HDEPTYPE: Household Dependant Type
This classification was introduced by OPCS for the 1991 Census. Households are defined in terms of the number and age of dependants resident in a household. Dependants are defined as dependent children or a person who has both a limiting long-term illness and whose economic position is either 'permanently sick' or 'retired'. (See OPCS Definitions volume section 6.50)
Code | Meaning |
-9 | Not applicable (all-visitor household) |
1 | Households with no resident
dependants DHRESID (1+), DHDEPS (0) |
2 | Households with 1 resident
dependant, aged 0-4 DHDEPS (1), DHYNGDEP (0-4) |
3 | Households with 1 resident
dependant, aged 5-15 DHDEPS (1), DHYNGDEP (5-15) |
4 | Households with 1 resident
dependant, aged 16-18 DHDEPS (1), DHYNGDEP (16-18) |
5 | Households with 1 resident
dependant, aged 19 to pensionable age DHDEPS (1), YNGSEX (1), DHYNGDEP (19-64) or DHDEPS (1), YNGSEX (2), DHYNGDEP (19-59) |
6 | Households with 1 dependant,
pensionable age and over DHDEPS (1), YNGSEX (1), DHYNGDEP (65+) or DHDEPS (1), YNGSEX (2), DHYNGDEP (60+) |
7 | Households with 2 or more
dependants, youngest aged 0-4, oldest aged 0-4 DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (0-4), DHOLDDEP (0-4) |
8 | Households with 2 or more
dependants, youngest aged 0-4, oldest aged 5-15 DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (0-4), DHOLDDEP (5-15) |
9 | Households with 2 or more
dependants, youngest aged 0-4, oldest aged 16-18 DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (0-4), DHOLDDEP (16-18) |
10 | Households with 2 or more
dependants, youngest aged 0-4, oldest aged 19 to pensionable age DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (0-4), OLDSEX (1), DHOLDDEP (19-64) or DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (0-4), OLDSEX (2), DHOLDDEP (19-59) |
11 | Households with 2 or more
dependants, youngest aged 0-4, oldest pensionable age and over DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (0-4), OLDSEX (1), DHOLDDEP (65+) or DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (0-4), OLDSEX (2), DHOLDDEP (60+) |
12 | Households with 2 dependants,
youngest aged 5-15, oldest aged 5-15 DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (5-15), DHOLDDEP (5-15) |
13 | Households with 2 dependants,
youngest aged 5-15, oldest aged 16-18 DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (5-15), DHOLDDEP (16-18) |
14 | Households with 2 dependants,
youngest aged 5-15, oldest aged 19 to pensionable age DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (5-15), OLDSEX (1), DHOLDDEP (19-64) or DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (5-15), OLDSEX (2), DHOLDDEP (19-59) |
15 | Households with 2 or more
dependants, youngest aged 5-15, oldest pensionable age and over DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (5-15), OLDSEX (1), DHOLDDEP (65+) or DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (5-15), OLDSEX (2), DHOLDDEP (60+) |
16 | Households with 2 or more
dependants, youngest 16-18, oldest 16-18 DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (16-18), DHOLDDEP (16-18) |
17 | Households
with 2 dependants, youngest aged 16-18, oldest aged 19 to pensionable age DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (16-18), OLDSEX (1), DHOLDDEP (19-64) or DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (16-18), OLDSEX (2), DHOLDDEP (19-59) |
18 | Households with 2 or more
dependants, youngest aged 16-18, oldest pensionable age and over DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (16-18), OLDSEX (1), DHOLDDEP (65+) or DHDEPS (2+), DHYNGDEP (16-18), OLDSEX (2), DHOLDDEP (60+) |
19 | Households
with 2 or more dependants, youngest aged 19 to pensionable age, oldest aged 19 to
pensionable age DHDEPS (2+), YNGSEX (1), DHYNGSEX (19-64), OLDSEX (1), DHOLDSEX (19-64) or DHDEPS (2+), YNGSEX (2), DHYNGDEP (19-59), OLDSEX (2), DHOLDSEX (19-59) |
20 | Households with 2 or more
dependants, youngest aged 19 to pensionable age, oldest pensionable age and over DHDEPS (2+), YNGSEX (1), DHYNGSEX (19-64), OLDSEX (1), DHOLDSEX (65+) or DHDEPS (2+), YNGSEX (2), DHYNGDEP (19-59), OLDSEX (2), DHOLDSEX (60+) |
21 | Households with 2 or more
dependants, both pensionable age and over DHDEPS (2+), YNGSEX (1), DHYNGDEP (65+) or DHDEPS (2+), YNGSEX (2), DHYNGDEP (60+) |
The relationship between these two variables is shown in the glossary under the variable OCCPATN.
HHOLDDEP has been created using the following CMU-derived variables: DHRESID (number of residents in a household), DHDEPS (the number of dependants resident in a household), DHYNGDEP (age of youngest dependant resident within a household) and DHOLDDEP (age of the oldest dependant resident within a household).