This file contains details on 
 1: Source information
 2: Employment status in newpan
 3: Reason for leaving job


Source information:
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Source information is coded in the following way:

First the wave number is multiplied by ten. Then the following
values are added:
        0 for wINDRESP
        1 for wJOBHIST
        2 for BLIFEMST or CLIFEJOB.

Then, for all except wINDRESP, the spell number within the
individual's set of records in the file is divided by 100 and added
to the source value. Thus, for instance, the third spell recorded
for an individual in DJOBHIST will be indicated by 41.03, or the
tenth spell in BLIFEMST by 22.10. (NB: spells are counted backwards
in wJOBHIST, forwards in the retrospective files.)

Thus:
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10 AINDRESP   11.?? AJOBHIST
20 BINDRESP   21.?? BJOBHIST   22.?? BLIFEMST
30 CINDRESP   31.?? CJOBHIST   32.?? CLIFEJOB
40 DINDRESP   41.?? DJOBHIST
50 EINDRESP   51.?? EJOBHIST
60 FINDRESP   61.?? FJOBHIST
70 GINDRESP   71.?? GJOBHIST
80 HINDRESP   81.?? HJOBHIST
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Note: at present, the use of spell number in CLIFEJOB has not been
implemented. This will be done in a future release. 


Employment status in newpan
===========================

Part-time/full-time
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Employment status in newpan is derived from wJBSTAT/wJHSTAT, wJBFT
and wJBSEMP/wJHSEMP, that is from self-reported status and the
subsequent questions differentiating between self-employment and
full- and part-time employment. 

For months described by the Wave 1 job history questions (i.e.
covering jobs finishing in the period 1/9/90 to just before the
interview) information on full-/part-time status was not collected.
Nor was it collected in other inter-wave job-histories if the job
was with the same employer as the subsequent job. Some other cases
remain unresolved because wJBFT, wJHSEMP or wJHSEMP are missing.

Promotions and changes of employer
----------------------------------

In the inter-wave job-histories (wJOBHIST), jobs are differentiated
according to whether they are with new employers or new jobs with
the same employer. This information is not collected in the
current-status question. However, we also know in principle if the
previous job was ended by `promotion' (in wJHSTPY), and this
information is used to differentiate months whose data source is
wINDRESP. Unless the previous reason for leaving was promotion, the
job remains indicated as a job with a new employer. 

This information is stored in the variable DJSE in newpan.


Reasons for leaving job:
=======================

These variables (in newpan, ljob and xljob) belong to particular
job episodes but logically apply to the period starting when they
end. That is, "why this job ended" is only known after the job
ends. In newpan this is dealt with by having two variables, STPY
and LASTWHY, respectively "why this job ended" and "why last job
ended". STPY comes from the wJOBHIST record which ends the job, and
is passed back into the previous "splits" that are defined to
constitute the rest of the episode. LASTWHY is spread forward from
the wJOBHIST record, until a new job end occurs. 

STPY is the variable that is carried through to xlempe and ljempe.