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)