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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Six-Year Follow-up, 1996

Variable Details

Variableb960341
LabelPerson2: age (yrs)
Question text We'd like to know a little bit about the members of your household- the people who you normally live with, and with whom you share a living room OR normally share at least one meal a day. Please complete one line below for each member of your household. If you are NOT living in a self-contained household (eg: if you are living in a hostel or similar accommodation), please answer these questions just about any of your family living with you. AGE. Give age last birthday. Write in age.
Responses
-2 Does Not Apply 0
-1 Not Answered 0
0 Less than 1 year 18
1 20
2 30
3 33
4 55
5 54
6 48
7 41
8 16
9 17
10 4
11 1
15 2
16 7
17 10
18 16
19 29
20 78
21 147
22 202
23 343
24 481
25 724
26 895
27 634
28 547
29 391
30 334
31 236
32 170
33 140
34 113
35 84
36 50
37 42
38 36
39 32
40 28
41 13
42 21
43 24
44 24
45 36
46 59
47 73
48 97
49 101
50 125
51 106
52 125
53 93
54 92
55 112
56 101
57 72
58 65
59 56
60 67
61 41
62 48
63 46
64 29
65 28
66 14
67 10
68 14
69 13
70 10
71 4
72 5
73 3
74 2
75 3
76 2
78 3
79 1
80 1
81 1
82 1
83 4
85 1
87 1
88 0
-8 Inappropriate Answer 3
-3 Not stated 157
Sysmiss 988
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Six-Year Follow-up, 1996
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: BCS70 cohort members who were able to be traced.
SamplingBCS70 cohort members for whom a current address was available. The BCS70 Twenty six-year Follow-up targeted all those who were members of the original BCS70 cohort sample. This included those who had been in the original birth survey, those who had been in all subsequent follow-ups, including immigrants and others traced for the first time though schools and health authorities.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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