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LS variable metadata
| DCHORD7 |
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| Table | ME71 1971 Census - LS members |
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| Short description | Birth order of dependent child indicator. 1971 |
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| Source | 1971 Census. |
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| Code notes | |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 0 | Not a dependent child |
| 1 | Eldest dependent child in household |
| 2 | 2nd eldest dependent child in household |
| 3 | 3rd eldest dependent child in household |
| 4 | 4th eldest dependent child in household |
| 5 | 5th eldest dependent child in household |
| 6 | 6th eldest dependent child in household |
| 7 | 7th eldest dependent child in household |
| 8 | 8th eldest dependent child in household |
| 9 | youngest or 9th eldest dependent child in household |
| space | Not a dependent child |
| -1 | Communal Establishment |
| -2 | Untraced or missing non-member data |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
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| 477 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 251, page 60. |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 1714 |
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| m204name | PAABME71 |
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| fullname | (ME71)DCHORD7 |
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| description | Indicator to show order of birth of dependent child in household |
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| codedas | MAIN |
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| source | 1971 Census. |
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| derived | Y |
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| derivation | Derived from various questions. |
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| codelist | Y |
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| formerly | DCHORD |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 2 |
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| occurs | 1 |
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| nmsasname | S22026 |
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| sasname | S21057 |
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| keyword | Family Fertility |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | ME71 |
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