Data Dictionary of Variables
Variable Name Description Metric
Total years lived by the
Age
employee.
AgeStartedWorking Age that the individual started
working.
(Derived variable) (Age - TotalWorkingYears)
Unique identifier of the
Application ID employee when applying for a
job in the company.
Current Employee /
Outcome variable of employee
Attrition Voluntary Resignation /
status
Termination
AverageTenure Average length of time at the
job. (PriorYearsOfExperience /
(Derived variable) NumCompaniesWorked)
Indication of whether the
Travel Frequently /
BusinessTravel employee travels abroad for
Travel_Rarely / Non_Travel
work-related purposes.
The department that the
employee currently works for or Human Resources /
Department has previously worked for in the Research & Development /
case of terminated/voluntary Sales
resigned employees.
Distance between the
DistanceFromHome employee’s home and the
company, measured in KM.
1: Below college 2: College
Highest level of education 3: Bachelor
Education
attained by the employee. 4: Master
5: Doctor
Human Resources / Life
The employee’s main field of
EducationField Sciences / Marketing / Medical /
study.
Technical Degree / Other
Number of employees in the
EmployeeCount
company.
Unique identifier of the
EmployeeNumber
employee
Biological characteristics of the
Gender Female / Male
individual.
JobRole Role of the individual In the Healthcare Representative /
company. Human Resources / Laboratory
Technician / Manager /
Manufacturing Director /
Research Director / Research
Scientist / Sales Executive /
Sales Representative
Relationship status of an
MaritalStatus Divorced / Married / Single
employee.
Total number of companies the
NumCompaniesWorke
employee has worked for prior
d
to his/her current job.
Indication of whether the
Over18 employee is more than 18 years Y/N
old.
PriorYearsOfExperienc Number of working years
e experience before the current
job. (TotalWorkingYears -
(Derived variable) YearsAtCompany)
Total years the employee has
TotalWorkingYears
worked.
Number of work-related
TrainingTimesLastYear trainings attended by the
employee last year.
Total years the employee has
YearsAtCompany
worked for the company.
Total years the employee has
YearsInCurrentRole stayed in his/her current role in
the company.
YearsSinceLastPromoti Total years since the employee
on was last promoted.
YearsWithCurrManage Total years working under the
r same manager.
Referral / Company Website
Source of employee / Seek / LinkedIn / Adzuna /
Employee Source
recruitment. Indeed / Glassdoor / Jora /
Recruit.net
DailyRate Gross rate of pay per day.
HourlyRate Gross rate of pay per hour.
Monthly salary of the employee.
MonthlyIncome
MonthlyRate Gross rate of pay per month.
OverTime Indication of whether the Yes / No
employee has worked after
his/her standard working hours.
Percentage increase in the
PercentSalaryHike employee’s salary compared to
the prior year.
Number of hours stipulated in
StandardHours
the employee contract.
0-3
(0 indicates that the
Proportion of the employee’s
employee did not purchase
StockOptionLevel income spent on purchasing the
the company’s stocks, a
company’s stocks.
higher number signifies a
higher proportion)
Degree to which the employee 1-4
EnvironmentSatisfacti
is satisfied with the work (a higher number indicates
on
environment. higher satisfaction)
1-4
Degree to which the employee
JobInvolvement (a higher number indicates
identifies with his / her job.
higher job involvement)
1-4
The employee’s assessment of
JobLevel (a higher number indicates
his / her job difficulty.
higher difficulty)
1-4
Degree to which the employee
JobSatisfaction (a higher number indicates
is satisfied with his / her job.
higher satisfaction)
Grade given to the employee by 1-4
PerformanceRating his / her superior based on his / (a higher number indicates
her performance at work. higher rating)
1-4
Degree to which the employee (a higher number indicates
RelationshipSatisfactio higher satisfaction)
is satisfied with his / her
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relationships at work.
Degree to which the employee 1-4
WorkLifeBalance agrees that there is work-life (a higher number indicates
balance. higher work-life balance)
