Family Type - famtyp

Value Label Count Percentage
-9 Not applicable (not in a household / student living away) 50809 2.76  2.76 %
1 Lone parent - male 27264 1.48  1.48 %
2 Lone parent - female 190229 10.32  10.32 %
3 Married couple - no children 342020 18.55  18.55 %
4 Married couple -children all belong to both members of coupl 671362 36.42  36.42 %
5 Married couple - children do not all belong to both members 63983 3.47  3.47 %
6 Cohabiting couple - no children 80237 4.35  4.35 %
7 Cohabiting couple - children all belong to both members of c 58178 3.16  3.16 %
8 Cohabiting couple - children do not all belong to both membe 46005 2.50  2.50 %
9 Ungrouped individual (not in a family) 313438 17.00  17.00 %

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Notes

A family comprises a group of people consisting of a married or cohabiting couple with or without child(ren), or a lone parent with child(ren). It also includes a married or cohabiting couple with their grandchild(ren) or a lone grandparent with his or her grandchild(ren) where there are no children in the intervening generation in the household. Cohabiting couples include same sex couples. Children in couple families need not belong to both members of the couple. There is no age limit on the term child. For example, a married couple living with their son aged 40 would be classified as a family consisting of a married couple and their child unless the son has a spouse, partner or child living in the household. The type of family is classified according to the characteristics of persons in generation 1 of family excluding any students in a family whose termtime address is 'elsewhere'.

Derivation information (where avaiable).

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