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LS variable metadata

AGEC17
TableME71 1971 Census - LS members
Short descriptionAge of mother at first birth. 1971.
Source1971 Census. Question B2 and B23. Applicability: ever-married women aged under 60 enumerated in private households and traced at the 1971 Census.
Code notes12-59 years. -5 = Not stated -9 = Missing -4 = No First Birth -3 = Aged Over 60 -2 = Single -1 = Male

Variable coding

The codelist for this variable is not available.


References

RefnumReference
646See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) pp. 267-270, pp. 33-34.

Additional information

ValueLabel
id2013
m204namePAABME71
fullname(ME71)AGEC17
description
codedasMAIN
source1971 Census. Question B2 and B23. Applicability: ever-married women aged under 60 enumerated in private households and traced at the 1971 Census.
derivedY
derivationFrom date of birth and date of birth of first child within marriage.
codelistN
notesValues were mistakenly created for women who had not answered the 1971 census question on fertility: where the date of first and subsequent births was blank, the algorithm gave a value of the LS members year of birth -1.
formerlyAGEC1
restrictedN
formatNumeric
length2
occurs1
nmsasnameS22002
sasnameS21002
keywordFertility Age
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0ME71

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS