Main survey variable: nchunder16 Number of children aged under 16 that resp is parent of

Number of children aged under 16 that resp is parent of

Number of respondent’s children (natural, adoptive, foster or step) aged under 16 in the household. Computed from the household grid.

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Derived Variables

Derived variable note:

Number of respondent's children (natural, adoptive, foster or step) aged under 16 in the household. Computed from the household grid.

Question asked in the latest wave:

gridvariables_w15.nchunder16

Question label:

Number of children aged under 16 that resp is parent (biological mother, biological father, adoptive/legal mother, adoptive/legal father, step-mother or step-father) of

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	74	0.23%
[Value >= 0]	1	32775	99.77%
	Total	32849	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.35	74	0	9.0	0.76	32775

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	134	0.38%
[Value >= 0]	1	35337	99.62%
	Total	35471	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.37	134	0	7.0	0.78	35337

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	104	0.37%
[Value >= 0]	1	27894	99.63%
	Total	27998	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.38	104	0	8.0	0.8	27894

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	198	0.68%
[Value >= 0]	1	29073	99.32%
	Total	29271	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.38	198	0	8.0	0.81	29073

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	464	1.45%
[Value >= 0]	1	31544	98.55%
	Total	32008	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.41	464	0	7.0	0.83	31544

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	804	2.34%
[Value >= 0]	1	33515	97.66%
	Total	34319	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.43	804	0	7.0	0.86	33515

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1096	3.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	34962	96.96%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.44	1096	0	7.0	0.87	34962

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1683	4.28%
[Value >= 0]	1	37611	95.72%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.47	1683	0	8.0	0.9	37611

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	2832	6.72%
[Value >= 0]	1	39338	93.28%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.48	2832	0	8.0	0.91	39338

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3324	7.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	41868	92.64%
	Total	45192	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.48	3324	0	7.0	0.91	41868

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3858	8.6%
[Value >= 0]	1	40979	91.4%
	Total	44837	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.48	3858	0	7.0	0.91	40979

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3935	8.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	43139	91.64%
	Total	47074	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.5	3935	0	7.0	0.92	43139

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3830	7.71%
[Value >= 0]	1	45862	92.29%
	Total	49692	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.51	3830	0	8.0	0.92	45862

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3880	7.11%
[Value >= 0]	1	50688	92.89%
	Total	54568	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.51	3880	0	9.0	0.93	50688

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3262	6.4%
[Value >= 0]	1	47732	93.6%
	Total	50994	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.53	3262	0	10.0	0.95	47732

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nchunder16

Datafile

Index term

Derived variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

gridvariables_w15.nchunder16

Question label:

Question universe:

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Index term

Derived variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

gridvariables_w15.nchunder16

Question label:

Question universe:

Wave 15 (o_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 14 (n_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 13 (m_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 12 (l_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 11 (k_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 10 (j_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 9 (i_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 8 (h_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 7 (g_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 6 (f_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 5 (e_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 4 (d_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 3 (c_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 2 (b_nchunder16 indresp)

Wave 1 (a_nchunder16 indresp)

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