The newpan work-history file

   Some Variables
Name       Label
         
PID        Cross-wave person identifier
SOURCE     Info source this split
LCENS      Split left censored
SPDATE     Split start date
SPEND      Split end date
SPCENS     Split right censored
INDFIRST   Resp's first record
INDLAST    Resp's last record
RECTYPE    Source type this split


   Some Substantive Variables

EMPSTAT    Employment status
SEFTPT     Employment type
SIC        Industry (SIC)
SOC        Occupation (SOC)
GOLD       Goldthorpe Social Class
HGS        Hope - Goldthorpe Scale
SEG        Socio economic group
SIZE       No. employed at workplace
PAYG       Monthly Gross Pay
         
   Seam and Episode level variables

SEAMCODE   Seam status
EPISNO     Episode seq number
EPFIRST    1st split in episode
EPLAST     last split in episode
EPDATE     Episode start date
EPEND      Episode end date
EPCENS     Epis right censored
DJSE       Same employer?
LASTWHY    Reason last job ended
STPY       Reason this job ended
NEWEMP     This-epis same-emplr

• Individual level and split level variables are fixed
• Episode variables are defined according to reported transitions and those apparent transitions that are deemed not to be ignorable
• NB: In principle which transitions are deemed not ignorable is up to the analyst, but requires redefining episode-level variables such as epdate, episno and epcens