WLS Codebooks

Note: Codebooks contain frequency data from the private data release. For some variables, these differ from the frequencies in the public release. Variables that differ between the public and private versions include "(not available on public release)" as part of the variable description, or a note indicating the difference between the public and private versions.

Family/Work

ck125         Number of intervals between child births asked
wwwrbm        Was graduate employed before first marriage? 
wwnwbm        Number of weeks graduate stopped working before first marriage 
inwwbm-ociwbm Codes and scores for job held before first marriage
wwhrbm        Number of hours usually worked per week before first marriage 
wwnobm        Did graduate have any other jobs before first marriage? 
 

  There are four loops of intervals: between first marriage and first birth 
  (*=m1,#=1,%=m,@=mw1) between first  and second birth (*=12,#=2,%=1,@=w12),
  between second and third birth (*=23,#=3,%=2,@=w23), and between next to last
  and last birth (*=3l,#=l,%=3,@=w3l).
     wwwr*        Was graduate employed between interval 
     wantb#       Did graduate want to get pregnant with  birth? 
     wwswa%       Number of weeks graduate started working after first point 
     wwpwb#       Number of weeks graduate stopped working before second point
     wwmo*        Number of months graduate was employed during interval
     inww*-oci@   Codes and scores for job held during interval
     wwwbb%       Did graduate ever work at job held during interval before? 
     wwnh*        Hours worked per week at longest job held during interval 
     wwnj*        Did graduate have any other jobs during interval?  

wwwral        Has graduate been employed since the end of the last interval?  
wyswwk        Weeks graduate started working after end of the last interval
cmwnph        Date graduate stopped working since end of the last interval 
wwmoal        Number of months graduate was employed since the last interval 
inwyal-ociyal Codes and scores for job held since the last family/work interval
wywbal        Graduate ever worked at longest job held since the last interval?

wynhal        Hours worked per week at job held since the last interval
wynjal        Did graduate have any other jobs since the last interval 
pregnwf       Is graduate currently pregnant? 
cmexlk        Date of birth or expected birth of last child
wwwrab        Does graduate plan to work after baby is born? 
ftswab        How soon after child's birth will graduate return to work
wantpg        Did graduate want to get pregnant with last birth or pregnancy?

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