Dataset: Family Resources Survey (Household, Household Food Security)

Field: Household composition by children, gender and number of adults

Description

The composition of the household by children, gender and number of adults, as reported by FRS respondents, where:

• A household consists of one person living alone or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address, who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room or dining area. A household will consist of one or more benefit units.
• A dependent child is defined as an individual aged under 16. A person will also be defined as a child if they are 16 to 19 years old and they are:
• Not married nor in a civil partnership nor living with a partner; and
• Living with parents (or a responsible adult); and
• In full-time non-advanced education or in unwaged Government training
• All individuals who are aged 16 and over are classified as an adult, unless the individual is defined as a dependent child. All adults in the household are interviewed as part of the FRS.

Classification

Applicable to: all individuals in a household.

• Household without children and one male adult
• Household without children and one female adult
• Household without children and two adults
• Household without children and three or more adults
Household with children and one adult
• Household with children and two adults
• Household with children and three or more adults

Number of categories: 7

Quality Statement

Further information can be found in the FRS Background Note and Methodology here.

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