Dataset: Personal Independence Payments (Cases with Entitlement)
Field: Age of Claimants (bands and single year)
Description
Age is derived from date of birth of the main claimant taken from source data. Age is recorded in years as at the caseload date.
Classification
For PIP data, age is available as either single year of age, or as age bands.
Applicable to: all claimants:
Single year of age is available for all ages between 16 and 70 inclusive
Age bands: 16 to 19, 20 to 24, 25 to 29, 30 to 34, 35 to 39, 40 to 44, 45 to 49, 50 to 54, 55 to 59, 60 to 64, 65 to 69 70 to 74, 75 to 79, 80 to 84, 85 to 90
90 and over Category: 999
Unknown or Missing Category: 99999
Total number of categories (excluding the unknown category):
by single year of age: 75
by age band: 17
Quality Statement
The age of claimant is derived from the date of birth of the main claimant. Date of birth is recorded as part of the PIP claim process. It is possible that errors can occur in the recording of date of birth. An age derived from date of birth which is under 16 is recoded to unknown / missing.