Notes

This provides a measure of under occupancy and over crowding. It relates the actual number of rooms to the number of rooms 'required' by the members of the household (based on a relationship between them and their ages). The room requirement is calculated as follows: - a one person household is assumed to require three rooms (two common rooms and a bedroom) - where there are two or more residents it is assumed that they require a minimum of two common rooms plus one bedroom for: i. each couple (as determined by the relationship question) ii. each lone parent iii. any other person aged 16 or over iv. each pair aged 10 to 15 of the same sex v. each pair formed from a remaining person aged 10 to 15 with a child aged under 10 of the same sex vi. each pair of children aged under 10 remaining vii. each remaining person (either aged 10 to 15 or under 10)

 roomreq (number of rooms required) Range 03-32 The overcrowding indicator is calculated by subtracting the required rooms from the actual number of rooms ie NORHUK-ROOMREQ. XX households with sizhuk 0 norhuk (number of rooms) For dummy form records XX No code required Numeric with leading "0" household records occupncy = when person_type = "C" (communal person) then "X" else when roomreq = "XX" or norhuk = "XX" then "X" else when norhuk - roomreq >= 2 then "1" when norhuk - roomreq = 1 then "2" when norhuk - roomreq = 0 then "3" when norhuk - roomreq < 0 then "4"