Mnemonic: hh_disabled
Applicability: Household
Type: Derived variable
Definition
The number of people in a household who assessed their day-to-day activities as limited by long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses and are considered disabled. This definition of a disabled person meets the harmonised standard for measuring disability and is in line with the Equality Act (2010).
Classification
Total number of categories: 4
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 0 | No people disabled under the Equality Act in household |
| 1 | 1 person disabled under the Equality Act in household |
| 2 | 2 or more people disabled under the Equality Act in household |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Households with no usual residents.
View all number of disabled people in household classifications.
Background
Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.
Comparability with the 2011 Census
Broadly comparable
All the categories in this variable reference the number of disabled people in the household. In the 2011 Census all categories referenced the number of persons in the household with a long-term health problem or disability.
What does broadly comparable mean?
A variable that is broadly comparable means that it can be generally compared with the same variable used in the 2011 Census. However, changes may have been made to the question or options that people could choose from or how write-in answers are classified.
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons
Highly comparable
What does highly comparable mean?
A variable that is highly comparable means that it can be directly compared with the variable from Scotland and Northern Ireland. 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.
Find out more about variables produced for Census 2021 in Northern Ireland and Census 2022 in Scotland.
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