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How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?

Added by Peter Spittal over 6 years ago. Updated over 6 years ago.

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Start date:
08/10/2017
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I was wondering if you could provide some guidance on how the derived monthly labour income variable in UKHLS (w_fimlabgrs_dv) has been calculated? And, in particular, which sources of pay are included?

The pages for the variable in the codebook (for example [1] below) do not detail which variables are used to calculate it, and I have not been able to find reference to this in the User Guide (I think the relevant section is 3.9.6 from page 88, and this is the only section containing "fimnlabgrs" apart from 3.9.7, though apologies if I have missed the information I'm looking for elsewhere).

In BHPS, I believe a similar variable (wfimnl) was calculated to include (1) usual pay from the respondent's main job, (2) pay from any second jobs and (3) any profits from self-employment. Is this is also the case with w_fimnlabgrs_dv? I would be grateful if you could point me to exactly which variables have been used to calculate it (for example, does it exclude bonus payments and other unusual pay? And does it include self-employment profits?).

Many thanks for your help.

Peter

[1] https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/1/datafile/a_indresp/variable/a_fimnlabgrs_dv

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