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Schoolchild or full-time student indicator/student status

  • Mnemonic reference

    STUDENT

  • Applicability

    Person

Definition

A student is a person who is in full-time education either at school or in higher or further education.

Classification

Total number of categories 2

Code Name
1 Schoolchild or full-time student
2 Not a schoolchild or full-time student

Source question or variables

5: Are you as schoolchild or student in full-time education?

  • Yes
  • No

Reason for asking

This information helps to identify students and schoolchildren in order to ensure they are counted as resident at their term-time address. Counting people at their term-time address is important because it helps to provide an accurate measure of the usually resident population. This is the basis used by central and local government for planning.

The information on term-time addresses of students is also used to plan services and allocate resources, for example to analyse the demand for student accommodation (such as halls of residence and household accommodation) which has an impact on the overall demand for housing.

England & Wales (2011) and Scotland (2001) comparison

The question in England & Wales (2011) is identical to the Scotland (2011) question.

In the Scotland (2001) question, there was a filter on the ‘Yes’ tick box but the question remained the same.

  • Mnemonic reference

    STUPUK

  • Applicability

    All people, UK

Definition

This variable identifies if a person is a schoolchild or a student in full-time education.

Classification

Total number of categories 2

Code Name
1 Schoolchild or student in full-time education
2 Not a schoolchild or student in full-time education