Table 1

Wave on wave distribution of household leavers and area migrants BHPS waves one to eight, complete cases in all waves

Whether left household from previous wave
Count	wave 2	wave 3	wave 4	wave 5	wave 6	wave 7	wave 8
No	6086	6118	6142	6133	6142	6137	6716
Yes	115	83	59	68	59	64	190
Total	6201	6201	6201	6201	6201	6201	6906
Physical component score (PCS) %
No	48.9	48.9	49.0	48.9	48.9	48.9	49.0
Yes	54.2	55.1	52.2	54.0	53.7	52.2	51.5
Mental component score (MCS) %
No	52.7	52.7	52.7	52.7	52.7	52.7	52.7
Yes	51.9	52.3	54.7	51.6	50.1	53.2	53.5
Age (mean)
No	44.1	44.1	44.0	44.0	44.0	44.0	44.0
Yes	26.2	25.4	27.0	24.4	26.6	25.4	24.8
Whether left electoral ward from previous wave
Count
No	5915	5836	5797	5883	5860	5811	6711
Yes	286	365	404	318	341	390	195
Total	6201	6201	6201	6201	6201	6201	6906
Physical component score (PCS) %
No	48.9	48.9	48.8	48.8	48.8	48.8	48.8
Yes	50.0	50.9	51.9	51.9	51.7	51.0	51.4
Mental component score (MCS) %
No	52.7	52.8	52.8	52.7	52.7	52.8	52.7
Yes	52.3	52.4	52.0	52.3	52.4	51.6	52.4
Age (mean)
No	44.3	44.5	44.5	44.3	44.4	44.4	44.5
Yes	34.4	34.1	33.8	35.8	34.3	34.7	33.9