Innovation Panel variable: nkids_dv Number of children in household

Number of children in household

This is the total number of children aged 15 or under in the household. Whether or not a person with missing age is aged under 15 is established on the basis of the interview outcome codes applicable to children under 16.

See NKIDS015

Datafile

hhresp_ip

Derived variable note:

Uses DVAGE IVFIO on data file INDALL_IP/

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	1114	79.23%
	1	143	10.17%
	2	108	7.68%
	3	30	2.13%
	4	9	0.64%
	5	1	0.07%
	6	1	0.07%
	Total	1406	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.35	0	0	6.0	0.79	1406

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	1345	77.57%
	1	191	11.01%
	2	146	8.42%
	3	40	2.31%
	4	10	0.58%
	5	2	0.12%
	Total	1734	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.38	0	0	5.0	0.8	1734

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	1300	76.7%
	1	197	11.62%
	2	157	9.26%
	3	35	2.06%
	4	4	0.24%
	5	2	0.12%
	Total	1695	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.38	0	0	5.0	0.77	1695

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	1532	77.45%
	1	206	10.41%
	2	192	9.71%
	3	42	2.12%
	4	5	0.25%
	6	1	0.05%
	Total	1978	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.38	0	0	6.0	0.78	1978

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	1057	77.38%
	1	141	10.32%
	2	120	8.78%
	3	41	3.0%
	4	6	0.44%
	5	1	0.07%
	Total	1366	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.39	0	0	5.0	0.81	1366

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	1044	78.03%
	1	127	9.49%
	2	115	8.59%
	3	43	3.21%
	4	7	0.52%
	5	2	0.15%
	Total	1338	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.39	0	0	5.0	0.83	1338

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	1392	75.73%
	1	205	11.15%
	2	169	9.19%
	3	53	2.88%
	4	16	0.87%
	5	2	0.11%
	6	1	0.05%
	Total	1838	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.43	0	0	6.0	0.86	1838

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	1104	75.88%
	1	165	11.34%
	2	126	8.66%
	3	43	2.96%
	4	14	0.96%
	5	2	0.14%
	6	1	0.07%
	Total	1455	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.42	0	0	6.0	0.87	1455

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	928	74.54%
	1	156	12.53%
	2	113	9.08%
	3	35	2.81%
	4	7	0.56%
	5	3	0.24%
	6	1	0.08%
	7	2	0.16%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.44	0	0	7.0	0.9	1245

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	968	73.39%
	1	174	13.19%
	2	126	9.55%
	3	34	2.58%
	4	10	0.76%
	5	3	0.23%
	6	3	0.23%
	7	1	0.08%
	Total	1319	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.46	0	0	7.0	0.91	1319

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	1051	74.7%
	1	175	12.44%
	2	128	9.1%
	3	33	2.35%
	4	9	0.64%
	5	6	0.43%
	6	5	0.36%
	Total	1407	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.44	0	0	6.0	0.92	1407

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	872	73.34%
	1	136	11.44%
	2	132	11.1%
	3	32	2.69%
	4	8	0.67%
	5	7	0.59%
	6	2	0.17%
	Total	1189	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.48	0	0	6.0	0.94	1189

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	877	72.78%
	1	152	12.61%
	2	127	10.54%
	3	36	2.99%
	4	8	0.66%
	5	4	0.33%
	6	1	0.08%
	Total	1205	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.47	0	0	6.0	0.9	1205

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	990	71.69%
	1	170	12.31%
	2	151	10.93%
	3	54	3.91%
	4	9	0.65%
	5	3	0.22%
	6	4	0.29%
	Total	1381	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.51	0	0	6.0	0.96	1381

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	747	72.74%
	1	117	11.39%
	2	117	11.39%
	3	32	3.12%
	4	9	0.88%
	5	3	0.29%
	6	2	0.19%
	Total	1027	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.5	0	0	6.0	0.94	1027

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	814	72.55%
	1	135	12.03%
	2	128	11.41%
	3	35	3.12%
	4	6	0.53%
	5	4	0.36%
	Total	1122	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.48	0	0	5.0	0.9	1122

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	0	1054	70.79%
	1	197	13.23%
	2	166	11.15%
	3	53	3.56%
	4	9	0.6%
	5	8	0.54%
	6	2	0.13%
	Total	1489	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.52	0	0	6.0	0.95	1489

nkids_dv

Datafile

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Derived variable note:

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Datafile

Derived variable note:

Derived variable note:

Wave 17 (q_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 16 (p_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 15 (o_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 14 (n_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 13 (m_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 12 (l_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 11 (k_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 10 (j_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 9 (i_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 8 (h_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 7 (g_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 6 (f_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 5 (e_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 4 (d_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 3 (c_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 2 (b_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

Wave 1 (a_nkids_dv hhresp_ip)

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