Open - Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)

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M in tk lnxem provi&d:
- totalno. of perama in the Iumelmld
-ttino. ofpersms aged16 mwerint&hmsebld
- no. of perecnsmbmlly intenriti, mcl. 12nee intenmswed @
PT.
The usual Soual Srvey definitims of ‘~ebld’ and ‘headof
IumeFmld’ apply,as given m the ‘Fk@kcok for Intemlewers’ (19S4).
Inte of birth is includedm the lume?mld lxx for the first t-
in 19e6. Ithsshen plam3befme~ sotitthe t!m~est.unscm be
asld togtier. Fimt aek ‘vhatis yuu date of birth?’or ‘what
ie....‘sdatiofbulh?’ ?mdthmssk age, eg.’ so my I ywtcha&,
hcwold ia .....ncu?’.
~ (3u-Mmn less than 1 w akmld be remrded as ‘00’,ad perscns
aged wer 99 yearn as ‘99’.
Marlbl
status
Anewcde ftxcchahitstunhss bemadded tithe m.ri~ status
Categcrlea.
YoJ shmld nw ask as a runnirgprcnpt ‘Areycu mrned, liv~
~, sqle, -&d, &mrced or sepsrati?’ _ living
tqether as mde 2 (mkabltq ). ‘IhM haE Prlorltywer tie suqle,
mdmed, chmrced and sqarated males.
At t?us stage P are nck eqacted to pmke ‘separated’tnt, shculdan
mfcmmnt query the term,lt wvers any persm ~ qxuse x living
els4nere becauseaf estrangfmnt (whetherthe separatim M legalor
not).
Msntsl a~us alculdnot be aeked lf the ‘relatmslup to 133H’has
- given as ‘m.fe’(or ‘husband’):sinplyrmg _ 1 (mrrmd)
under MaritalStatua. Smilarly sinplyriq wde 2 (cdhabit@ ) m
themria stilalalraxwimaakiq nmri~ statueif -
‘relatimsh.ipk. IK)H’has been gi- es ‘~-- Wife’ (m ‘~s-’ )
CK If cclxdmtaticnhas tem qmtanemsly ucrk.imedeg. ‘girlfrlend,
she ~vea mth m’.
Mamtsl statusawl age informtm coLlectadin the --id tox
alKu.ldnever brecod2d inthellghtof ~rs to * Ianily
Infcmmceectim (SeeTndi*y ~le instructims rdatmg
to * I%nnllyInformticn aectlcm
“ltlec&mllitatlcnc od2hssb eel intro&ced eothatcurdetanll
~& a n=a x~=te pmture of the simatun in tie FmSelwld
d IIIparticular af * fmily units wnthin the Ficmselmld(see
PWe lC). Previcualy an urumrried mple linq tqether -ld
Ika* been clessifleflaa 2 aqxiratefamilyumts unlessthey
spntamcusly mntirned that Ilwy were Lvuq byther se husbad
and mf e.