marriage. If this cannot be resolved from any notes made by the interviewer, then refer to s/v.
A soft check will be activated if this date is before the death of the previous spouse, or before the date stopped living with previous spouse. SUPPRESS this check if a note indicates that the information is correct (but remember that if the previous marriage broke down over a long period of time the last date is taken as the separation date, and therefore the start of living together for this marriage should relate to that later date).
Current
There are checks that code 1 (current) can only be used if MarStat is married in the household box and that code 1 can only be used once, for the present marriage.
If someone is cohabiting and still regards themselves as being married to the previous partner as they are not yet divorced, then this question should be coded 2 (ended) and HowEnded coded 3 (separation).
HowEnded
Treat annulment of a marriage as divorce (the date of annulment should be coded at divorce date).
MonDie and YrDie
If both MonDie and YrDie are DK or Refused, refer to s/v for imputation.
If MonDie only is DK or Refused, enter 6 (June) for the month, but first check that this is consistent with other dates eg date of this and subsequent marriage, date of living together before subsequent marriage.
Refer answers such as “autumn” to s/v.
If YrDie only is DK or Refused, refer to s/v.
There is a check that the date of death cannot be before the date of that marriage.
MonSep and YrSep
If both MonSep and YrSep are DK or Refused, refer to s/v for imputation.
If MonSep only is DK or Refused, enter 6 (June) for the month, but first check that this is consistent with other dates eg date of this marriage, date of divorce, date of cohabitation. Refer answers such as "autumn" to s/v.
If YrSep only is DK or Refused, refer to s/v for imputation.
If the marriage broke down over a period of time and the couple lived together intermittently, the month of separation should be the last month the couple lived together.
There is a check that the date of separation cannot be before the date of that marriage.
MonDiv and YrDiv
If the informant has only started divorce proceedings HowEnded should be coded Separation not Divorce.
If the informant has not yet been granted the decree absolute, but only the decree nisi, refer to s/v.
Also refer to s/v if the informant only knows the date of decree nisi rather than of the decree absolute.
If both MonDiv and YrDiv are DK or Refused, refer to s/v for imputation.
If MonDiv only is DK or Refused, enter 6 (June) for the month, but first check that this makes sense with other dates eg date of separation, date of subsequent marriage.
Refer answers such as '“autumn” to s/v.
If YrDiv only is DK or Refused, refer to s/v for imputation.
There is a check that the date of divorce cannot be before the date of marriage or the date of separation.
If the marriage had broken down and the couple merely lived in the same accommodation, but no longer as a couple, until after the divorce, then the date of separation should be taken as the date the marriage broke down.
If there is no information for such cases, then code the separation date as the same as the divorce date.
Tgthr2
This question refers to living with someone of the opposite sex, not same sex cohabiting.
StrtMon and StrtYr
If both StrtMon and StrtYr are DK or Refused, check with the partner's questionnaire and complete if possible. If the information is not available, refer to s/v for imputation.
If StrtMon only is DK or Refused, and the information is not available from the partner's questionnaire, enter 6 (June) for the month provided this makes sense with age. Refer answers such as "autumn" to s/v.
If StrtYr only is DR or Refused, and the information is not available from the partner's questionnaire, refer to s/v for imputation.
There is a soft check that the person should not be aged under 16 when started to live together.
If the interviewer has noted that they really did start to live together when under 16, suppress the check. Refer all other cases to s/v.
StpChld2
Women are asked about step, foster or adopted children living with them; men are only asked about step children.
If a cohabitating person answers No to this question, but the interviewer has noted the partner has children living in the household, then the partner's children should be counted as step children;. Recode StpChld2 to Yes and complete the following questions using information from the household box.
If, on re-marriage, a man or woman adopts the spouse's child then the child counts as a step child, not an adopted child. -But note that if a woman adopts her own child on re-marriage, as her husband is adopting his 'step child, this counts as her natural child not an adopted child, and should be entered at Baby.
Refer any notes about wards, guardians, legal custody etc to s/v (they may be coded adopted or foster).
StLivMon and StLivYr
If StLivMon or StLivYr are DK, Refused or missing, enter the marriage date (or date started living together),but first check with ResLen (how long lived at the address) for the child to make sure that it makes sense. Refer all queries to s/v.
There is a check that this date cannot be before the child's date of birth.
BirthMon and BirthYr
If both BirthMon and BirthYr are DK or Refused, refer to s/v for imputation.
If BirthMon only is DK or Refused, enter 6 (June) provided this makes sense with other birth dates.
Refer answers such as "autumn" to s/v.
If BirthYr only is DK or Refused, refer to s/v for imputation.
There is a check that there must be at least 6 months between live births. Refer all such cases to s/v.
A soft check will be activated if the informant was aged under is when she gave birth.
If an interviewer note indicates that this is correct and the informant did have a baby when aged under 15, SUPPRESS this check.
If there is no interviewer note, but the age is 11-14, and it seems reasonable in relation to marriage dates and migration details that the information is correct, then suppress the check. If it does not seem reasonable, or the age at birth is under 11, refer to s/v.
BirthSex
If not known or missing, and it cannot be deduced, toss a coin -heads = male, tails = female.
TotChld
Accept and code the number given if the answer is "at least" or "not more than" eg not more than 3 should be coded 3.
If a range is given, code Don't know (using the [ key).
Don't know and other uncodable answers (eg whatever God sends) should be coded Don't know.
There is a check that the number here must be greater than the total number of children who are still alive (ie coded 1 or 2 at ChldLive).
The informant has probably given the number she expects to have in the future, rather than the total number including those still alive. Recode Totchld accordingly.
NextAge
If a range is given, code the mid-point (nearest even number if this results in 1/2).
Code "over 21" or "30+" as Don't know (using the [ key).
Code "early" 20s/30s etc as 22, 32 etc.
Code "mid" 20s/30s etc as 25, 35 etc.
Code "late" 20s/30s etc as 25, 38 etc.
Code "as early as possible" as the informant's age plus one year.
Don't know and other uncodable answers should be coded Don't know.
There is a check that the age cannot be less than the informant's age in the household box.
Refer to s/v any queries which cannot be resolved.
INCOME EDITING INSTRUCTIONS
StatBnM
There is a hard check that NI Retirement pension can only be coded if age is 65 or over for men, or 60 or over for women.
Note that the wife's allowance should be included on the husband's questionnaire if she is aged under 60.
A soft check will be activated if unemployment Benefit is coded but in the Employment section the person is coded 6-9 at UnempTim (ie unemployed for 12 months or more).
unemployment Benefit only lasts for one year. Sometimes people may not claim benefit when they first become unemployed.
SUPPRESS the check if there is a note explaining that the information is correct, or there is no note but UnempTim is coded 6 and it seems likely that the person delayed claiming benefit, provided the amount is consistent with unemployment benefit rates. Otherwise if UnempTim is coded 7-9 and there is no note, recode to Income Support as this is probably what the person is receiving (rates will probably confirm this).
A hard check does not allow both Invalidity pension and Severe disablement allowance to be coded.
The person must receive either Invalidity pension or Severe disablement allowance. SDA is for men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59 who have not paid enough NI contributions - this will usually be housewives or the severely handicapped who have never worked; in most cases the person will be receiving 'only Invalidity pension. Check the amount against the rates, and remember that Invalidity premium is part of Income support.
A check will be triggered if the person is on Training for work/ ET/ Employment Action and neither Income support nor Unemployment Benefit is coded.
People on these schemes receive payment from DSS, including the £10 training allowance, and it should be shown here. If the person only receives the £10 allowance and is not entitled to benefit, code the allowance to unemployment Benefit. Check with OthSrcM (where the interviewer'? may have incorrectly entered it as YT allowance), or Other, at CardBnM or OthRgPay where it may be entered - if it has been entered there transfer the amount to StatBnAm, code Unemployment benefit or Income Support as appropriate, and remember to delete and recode the other questions as necessary.
There is a soft check between UnBenA, UnBenB and IncSup and this question ie if they say they are claiming unemployment benefit at UnBenA or UnBenB or Income Support at IncSup, then you would expect them to be receiving this benefit.
This information could be discrepant because claiming is not the same as receiving, and if there is a reason for the discrepancy the check may be suppressed. However, if the person says he/she is claiming unemployment benefit, but it is actually Income Support that they are receiving, then recode Employment UnBenB to No and IncSup to Yes.
StatBnAm
If Child Benefit (including one parent benefit) is the only benefit received and the amount is not correct, a soft check will be reported. Amend to the correct amount:
Child benefit is £10.20 for the only, elder or eldest child for whom child benefit is payable, and £8.25 for each subsequent child. One parent benefit is £6.15.
Child Benefit With one parent benefit
1 child £10.20 £16.35
2 children £18.45 £24.60
3 children £26.70 £32.85
4 children £34.95 £41.10
A soft check will be triggered if the amount is £80.00 or more. This is just to check to ensure the amounts look correct given the type of benefit and the person's circumstances eg make sure that the amount is weekly, and that the interviewer hasn't entered an amount which is a mixture of periods eg they may have weekly figure for one benefit and add on the four weekly amount rather than weekly benefit for another (this may particularly apply to the mobility component of Disability living allowance).
If there is a note that the informant doesn't know the amount but gets the “usual” amount, then impute the amount where possible eg for retirement pension for a widow over 80 impute £57.85.
If the informant only knows the total combined amount for benefits at StatBnAm and CardBnAm, code the basic amount for benefits at one question and transfer the remainder to the other question eg receives NI retirement pension, Income Support and Attendance allowance - total £100.35; code £30.55 for Attendance allowance and code the remainder for retirement pension and income support.
CardBnM
Recode answers at code 9 listed at XCrdBnM into other codes/questions as appropriate.
Include in code 9 (any other type of benefit):
Child's special allowance
Guardian's allowance
Industrial Death Benefit
Maternity Allowance (a fixed amount of £44.55)
Orphan's pension (war dependent's pension)
Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and miscellaneous diseases benefits
Workmen's Compensation Supplement
YT bridging allowance
NB Refer to s/v before including any other benefits in code 9 (some benefits such as Unemployability supplement are additions to another benefit).
The following should be transferred to other questions:
Enterprise allowance (£40.00 per week) - delete and transfer to OthRgPay.
Allowance for a foster child - delete and transfer to OthRgPay.
Mobility allowance - this is now part of Disability Living Allowance.
Motability allowance - include as Mobility allowance.
YT allowance - this should appear at usual wage (Pyperiod -PaySlip) if with an employer, or at OthSrcM if college based.
Training for work/ET/EA allowance - this should appear at StatBnM.
Exclusions from Benefit/Income Section altogether:
The following do not count as benefits or income and should be deleted entirely.
Housing Benefit - rent rebates and allowances
Council Tax rebate
Christmas bonus
Death grant
Maternity grant
Criminal injuries compensation
Industrial injury compensation
Widow's benefit
Social Fund Payments
There is a hard check that if the person receives Attendance allowance they must be aged 65 or over.
If the person is aged under 65 and the amount seems correct, recode to Disability living allowance at StatBnM as the person is receiving the Care component of DLA which replaced Attendance allowance for those aged under 65.
CardBnAm
If Attendance allowance is the only benefit coded, there is a hard check that the amount must be either £45.70 or £30.55.
If it looks as if the person really does receive Attendance allowance and has given the old or rounded rate, then amend to the correct amount.
There is a hard check that if Invalid Care allowance is the only benefit received then the amount must be £34.50.
Check that the person is really receiving Invalid Care allowance - this benefit is for people of working age, 16-59 for women and 16-64 for men, who give up work and stay at home in order to look after someone who gets Attendance allowance - the dependent doesn't necessarily have to be in the household.
A soft check will be activated if the amount here is £60.00 or more.
Just check that the amount looks correct for the benefit received and the person's circumstances. If it looks correct, SUPPRESS the check.
OthSrcM
There is a check that code 5 (YT allowance on course) can only be used if the person is on YT and is at college/on a course in Employment.
If the person is on Training for work/ET, the £10 allowance and their Income Support or Unemployment benefit should be coded at StatBnM and StatBnAm. Check the amounts to make sure everything is included at StatBnAm and recode as necessary.
If the person is on YT with an employer or on Community Action, then what they receive should appear at wage details at TakeHome -GrossAm.
OthNetAm
A soft check will be triggered if the amount at OthNetAm is less than half the amount at OthGrsAm.
This check is just to ensure that extra digits, or annual rather than monthly amount have not been entered. If there is a note that deductions other than tax were made, and the amounts are given, then recode OthNetAm to gross minus tax; if amounts are not given, then calculate using the formula:
NET = GROSS x 75
100
If there is no note, then accept the figure.
If OthNetAm is DK or Refusal 'but an amount is given at OthGrsAm a check will be activated to calculate the amount at OthNetAm.
If there is a note that no tax was deducted code net the same as gross. Otherwise, assume tax was deducted, and code net as 75% of the gross.
OthGrsAm
If OthGrsAm is DK or Refusal but an amount is entered at OthNetAm, a check will be activated to calculate the amount at OthGrsAm.
If there is a note that no tax was deducted/the person doesn't pay tax, code gross the same as net. Otherwise, assume tax was deducted at 25% and calculate OthGrsAm using the formula:
GROSS = NET x 100
75
ReglrPM
Educational grant Exclude Tuition fees; Access funds (housing benefit for students)
Rent from property or subletting Include rent for garage; rent for field etc
PyPeriod
If PyPeriod is coded 9 (other period) the interviewer should have made a note of usual period covered. Recode into codes 1-8. If the interviewer has not made a note, and it is not clear from the amount that the wage is for a month or week, then refer to s/v for a decision.
Notes:
Include in one week: less than one week eg informant works one day per week.
If the informant is paid per hour or per day and the amount per hour/day is entered at TakeHome etc, then recalculate amounts based on the number of hours usually worked or number of days if this can be deduced, and recode Pyperiod to one week.
If the informant works alternate weeks and is paid only for the week he works, the pay period should be coded as 2 weeks.
Refer to s/v if the person is paid per term (nes).
TakeHome - GrossAm
General notes
The usual pay is required.
If the informant started a new lob last week and has not yet been paid, what he expects to get should be coded.
If off sick or on maternity leave, or on short time, then the usual pay should relate to when they were working/before maternity leave/short time.
If there is a note that the informant is not paid, or paid at a lower rate, for school holidays (eg school cleaners) refer to s/v.
If the informant is on Community Action, the payment from DSS (including any training allowance) should be coded here, and not at StatBnM/StatBnAm.
TakeHome
There is a soft check that TakeHome should not be less than half of GrossAm.
This check is to ensure that extra digits, or, an annual rather than a monthly/weekly, are not entered at gross. If the information seems correct, then SUPPRESS the check.
There will be a message to calculate TakeHome if TakHmEst is DR or Refusal, but an actual amount is given at GrossAm.
See the additional instructions for the formula for calculating net. We will assume that take home pay equals gross minus tax and National Insurance. Ignore the entry at PayeAm/PayeEst when making the calculations.
GrossAm
There is a check that gross cannot be less than take home pay.
A message to calculate GrossAm will; occur if GrossEst is DK or Refusal but an actual amount is given at TakeHome.
See the additional instructions for the formula for calculating gross. We will assume that gross equals take home pay plus tax and National Insurance. Ignore the entry at PayeAm/PayeEst when calculating gross.
An error will be reported if TakeHome plus PayeAm is £10 (or more) less than the amount entered at GrossAm.
If there is a note that non-taxable expenses such as travel, subsistence etc have been included, and the amount of these non-taxable expenses is given, then deduct this amount from TakeHome. Otherwise, if the amount of non-taxable expenses is not given, or there are no explanatory notes, then amend GrossAm to agree with the sum of TakeHome plus PayeAm.
PayBonus
This question refers to occasional bonuses in the job the informant was doing in the reference week.
PrLTYest
If PrLTYest is DK or Refusal and an amount has been given at GrsPrLTY, a message to calculate the amount at PrLTYest will appear
Assume the informant will make a profit in the first 12 months at the monthly rate of profit so far; calculate accordingly and code an estimate from Card S.
For instance if the person has been self-employed for 5 months at LongSelf, and earned £2,000, calculate as:
£2,000 x 12 = £4,800 annually = code 10 from Card S.
5
SInsLTY
If the informant will be paying National Insurance but has not yet done so, SInsLTY should be coded No.
SIAmLTY
If SIAmLTY is DK, you will see a message to calculate the amount.
If the interviewer has noted that the informant pays flat rate only (Class 2), then calculate the amount of NI paid so far, using the current rate of £5.65 per week.
eg self-employed 4 months = £5.65 x 17 weeks = £96.05.
NB 3 months = 13 weeks, 6 months = 26 weeks
If there is a note that the informant pays flat rate plus profit related (Class 2 and Class 4), refer to s/v for a calculation.
If there are no notes, or the number of months is not given at LongSelf, SUPPRESS the check.
SENatAm
A message to calculate the amount will appear if SENatAm is DK.
1. If there is a note that the informant pays flat rate only (Class 2), then enter the amount of NI for 12 months, using the current rate
ie £5.65 per week - £293.80 for 12 months.
2. If it is noted that flat rate plus profit related (Class 2 and Class 4) is paid, and an amount is entered at GrsPrft then calculate the amount of profit related NI and add on the current rate of flat rate contribution. (We will always assume NI relates to the last tax year when calculating.)
Profit related NI:
April 93/94 6.3% of profit between £6,340 - £21,840
Max - £976.50
eg If GrsPrft - £14,000, then £14,000-£6,340 = £7,660
6.3% of £7,660 - £482.58 (Class 4)
£482.58 + £293.80 (Class 2) = £776.38
If GrsPrft - £22,000, then the maximum amount is paid
£976.50 (Class 4) + £293.80 (Class 2) - £1,270.30
3. If the type of NI is not noted, but an amount is given at GrsPrft, assume the informant pays both flat rate and profit related if the amount at GrsPrft is £6,500 or more; flat rate only if the amount is less than that, and calculate the amount of NI accordingly.
4. If an estimate is given at PrftEst or it is refused, SUPPRESS this message.
SjReg
Recode answers at code 5 (specified at XSjReg) where possible.
Include in code 3: the informant works to a regular pattern but not regularly each week eg every fortnight, once a month. Also include evening class teachers who work regularly each week in term time only.
SjNetAm
Refer to s/v if the earnings for main and second job cannot be separated, and have all been entered at TakeHome - GrossAm.
There is a soft check that SjNetAm cannot be less than half of SjGrsAm.
This check is to ensure that the interviewer has not entered an extra digit, or annual instead of monthly amount. If there is a note that other deductions are also made, and the amount is given, recode SjNetAm to the gross minus tax and NI only. In all other cases, accept the amount, provided it seems reasonable, and SUPPRESS the check.
If SjNetAm is DK and gross is given, there will be a message to calculate the amount.
If there is a note that no tax (or NI) is paid, recode SjNetAm to the amount at SjGrsAm. In all other cased, refer to s/v for a calculation.
SjGrsAm
There is a check that gross cannot be less than net (SjNetAm).
If an amount is given at SjNetAm, but SjGrsAm is DK, there will be a message to calculate gross.
If there is a note that no tax (or NI) is paid, enter the amount given at SjNetAm. In all other cases, refer to s/v for a calculation.
IncTaxAm
If there is a note that the informant could only give a code from Card S, code the mid-point of the income band.
eg estimated code 3 = £1,040 - £1,560 annual code the mid-point which is £1,300.
PepTypM
Recode answers at code 3 (specified at XPepTyp) where possible.
Include in code 3: Investing in a group of companies and thus choosing which companies to invest in; any PEP which is a combination plan eg combination of companies and unit trust plan.
General PEP; Insurance company plan; Mixed managed plan; Investment trust plan.
AccTypM
Recode answers at- code 11 into 1-10 where possible (and practical). (Remember to check all the details of the accounts and note these details and amounts before recoding.)
For instance, leave in code 11 if a second bank account is gross and the other net, or estimates rather than an amount is given.
Exclude from accounts/investments:
Premium bonds
Profit from selling stocks and shares
Endowment policy
Insurance policy
Employers saving scheme
Diamonds
IntDivAm
1. If only the total interest for all accounts is known, divide the amount equally between the accounts. If the total is estimated from Card R, assume the total to be the mid-point of the band, and then divide the amount equally between the accounts, and enter the appropriate code from Card R at IntDvEst.
2. If capital only is noted, code interest as 5% of capital. If the period of investment is not given, assume the sum was invested for a full year; if the period is less than 12 months, calculate for the number of months.
OthRgPay /XOthRgPay
Examine the answer at XOthRgPay and use the notes below to help establish if this is a regular payment which the informant is receiving, which should be counted as Yes at OthRgPay, or whether it should be transferred to another question, or whether it should be deleted entirely from the income section.
Include in Yes at OthRgPay:
An allowance for a foster child
Enterprise allowance
Foreign state benefits eg Eire unemployment benefit, retirement pension from Australian government
Pension from German government as compensation for being in a concentration camp
Territorial Army Reserve payments - retaining fees only
Income from a Handicap/occupation Center if the informant is handicapped
"Unearned" income as sleeping partner ie money received for doing no work but informant is not a member of a limited Company (in which case it would be counted as working as an employee)
Coal allowance (in lieu of coal) from British Coal
Education Maintenance Allowance (High School Bursary - Scotland)
Boarding school allowance for children from Navy
Income from a loan set against the value of the house
Legacy of performing rights royalties
Statutory Maternity Pay received from a former employer (i.e. informant is unemployed or economically inactive) provided the informant is receiving it at present
Exclude from OthRgPay:
Benefits or allowances the informant no longer receives
eg Child benefit for son who is now working, Enterprise allowance received for part of the year but no longer, Statutory Maternity Pay received earlier in the year but no longer.
Salary from previous job
Housing benefit
Council tax rebate
Payments in kind
Lump sum payment (such as redundancy or severance pay)
Money from another member of the same household
-eg parental contribution in lieu of grant
pocket money from parent in the household
Any business allowance from an employer (except a rent or council tax allowance from an employer
Strike pay or sick pay from a trade union
Payment from insurance company for unemployment/sickness
Student loan
Tips/commission - this should already be covered at wage details
NtIncEst (Proxy questionnaire)
A soft check will be activated if this is coded 0 (NIL).
If the person is still at school then it is probable that he/she does not have any income, and the check can be suppressed.
In other cases it is likely that the person will have income eg a housewife with children would receive Child benefit, someone of retirement age would receive NI retirement pension, a disabled person would receive some benefit.
Check with the spouse/ partner's or parent's questionnaire to see whether this person's income has been incorrectly included there. If it is possible to work out what this person's income would be from these entries, then estimate and enter a code. In all other cases recode this question to missing using the ] key.
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