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respm16

Mother of a child under 16

Flag for mother of a child aged 15 or under in the household. This is derived from unedited information in the household grid and edited in cases where errors in the relationship grid were uncovered, but may not have been corrected, during the interview.

See RESPM16_DV.

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Index terms

Derived variable note:

Flag for mother of a child aged 15 or under in the household. This is derived from unedited information in the household grid and edited in cases where errors in the relationship grid were uncovered, but may not have been corrected, during the interview.

See RESPM16_DV.

Question asked in the latest wave:

gridvariables_w14.respm16

Question label:

Mother of a child under 16

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

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1604926888.93%
mother of a child under 161613311.07%
Total55401100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-830.01%
not mother of a child under 1603700988.96%
mother of a child under 161458911.03%
Total41601100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1603878589.0%
mother of a child under 161479211.0%
Total43577100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1604155888.49%
mother of a child under 161540711.51%
Total46965100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1604417788.15%
mother of a child under 161593611.85%
Total50113100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1604638388.02%
mother of a child under 161631111.98%
Total52694100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1604990388.16%
mother of a child under 161670511.84%
Total56608100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-920.0%
not mother of a child under 1605248587.56%
mother of a child under 161745412.44%
Total59941100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-930.0%
not mother of a child under 1605658987.45%
mother of a child under 161812012.55%
Total64712100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
mother of a child under 161709811.54%
no25441488.46%
Total61512100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
mother of a child under 161782411.92%
25780288.08%
Total65626100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
mother of a child under 161851412.05%
no26215787.95%
Total70671100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
mother of a child under 161942512.16%
no26807087.84%
Total77495100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
mother of a child under 161974512.61%
26756387.39%
Total77308100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1603037985.64%
mother of a child under 161509214.36%
Total35471100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1602401685.78%
mother of a child under 161398214.22%
Total27998100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1602508485.7%
mother of a child under 161418714.3%
Total29271100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1602722385.05%
mother of a child under 161478514.95%
Total32008100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1602898684.46%
mother of a child under 161533315.54%
Total34319100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1603038484.26%
mother of a child under 161567415.74%
Total36058100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1603310284.24%
mother of a child under 161619215.76%
Total39294100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1603515383.36%
mother of a child under 161701716.64%
Total42170100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
not mother of a child under 1603763083.27%
mother of a child under 161756216.73%
Total45192100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
mother of a child under 161684015.26%
no23799784.74%
Total44837100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
mother of a child under 161751415.96%
23956084.04%
Total47074100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
mother of a child under 161814216.38%
no24155083.62%
Total49692100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
mother of a child under 161906216.61%
no24550683.39%
Total54568100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
mother of a child under 161908717.82%
24190782.18%
Total50994100.0%

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