Variable Description
Name
f_adult_child_count_code
en-NZ
Label
Number of adult children in family
en-NZ
Description
An adult child is a ‘child in a family nucleus’ who is aged 15 years or over and employed full time, or a ‘child in a family nucleus’ who is aged 18 years or over. This group is made up of all dependent young people and all non-dependent children.
See also ‘Child in a family nucleus’, ‘Dependent young person’, and ‘Non-dependent child’ in Family definitions; and ‘Employed’ in Individual definitions.
For classification see Aria.
en-NZRepresentation
Representation Type
Code List
Selection Style
SelectOne
Codes
-
0 
No adult children
en-NZ
-
1
One adult child
en-NZ
-
2
Two adult children
en-NZ
-
3
Three adult children
en-NZ
-
4 -
9
Aggregation Method
Unspecified
Temporal
False
Geographic
False
Concept
Conceptual Variable
Family
en-NZ
Concept
Families and households
en-NZ
