Household: Dependent Children - 6 Categories A

Identifies whether a person lives in a household by classifying the household according to the number of dependent children in the household, and 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. This variable applies to all people living in households. As such, this variable reports 'No code required' for the subset of the population living in communal establishments.