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LS variable metadata

LSRELAT7
TableNM71 1971 Census - non-LS members
Short descriptionRelationship of non-LS member to LS member. 1971.
SourceDerived from 1971 Census Questions B3, B4, B5 and B6.
Code notesCodes 1-7 were only assigned to people in the family of the LS Member. It follows from this that: (i) if the LS Member was ever-married, his or her parents cannot be identified using LSRELAT, and (ii) ever-married children or siblings of the LS Member cannot identified as such.

Variable coding

ValueLabel
1Husband
2Wife
3Father
4Mother
5Sibling
6Dependent child
7Non-dependent child
8Unrelated to LS member, not in LS member family. See code notes.

References

RefnumReference
473See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 250 for definition of a family.

Additional information

ValueLabel
id639
m204namePAABNM71
fullname(NM71)LSRELAT7
description
codedasMAIN
sourceDerived from 1971 Census Questions B3, B4, B5 and B6.
derivedN
codelistY
notesA known error affecting codes 5 (Sibling), 6 (Dependent child) and 7 (Non-dependent child) was amended prior to the data transfer to the Model 204 environment. Total counts relating to these codes show subsequent adjustment. See algorithm & documentation
formerlyLSRELAT
restrictedN
formatNumeric
length2
occurs20
keywordFamily
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0NM71

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS