Mnemonic: dependent_child_ind
Applicability: Person
Type: Derived variable
Definition
This indicates if a person is a dependent child or not. A dependent child is a person aged 0 to 15 years in a household or a person aged 16 to 18 years who is in full-time education and lives in a family with their parent, parents, grandparent or grandparents. It does not include any person aged 16 to 18 years who has a spouse, partner or child living in the household.
Classification
Total number of categories: 3
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 0 | Not a dependent child |
| 1 | Dependent child |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Students and schoolchildren living away during term-time, and children living in communal establishments.
Background
Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.
Comparability with the 2011 Census
Highly comparable
What does highly comparable mean?
A variable that is highly comparable means that it can be directly compared with the variable from the 2011 Census. The questions and options that people could choose from may be slightly different, for example the order of the options may be swapped around, but the data collected is the same.
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons
Find out more about variables produced for Census 2021 in Northern Ireland and Census 2022 in Scotland.