Mnemonic: hh_away_student
Applicability: Household
Type: Derived variable
Definition
This measures households where resident students or schoolchildren live away from home during term time.
A schoolchild or student cannot be under 5 years old.
Students or schoolchildren who board full-time at their school are counted as residents at their school's address. If they board for 3 days or less per week, they are counted as residents at their home address.
Classification
Total number of categories: 9
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Household has no students or no students away: Aged 4 years and under |
| 2 | Household with one student away: Aged 5 to 17 years |
| 3 | Household with one student away: Aged 18 years and over |
| 4 | Household with two students away: Both aged 5 to 17 years |
| 5 | Household with two students away: One aged 5 to 17 years and one 18 years and over |
| 6 | Household with two students away: Both aged 18 years and over |
| 7 | Household with three or more students away: All aged 5 to 17 years |
| 8 | Household with three or more students away: Combination of aged 5 to 17 years and 18 years and over |
| 9 | Household with three or more students away: All aged 18 years and over |
View all households with students or schoolchildren living away during term-time classifications.
Background
Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.
Comparability with the 2011 Census
Broadly comparable
We have increased the minimum age a person can be classified as a student from 4 to 5 years.
What does broadly comparable mean?
A variable that is broadly comparable means that it can be generally compared with the same variable used in the 2011 Census. However, changes may have been made to the question or options that people could choose from or how write-in answers are classified.
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons
Not comparable
This variable is not comparable as the data is not available for all countries.
What does not comparable mean?
A variable that is not comparable means that it cannot be compared for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Find out more about variables produced for Census 2021 in Northern Ireland and Census 2022 in Scotland.
Census 2021 data that uses this variable
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