Producing working-life histories in the BHPS and UKHLS 2017-2020

The British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) contain many questions related to working-life histories. Responses to these questions are not always consistent and cleaning the data is a large task. This collection contains Stata code to produce a sequence of main activities - from birth to last interview (where possible) - for adult participants in the two surveys. The collection also contains a report which explains the logic behind the code and describes the main working-life history questions from the two surveys (including questionnaire routing) in detail.
Stata syntax for producing working-life histories (a sequence of main economic activity, with start and end dates) for participants in the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS).