ESDS Government

Notes on the General Household Survey

This page contains a selection of the GHS queries sent to the ESDS Government helpdesk which we think may be useful to users. Each query has been edited and anonymised.

If you have any useful information about a GHS dataset which you think others may benefit from reading, please email it to vanessa.higgins@manchester.ac.uk and we will consider it for inclusion. If your text is only rough, we will check it and tidy up wording as needed.

These notes cover the GHS generally. Further notes may be available from the data notes file and other documentation.

1. Query on variable RELTO
2. Query on variable ETHNIC
3. Harmonisation of variables
4. Query on variable EDLEV00
5. Query on Country of Birth
6. Merging individual (person) files
7. Query on Date of Birth
8. Sampling
9. Classification of agency/temporary workers
10. Query on variables RELTO01 - RELTO14
11. Weighting and query on variable EDAGE
12. Response rates
13. Query on variable WKSTATE
14. Query on variable EDLEV
15. Query on variables MOTHSMK and FATHSMK
16. Query on variables SEGFATH and SEGFUHP
17. Query on variable GREARN
18. Availability of Ethnicity, Country of Birth and Time (year) arriving at UK
19. Sample means for the grosspay variable
20. Comparing incomes of ethnic minority groups across Government Office Regions
21. Query on variable ETHNIC
22. SIC80 codes
23. SIC codes in the 1998 GHS
24. Merging different modules
25. Creating a consistent time series for the socieoeconomic status of the individual
26. Full/part time work distinction
27. Population weights
28. Query on variable SICR
29. Consistent time series dataset for ethnicity