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Mainstage Variable

numchild

number of children (aged 15 or under) in household

Calculated by summing the number of children aged 0-15 in the household. Computed from the household grid. This count includes absent household members and is equal to the sum of A_N10TO15 and A_NUNDER10. From Wave 2 this variable is called B_NKIDS015.

See A_N10TO15 A_NUNDER10
See B_NKIDS015 on data file B_HHRESP

Datafile

Index term

Derived variable note:

Calculated by summing the number of children aged 0-15 in the household. Computed from the household grid. This count includes absent household members and is equal to the sum of A_N10TO15 and A_NUNDER10. From Wave 2 this variable is called B_NKIDS015.

See A_N10TO15 A_NUNDER10
See B_NKIDS015 on data file B_HHRESP

Question asked in the latest wave:

hhgrid_w1.numchild

Question label:

Number of children (aged 15 or under) in household

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN
0.590010.01.030169

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