Description
Age at caseload date is derived from claimant's date of birth sourced from the DWP Customer Information System (CIS)
Classification
For Universal Credit 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 and 'over 70'
Total number of categories (excluding unknown/missing): 56
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 70, over 70
Total number of categories (excluding unknown/missing): 12
Quality Statement
The age of claimant on the caseload date is derived from claimant's date of birth sourced from the DWP Customer Information System (CIS).
In order to make our statistics as accurate as possible, this field is derived from the Customer Information System database. The Customer Information System (CIS) is a computer system used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to store basic identifying information such as gender, addresses, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers etc.