Mnemonic: hh_adults_employment
Applicability: Household
Type: Derived variable
Definition
The number of employed adults in a household.
An adult is a person who is not a dependent child. A person aged 16 years and over is defined as employed (or in employment) if in the week before the census they carried out at least one hour's paid work, either as an employee or self-employed.
This also includes: * any other form of paid work * being away from work ill * on maternity leave * on holiday * temporarily "laid off"
Classification
Total number of categories: 5
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 0 | No adults in employment in household |
| 1 | 1 adult in employment in household |
| 2 | 2 adults in employment in household |
| 3 | 3 or more adults in employment in household |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Households with no usual residents.
Quality information
As Census 2021 was during a unique period of rapid change, take care when using Labour Market data for planning purposes.
Read more in our Labour market quality information for Census 2021 methodology.
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
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.
Census 2021 data that uses this variable
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