Adult Lifestage - 11 Categories

Description

Adult Lifestage classifies adults in households by age and whether they share a household with any dependent children. Adult Lifestage applies to all people aged 16 and over living in households. As such, this variable reports 'No code required' for the subset of the population where no response was expected. An adult is defined as anyone aged 16 and over. A 'dependent child' is a person in a household aged 0-15 (whether or not in a family) or a person aged 16-18 who is a full-time student and in a family with parent(s).

Variable categories

Showing all 11 categories from this variable.

A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
Age 16-24 years: No dependent children in household 1
Age 16-24 years: Dependent children in household 2
Age 25-34 years: No dependent children in household 3
Age 25-34 years: Dependent children in household 4
Age 35-54 years: No dependent children in household 5
Age 35-54 years: Dependent children in household 6
Age 55-65 years: No dependent children in household 7
Age 55-65 years: Dependent children in household 8
Age 66+ years: No dependent children in household 9
Age 66+ years: Dependent children in household 10
No code required -8