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LS variable metadata

FHIND7
TableME71 1971 Census - LS members
Short descriptionFamily head indicator - persons in the household. 1971
Source1971 Census. Derived from Questions B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6. Identifies type of family head.
Code notes

Variable coding

ValueLabel
-2Untraced miss NM data
-1Communal Establishment
0Not family head
1Family head

References

RefnumReference
476See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 250.

Additional information

ValueLabel
id1729
m204namePAABME71
fullname(ME71)FHIND7
description
codedasMAIN
source1971 Census. Derived from Questions B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6. Identifies type of family head.
derivedN
codelistY
notesDuring the reformat & processing of the historic LS data to the Model 204 environment, this field was recoded to 1 (Family Head) if the value was 2 (Lone parent family, male head), or 3 (Lone parent family, female head).
restrictedN
formatNumeric
length2
occurs1
nmsasnameS22030
sasnameS21076
keywordFamily
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0ME71

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS