DFDEPCH: Number of dependent children resident in family
+--------------------+----------+----------+ | No. of dependent | Resident | Total | | children in fam | status | | | +----------+ | | |Residents | | +--------------------+----------+----------+ |0 | 203158 | 203158 | | | 45.1% | 45.1% | | | | | |1 | 85213 | 85213 | | | 18.9% | 18.9% | | | | | |2 | 103317 | 103317 | | | 23.0% | 23.0% | | | | | |3 | 41323 | 41323 | | | 9.2% | 9.2% | | | | | |4 | 12326 | 12326 | | | 2.7% | 2.7% | | | | | |5 | 2996 | 2996 | | | .7% | .7% | | | | | |6 | 1157 | 1157 | | | .3% | .3% | | | | | |7 | 380 | 380 | | | .1% | .1% | | | | | |8 | 211 | 211 | | | .0% | .0% | | | | | |9 | 33 | 33 | | | .0% | .0% | | | | | | Total | 450114 | 450114 | | | 100.0% | 100.0% | +--------------------+----------+----------+
Resident dependent children are persons aged 0-15 in a household, and persons aged 16-18, never married, in full-time education and and economically inactive, all usually resident at this address. Omits households with 12+ persons and persons who are not in a family.
DFDEPCH is derived by summing the values of DCHILD across each family. The values of this variable range from 0 to 9. Families within households of twelve or more persons are not included, as there are no individual records for such households. The variable does not apply to 'no-family' persons - that is, people who are defined as not part of a family.
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)