The Samples of Anonymised Records

A quick comparison between the 1991 and 2001 Individual SAR

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Variables	1991 SAR	2001 SAR Licensed v.2
Individual Demographics
Age	AGE Single years until 90, then grouped	AGE0 Age 0-16 and 75 and over in single years; 16-74 grouped into bands
Sex	SEX	SEX
Marital status	MSTATUS 5 categories 'Single', 'Married', 'Remarried', 'Divorced' and 'Widowed'	MARSTAT 6 categories: extra category 'Separated (but still legally married)'
Country of birth	COBIRTH 42 categories	COBIRTH0 16 categories
Ethnic group	ETHGROUP 10 categories – the same in England, Wales and Scotland no question was asked in Northern Ireland	ETHEW England and Wales - 16 categories ETHS Scotland - 14 categories ETHN Northern Ireland 2 categories Categories differ between each country
Religion	RELIGION 7 categories only in N Ireland	RELIGN 7 categories in N Ireland RELGEW 9 categories in E & W RELGS1 10 categories in Scotland COMBGN 4 categories only in N Ireland (community background)
Status in communal establishment	CESTSTAT 3 categories (extra category visitor)	CESTATUS 2 categories
Type of communal establishment	CESTTYPE 14 categories CETYPENI 11 categories in N. Ireland	CETYPE 6 categories
Country of usual residence	Not available, can be derived	COUNTRY 4 categories
County	DCOUNTY 63 categories for counties	Not available – no geography below Government Office Region
Area of former residence	MIGORGN 13 categories, excl. N.Ireland MIGNI 13 categories, in N Ireland	MIGORGN 16 categories including N Ireland
Distance of move for migrants	DISTMOVE 14 categories Not available in Northern Ireland	DISTMOV0 13 categories
Distance to work	DISTWORK 9 categories	DISTWRK0 11 categories
Family type	FAMTYPE 8 categories Different categories for lone parents	FAMTYP 9 categories Same sex couple has been included
Qualifications	QUALEVEL Level of highest qualification 3 categories – beyond ‘A’level only QUALNUM 3 categories (number of qualifications) QUALSUB 35 categories (subject of highest qualification)	QUALVEWN 6 categories, England, Wales and NI, across NVQ range QUALVS 5 categories, Scotland only PROFQUAL 2 categories, Has/has not, England and Wales only
Gaelic language Welsh language	GAELLANG 5 categories (different combinations of read/speak/write) WELSHLAN 5	GAELREAD Read - 2 categories, binary code GAELSPK Speak - 2 categories, binary code GAELSTND Understand - 2 categories, binary code GAELWRIT Write - 2 categories, binary code Addition of ‘understand’ The same for Welsh
Irish language	IRISHLAN 8 categories (different combinations of read/speak and write)	IRISLANG 2 categories (combination of speaks/reads/writes/understands)
General health over last twelve months	Not available	HEALTH 3 categories: good, fairly good, not good
Limiting long-term illness	LTILL 2 categories	LLTI 2 categories
Number of hours care provided	Not available	PROVCARE 4 categories Refers to unpaid care whether within the household or outside
Relationship to household head/reference person	RELAT 8 categories RELATINI 7 categories, N Ireland	RELTOHR 13 categories
Area/ Region of usual residence	REGIONP 12 categories, Standard Region URVISIT 13 categories, excluding Northern Ireland (visitors) URVISNI 4 categories, N Ireland (visitors)	REGION 13 categories, including Northern Ireland Government Office Region – with Inner/Outer London split
SAR area	AREAP 278 categories based on local districts of 120+ population	Not available
Schoolchild or student in full time education	Available from ECONPRIM Category 7	STUDENT 2 categories, binary code
Employment
Economic activity	ECONPRIM 10 categories - primary ECONSEC 8 categories - secondary	ECONACT 13 categories Not available
Ever worked	Not available	EVERWORK 2 categories, binary code
Hours worked weekly	HOURS single hours up to 70 then 71-80 and 81+	HOURSPW 80 categories, single hours up to 80; top coded 80+ HOURSPWG 5 categories, single hours grouped
Industry	INDUSTRY 60 categories, SIC	INDSTRY0 17 categories, SIC
International standard classification of occupations(ISCO 88, COM)	Not available on Individual SAR – only available on Household SAR	ISCO 9 categories – major groups
Year last worked	Not available	LASTWORK 11 categories
Socio-economic classification- NSSEC	4 variables (ssec, ssec7, rsec, rsec7 available in hhld Sars	NSSEC 40 categories
Standard occupation classification (SOC)	OCCPATN 73 categories – based on SOC Minor	SOCSUBMJ 25 categories for SOC SubMajor
Social class (RG) based on occupation	SOCLASS 7 categories Registrar General’s Social Class	Not available
Socio-economic group	SEGROUP 18 categories	Not available
Supervisor	Not available	SUPERVSR 2 categories, binary code
Transport to work	TRANWORK 10 categories	TRANWRK0 12 categories
Size of workforce	Not available	WORKFORC 4 categories
Workplace	WORKPLCE 5 categories	WRKPLCE0 8 categories
Resident status	RESIDSTA 3 categories – Visitor or usual resident present/absent	Not available – 2001 Census did not enumerate visitiors
Family
Dependent children in family/household	DEPCHILD 2 categories- Note to the different definitions for dependent children between 1991 and 2001 and in NIreland	FNDEPCH 4 categories – Note to the different definitions for dependent children between 1991 and 2001
Sex of FRP/family head	SEXFAMHD 2 categories	FRSEX 2 categories
NS-SEC socio-economic classification of family reference person	Not available	FRNSSEC 12 categories
Economic position of family reference person/family head	ECPOSFHP 3 categories	FRECONAC 3 categories
Household
Accommodation type	HHSPTYPE 14 categories	ACCTYPE 7 categories Only householder provided the required information
Use of bath/shower/toilet	BATH 3 categories INSIDEWC 3 categories	BATHWC 2 categories
Number of cars/ vans owned or available for use	CARS 4 categories	CARS0 4 categorie
Central heating	CENHEAT 3 categories	CENHEAT0 2 categories
Household density	DENSITY 5 categories	DENSITY 5 categories
Accommodation furnished (Scotland)	Not available	FURN 2 categories
Household education indicator	Not available	HEDIND 2 categories, binary code Household deprived in terms of education
Household employment indicator	Not available	HEMIND 2 categories, binary code Household deprived in terms of employment
Household housing indicator	Not available	HHSGIND 2 categories, binary code Household deprived in terms of housing
Household health and disability indicator	Not available	HHLTHIND 2 categories, binary code Household deprived in terms of health/disability
Number of carers in the household	Not available	HNCARERS 3 categories
Number of employed adults in household	EARNERS 3 categories	HNEARNRS 4 categories
Number of persons in household aged 65 or over/ pensionable age	PENSINHH 2 categories Refers to people of pensionable age (i.e. 65+ for men and 60+ for women)	HNELDERS 3 categories Refers to people of 65 and over
Number of families in household	Not available	HNFAMS 7 categories
Number in household with limiting long-term illness	LTILLHH 2 categories	HNLLTI 3 categories
Number of household members with poor health	Not available	HNPRHLTH 3 categories
Number of usual residents in household	RESIDENTS 4 categories	HNRESDNT 7 categories
Lowest floor level of household living accommodation	LOWFLOOR 7 categories, Only in Scotland	LOWFLOR0 6 categories Asked in all countries of the UK
Multiple ethnicity household indicator	Not available	MULTETH 5 categories
Number of floor levels	Not available	ROOMSFLR 2 categories Only in Northern Ireland
Number of rooms in occupied household space	Not available	ROOMSNUM 4 categories
Accommodation self-contained	Not available	SELFCONT 2 categories
Household with students away during term time	Not available	STAHUK 4 categories
Tenure of accommodation	TENURE 10 categories	TENUREW 6 categories, England and Wales only TENURSN 6 categories, Scotland and Northern Ireland only Reduced categories by comparison with 1991
Social class family head	SCLASSFH 9 categories RG Class of family head	Not available
Social grade of household reference person	Not available	HRSOCGRD 5 categories Social grade of Household Reference Person
Occupancy rating of household	Not available	OCCUPANCY 4 categories
Imputation
One number census status	Not available	ONCPERIM 4 categories
Number of times information donated	Not available	EDISDONO 4 categories

Last updated 31 May 2005

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