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Children Variables

The table below shows the various variables that have been created from the family formation section of the person questionnaires, including:

the count of the number of the respondent’s own resident and non-resident children (natural or adopted) of various ages, and the age of the respondent’s own youngest child;
the conversion into a common scale for the number of days or nights a child spends with their (other) parent; and
the total child maintenance paid or received.

Table 18: Derived children variables

Variable	Description
All Children
_TCYNG	DV: Age youngest own child (excl. foster/step). Weighted topcode.
Resident Children
_TCR	DV: Number of own resident children
_TCR04	DV: Count of own resident children aged 0-4 yrs (G15)
_TCR514	DV: Count of own resident children aged 5-14 yrs (G15)
_TCR1524	DV: Count of own resident children aged 15-24 yrs (G15)
_TCR25	DV: Count of own resident children aged 25+ yrs (G15)
_RCYNG	DV: Age youngest resident own child (excl. foster/step).
_RCNGT	DV: Resident childs overnight stays with other parent (Days per annum)
_RCDAY	DV: Resident childs day visits with other parent (Days per annum)
_RCEFSPY¹	DV: Resident child maintenance annual - paid - all children ($)
_RCEFSRY¹	DV: Resident child maintenance received - annual - all children ($)
ARCEFSY¹	DV: Child maintenance received - annual - all children ($)
Non-resident Children
_TCNR	DV: Number of own non-resident children
_TCN04	DV: Count of own non-resident children aged 0-4 yrs (G3)
_TCN514	DV: Count of own non-resident children aged 5-14 yrs (G3)
_TCN1524	DV: Count of own non-resident children aged 15-24 yrs (G3)
_TCN25	DV: Count of own non-resident children aged 25+ yrs (G3)
_NCYNG	DV: Age youngest non-resident own child. Weighted topcode.
_NCNGT	DV: Overnight stays of non-resident child (Days per annum)
_NCDAY	DV: Day visits of non-resident child (Days per annum)
_NCEFSPY¹	DV: Non-resident child maintenance annual - paid - all children ($)
_NCEFSRY¹	DV: Non-resident child maintenance received - annual - all children ($)
ANCEFSY¹	DV: Child maintenance paid - annual - all children ($)

In wave 1, the question only asked how much child maintenance they paid for non–resident children and how much they received for resident children. From wave 2 onwards, the questions were reworded to pay (_NCEFSPY,_RCEFSPY), or receive (_NCEFSRY, RCEFSRY) for both non–resident and resident children.

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Children Variables

Table 18: Derived children variables