RC. Life History

In 2007 ELSA carried out the Life History interview with some ELSA respondents. The interview covered a number of different areas of a respondent's life prior to being interviewed for ELSA, including relationships and fertility; housing and mobility; jobs and earnings; and health.

Label Type Description
IDAUNIQ System generated unique individual serial number
SCREC System generated whether received self completion
RETROWGT System generated weight for life-history interview
VERSION System generated interview version
AGE System generated age of respondent (collapsed for those aged 91 or over)
INTMTH System generated month of interview
INTYEAR System generated year of interview
YRBIRTH System generated year of birth
SEX System generated sex of respondent
FFFTEAG System generated age finished education
FFCHVAR System generated number of children at last wave
FFCHAG System generated age of feedforward child
FFCHSX System generated sex of feedforward child
FFRELT System generated relationship to feedforward child
DOBCHK Question whether feed forward dob recorded correctly
RCCHC Question whether child's details correct
RCALV Question whether child is still alive
RCSXC Question whether child's sex correct
RCSXN Question child's sex
RCDBC Question whether child's date of birth correct
RCRLC Question whether confirms relationship to child
RCREL Question relationship to child
RCADY Question year child adopted
RCLVF Question whether present for most of child's childhood
RCDYY Question year of child's death
RCBTH Question whether given birth to (other) child born alive
RCBNO Question number of (other) children given birth to who were born alive
RCFAT Question whether fathered (other) child born alive
RCFNO Question number of (other) children fathered who were born alive
RCYRS Question year other natural child born
RCSEX Question sex of other child
RCALI Question whether other child still alive
RCNDY Question other natural child's year of death
RCLIV Question whether present for most of other child's childhood
RCADP Question whether adopted any other children
RCANO Question number of other adopted children
RCADT Question year adopted other child
RCASX Question sex of other adopted child
RCAYR Question year other adopted child born
RCAAL Question whether other adopted child still alive
RCADD Question other adopted child's year of death
RCALV2 Question whether present for most of other adopted child's childhood
RCFOST Question whether ever fostered a child
RCFOYR Question how many years fostered children for
RCABT Question whether had a child not born alive
RCDNO Question number of miscarriages, stillbirths or abortions
RCMDT Question year of miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion
RCTIM Question number of months pregnancy lasted
RCEND Question how pregnancy ended
RCALO Question whether anyone else in the room during children module
RPINB Question whether ever lived with someone as a couple or ever been married
RPLIV Question year started living with partner
RPMAR Question whether married when first cohabited
RPCHK Question whether got married and cohabited in same year
RPLTR Question if married cohabiting partner at later date
RPMYR Question year married partner
RPREL Question type of marriage ceremony
RPSTL Question whether still lives with partner
RPFIN Question reason relationship ended
RPFIN1C Question whether answer to rpfin1 was recoded post-interview from text answer
RPDIY Question year partner died
RPEYR Question year cohabitation ended
RPDIV Question whether divorced from partner
RPDYR Question year divorced from partner
RPMOR Question whether lived with or been married to another partner
RPNCA Question whether been in long-term non-cohabiting relationship
RPNCB Question year non-cohabiting relationship began
RPNCE Question whether still in relationship with non-cohabiting partner
RPNCF Question year non-cohabiting relationship ended
RPNCH Question whether been in another long-term non-cohabiting relationship
RALIS Question other residences
RAAUK Question whether resided outside of the uk for 6 months or more
RABOR Question whether lived in first residence for more than 6 months
RASTT Question whether moved straight into next residence
RASTB Question year started living in accommodation if gap
RAESS Question estimated year started living in accommodation
RAGAP Question reason for gap in residences
RAGPO Question other reason for gap in residencies
RABUK Question whether this accommodation lived in was in uk
RAOWN Question tenure
RAPRI Question type of non-private residence
RAPRIC Question whether answer to rapri was recoded post-interview from text answer
RASTP Question year stopped living in accommodation
RAEST Question estimated year stopped living in accommodation
RAROO Question number of bedrooms of residence lived in when aged 10
RAPEO Question number of people lived in residence when aged 10
RAREL Question relationships of people lived with when aged 10
RAFAC Question accommodation facilities
RABKS Question number of books in home when aged 10
RADIV Question whether when aged <16 parents ever permanently separated or divorced
RADIY Question year parents separated
RAMOT Question whether when aged <16 ever separated from mother for 6 months or more
RAMOA Question year first separated from mother for 6 months or more when aged <16
RAMOY Question reason why separated from mother
RAMOYC Question whether answer to ramoy was recoded post-interview from text answer
RAPAR Question year stopped living with parents
RWFTC Question whether confirms feedforward details on when finished full time education
RWFTN Question whether confirms feedforward details indicating never in full-time education
RWFTE Question exact age finished education
RWNED Question situation at age 14 - if never had full time education
RWEVW Question whether ever done any paid work which lasted for a period of 6 months or more
RWJSA Question time period between leaving full-time education and starting first job
RWSTF Question situation between ft education and 1st job
RWNWA Question whether non-working situation has changed since left school
RWNWB Question year that non-working situation changed
RWNWC Question non-working situation changed to
RWJSY Question year started job
RWSE Question employee or self employed
RWFT Question full or part time
RWFTP Question when switched from full-time to part-time
RWPTF Question when switched from part-time to full-time
RWS Question starting income - period payment covered
RWSM Question starting income - old or new money
RWSAN Question starting income - amount in new money
RWSAP Question starting income - amount in old money: pounds
RWSAS Question starting income - amount in old money: shillings
RWSAD Question starting income - amount in old money: pence
RWSGN Question starting income - amount reported before or after tax
RWEDY Question year job ended
RWNX Question time period until started next job
RWST Question situation before started next job
RWSFF Question situation after left last job
RWANO Question if any more jobs to enter
RWLJO Question which job was last job of main career
RWSF Question final income - period payment covered
RWSFM Question final income - old or new money
RWSFN Question final income - amount in new money
RWSFP Question final income - amount in old money: pounds
RWSFS Question final income - amount in old money: shillings
RWSFD Question final income - amount in old money: pence
RWSFG Question final income - amount reported before or after tax
RWILL Question whether ever left job due to ill health or disability
RWILX Question which jobs left due to ill health or disability
RWBUS Question whether ever left job due to company closing down
RWBUX Question which jobs left due to company closing down
RHINJ Question whether ever had physical injury which had permanent effect on daily life
RHINA Question year received injury which had permanent effect on daily life
RHCIA Question self-reported health during childhood
RHCIB Question if missed school for over a month due to health as a child
RHCIC Question if physical activites restricted for over three months by health as a child
RHCID Question if confined to bed for over a month due to health as a child
RHCIE Question if in hospital for more than a month due to health as a child
RHCIF Question if had more than 3 inpatient stays in one year as a child
RHCIG Question condition that caused health problems as a child
RHCCYA Question year first experienced an infectious disease
RHCCYB Question year first experienced a broken bone or fracture
RHCCYC Question year first experienced asthma
RHCCLC Question whether asthma lasted more than a year
RHCCYD Question year first experienced allergies other than asthma
RHCCLD Question whether allergies lasted more than a year
RHCCYE Question year first experienced respiratory problems other than asthma
RHCCLE Question whether respiratory problems lasted more than a year
RHCCYF Question year first experienced chronic ear problems
RHCCLF Question whether chronic ear problems lasted more than a year
RHCCYG Question year first experienced severe headaches or migraines
RHCCLG Question whether severe headaches or migraines lasted more than a year
RHCCYH Question year first experienced epilepsy, fits or seizures
RHCCLH Question whether epilepsy, fits or seizures lasted more than a year
RHCCYJ Question year first experienced emotional/nervous/psychiatric problems
RHCCLJ Question whether emotional/nervous/psychiatric problems lasted more than a year
RHCCYK Question year first experienced appendicitis
RHCCYL Question year first experienced childhood diabetes or high blood sugar
RHCCYM Question year first experienced heart trouble
RHCCYN Question year first experienced leukaemia or lymphoma
RHCCYP Question year first experienced cancer or had a malignant tumour
RHCCYQ Question year first experienced other serious health condition
RHPBB Question number of periods of ill health age 16+
RHPBC Question reasons for ill health age 16+
RHPBX Question reasons for ill health age 16+ (continued)
RHPBD Question ages when had periods of ill health or disability
RHPBE Question long-term effects of injury, ill health/disability
RHSMK Question whether ever smoked cigarettes
RHSMF Question year first smoked daily
RHSMA Question age band when first smoked daily
RHSKA Question whether smoke cigarettes nowadays
RHSML Question year last smoked a cigarette
RHSMB Question age band when last smoked
RHSMS Question if ever stopped smoking for 6 months or more
RHSMX Question number of times stopped smoking
RHSMY Question number of years smoked on most days
RHSMT Question type of smoker
RHMEN Question age at first menstrual period
RHMEB Question ageband at first menstrual period
RHHYE Question if had hysterectomy
RHHYY Question year of hysterectomy
RHOVE Question if had operation to remove both ovaries
RHOVY Question year had operation to remove both ovaries
RHPEY Question year of last period
RHPEE Question if had period in last 12 months
RHPER Question reason why not had period in last 12 months
RHPERC Question whether answer to rhper was recoded post-interview from text answer
RHHRT Question whether ever taken hrt
RHHFY Question year first started hrt
RHHPS Question whether periods had stopped when first started hrt
RHHPY Question gap between last period and start of hrt
RHHNO Question whether currently taking hrt
RHHST Question year last took hrt
ROIMP Question whether anything else happened in life that wants to mention
ACCUR Question asked of interviewer interviewer: how accurate do you think the answers given by the respondent were?
ALONE Question asked of interviewer whether anyone helped answer questions
RCRELCH Question (derived) relationship to child
RCCHSEX Question (derived) child's sex
RCCHDYR Question (derived) child's year of birth
RPMARST Question (derived) marital status
RPYRMA Question (derived) year of marriage
RALOOP10 Question (derived) which accommodation loop respondent was in when aged 10
RASTLYR Question (derived) year started living in residence
RWAGELE Question (derived) age left full-time education
RWJSTYR Question (derived) year started job