Mnemonic: hh_dependent_children
Applicability: Household
Type: Derived variable
Definition
Classifies the number of dependent children in a household, by the age of the youngest child.
Classification
Total number of categories: 3
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 0 | No dependent children in household |
| 1 | Household with dependent children |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Households with no usual residents.
View all dependent children in household and their age classifications.
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
Broadly comparable
The variable produced for England and Wales outputs categories with less detail than the variables produced by Scotland and Northern Ireland.
What does broadly comparable mean?
A variable that is broadly comparable means that outputs from Census 2021 in England and Wales can generally be compared with Scotland and Northern Ireland. Differences in how the data were collected or presented may reduce the ability to fully harmonise on outputs, but some harmonisation is still expected.
Find out more about variables produced for Census 2021 in Northern Ireland and Census 2022 in Scotland.
Census 2021 data that uses this variable
You can create a custom dataset.
Other datasets that use this variable
- Tenure by dependent children in household
- Household migration by dependent children and age of Household Reference Person (HRP) (country inflow)
- Household migration by dependent children and age of Household Reference Person (HRP) (country outflow)
- Household migration by dependent children and age of Household Reference Person (HRP) (lower tier local authority inflow)
- Household migration by dependent children and age of Household Reference Person (HRP) (lower tier local authority outflow)
- Household migration by dependent children and age of Household Reference Person (HRP) (national inflow)
- Household migration by dependent children and age of Household Reference Person (HRP) (region inflow)
- Household migration by dependent children and age of Household Reference Person (HRP) (region outflow)
- Household migration by dependent children and age of Household Reference Person (HRP) (upper tier local authority inflow)
- Household migration by dependent children and age of Household Reference Person (HRP) (upper tier local authority outflow)
- Welsh household composition by age of youngest dependent child