Dependent Children (Household)

Description

Classifies the number of dependent children in a household, by the age of the youngest child. A dependent child is a person aged 0 to 15 in a household (whether or not in a family) or aged 16 to 18 in full-time education and living in a family with his or her parent(s) or grandparent(s). It does not include any children who have a spouse, partner or child living in the household. 'Age' is age at last birthday.

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Variable categories

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A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
No children in household 1
No dependent children in household/All children in household non-dependent 2
One dependent child aged 0-4 3
One dependent child aged 5-11 4
One dependent child aged 12-18 5
Two dependent children, youngest aged 0-4 6
Two dependent children, youngest aged 5-11 7
Two dependent children, youngest aged 12-18 8
Three or more dependent children, youngest aged 0-4 9
Three or more dependent children, youngest aged 5-11 10
Three or more dependent children, youngest aged 12-18 11