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Adult lifestage

  • Mnemonic reference

    ADULT_LSTAGE_CAT_P

  • Applicability

    Person

  • Type

    Derived Variable

Definition

The life stage a person is in based on their age and dependent children.

A dependent child is any person aged 0 to 15 in a household (whether or not in a family), or a person aged 16 to 18 in full-time education and living in a family with his or her parent(s) or grandparent(s). It does not include any people aged 16 to 18 who have a spouse, partner or child living in the household.

Classification

Total number of categories 21

Code Name
01 Age 16 to 24: No dependent children in household
02 Age 16 to 24: Dependent children in household
03 Age 25 to 34: No dependent children in household
04 Age 25 to 34: Youngest dependent child in household aged 0 to 4
05 Age 25 to 34: Youngest dependent child in household aged 5 to 10
06 Age 25 to 34: Youngest dependent child in household aged 11 to 15
07 Age 25 to 34: Youngest dependent child in household aged 16 to 18
08 Age 35 to 54: No dependent children in household
09 Age 35 to 54: Youngest dependent child in household aged 0 to 4
10 Age 35 to 54: Youngest dependent child in household aged 5 to 10
11 Age 35 to 54: Youngest dependent child in household aged 11 to 15
12 Age 35 to 54: Youngest dependent child in household aged 16 to 18
13 Age 55 to 64: One person household
14 Age 55 to 64: Two or more person household: No dependent children
15 Age 55 to 64: Dependent children in household
16 Age 65 to 74: One person household
17 Age 65 to 74: Two or more person household: No dependent children
18 Age 65 to 74: Dependent children in household
19 Age 75 and over: One person household
20 Age 75 and over: Two or more person household
-5 No code required (Comprises: schoolchildren and full-time students who live away from home during term-time, people living in communal establishments and people aged under 16)

Source question or variables

Term time address indicator (TERM_TIME)

Age (AGE)

Household size (HH_SIZE_COUNT_H)

Dependent child indicator (DEP_CHILD_IND_P)

England & Wales and Scotland (2011) comparison

This variable is directly comparably to the variable from Scotland's Census 2011.

The equivalent variable (adult_lifestage) created by ONS for the England & Wales 2021 census uses different age bands.

  • Mnemonic reference

    ADULTLSPUK11

  • Applicability

    Person

  • Type

    Derived variable

Definition

Adult lifestage classifies people in households by age, the presence of dependent children in the household, age of the youngest dependent child, and the number of people in the household. The exact categorisation used depends on the person’s age.

Classification

Total number of categories 21

Code Name
01 Age 16 to 24: No dependent children in household
02 Age 16 to 24: Dependent children in household
03 Age 25 to 34: No dependent children in household
04 Age 25 to 34: Youngest dependent child in household aged 0 to 4
05 Age 25 to 34: Youngest dependent child in household aged 5 to 10
06 Age 25 to 34: Youngest dependent child in household aged 11 to 15
07 Age 25 to 34: Youngest dependent child in household aged 16 to 18
08 Age 35 to 54: No dependent children in household
09 Age 35 to 54: Youngest dependent child in household aged 0 to 4
10 Age 35 to 54: Youngest dependent child in household aged 5 to 10
11 Age 35 to 54: Youngest dependent child in household aged 11 to 15
12 Age 35 to 54: Youngest dependent child in household aged 16 to 18
13 Age 55 to 64: One person household
14 Age 55 to 64: Two or more person household: No dependent children
15 Age 55 to 64: Dependent children in household
16 Age 65 to 74: One person household
17 Age 65 to 74: Two or more person household: No dependent children
18 Age 65 to 74: Dependent children in household
19 Age 75 and over: One person household
20 Age 75 and over: Two or more person household
XX No code required (Comprises: schoolchildren and full-time students who live away from home during term-time, people living in communal establishments and people aged under 16)

Source question or variables

TERMIND (Primary variable)

AGE (Derived variable)

SIZHUK11 (Derived variable)

DCHPUK11 (Derived variable)

RESIDENCE_TYPE (Primary variable)