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LS variable metadata
| DEPCHN8 |
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| Table | ME81 1981 Census - LS members |
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| Short description | Dependent child indicator. 1981. |
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| Source | |
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| Code notes | |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 1 | usual resident of a private household who is a dependent child |
| 2 | usual resident of a private household who is not a dependent child |
| space | visitor to a private household or in a communal establishment |
| -9 | visitor to a private household or in a communal establishment |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
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| 507 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 293, pp. 60-61. |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 1676 |
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| m204name | PAABME81 |
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| fullname | (ME81)DEPCHN8 |
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| description | |
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| codedas | MAIN |
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| derived | Y |
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| derivation | 1981 Census. Questions 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10. |
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| codelist | Y |
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| notes | A dependent child is defined as a person: a) under 16 years of age, or b) under 25 years of age, never-married and classified from the question on economic activity last week as a 'student' |
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| formerly | DEPCHN |
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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 | S32010 |
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| sasname | S31050 |
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| keyword | Family |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | ME81 |
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