DHDEPCH: No. of dependent children resident in household (derived variable)
DHDEPCH is derived by summing the values of DCHILD across each household. The values of this variable range from 0 to 9.
DCHILD is an indicator of whether a person is a resident dependent child, derived from RESIDENT, AGE, ECONPRIM, ECONSEC and MSTATUS. This conforms to the algorithm used by OPCS.
CODE MEANING
0 Not a resident dependent child
1 Resident dependent child
RESIDENT (1), AGE (0-15)
or
RESIDENT (1), AGE (16-18), MSTATUS (1), ECONPRIM (7), ECONSEC (MISSING or 5-8)