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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| indresp | Substantive data for responding adults (16+), incl. proxies |
| indall | Information for all persons in household, incl. children and non-respondents |
| hhresp | Substantive data from responding households |
| youth | Substantive data from youth questionnaire (age 10-15) |
| xwavedat | Stable characteristics of individuals |
| egoalt | Kin and other relationships between pairs of individuals in the household |
| xhhrel | Identifies all family relationships across the Study |
| income | Income and payment information |
| employment | Information about an individual's current jobs |
| empstat | Employment history |
| jobhist | Employment history |
| jobhstd | Contains information from the employment history, based on dependent interviewing |
| lifemst | Contains information about employment status spells |
| lifejob | Contains information about jobs held in employment spells |
| cohabit | Information about previous spells of cohabitation |
| cohab | Information about previous spells of cohabitation |
| marriage | Information about previous marriages |
| marriag | Information about previous marriages |
| child | Contains information about respondent's children |
| newborn | Information about each newborn child |
| natchild | Information about natural children |
| natchild2 | Information about natural children |
| childnt | Information about natural children |
| adopt | Adopted and step-child information |
| adopt2 | Adopted and step-child information |
| stepchild | Step-child information |
| stepchild2 | Stepchild information |
| childad | Information abot adopted and step children |
| nonresch | Information about non-resident children |
| nonresch2 | Information about non-resident children |
| parstyle | Details of parenting styles |
| chmain | Details of child maintenance |
| twinsfh | Information about twins |
| xwlsten | Contains information on the latest known sample status of individuals |
| hhsamp | Sample and household level data for issued households |
| indsamp | Contains individual-level data for issued households |
| callrec | Call records |
| issue | Information about households issued to interviewers |
| xwaveid | Individual and household identifiers across all waves |
| xwaveid_bh | Individual and household identifiers across all waves |