Households and families: implications of changing census definitions for analyses using the ONS Longitudinal Study

Emily Grundy; Rachel Stuchbury; Harriet Young

doi:10.1057/pt.2010.5

Households and families: implications of changing census definitions for analyses using the ONS Longitudinal Study

Popul Trends. 2010 Spring:(139):64-9. doi: 10.1057/pt.2010.5.

Authors

Emily Grundy¹, Rachel Stuchbury, Harriet Young

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Longitudinal Study Information and User Support (CeLSIUS), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

PMID: 20379278
DOI: 10.1057/pt.2010.5

Abstract

The ONS Longitudinal Study (LS) includes information from the 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2011 censuses. This article explains definitional differences over time, and their implications for household and family classifications.List of tables, 65.

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Family Characteristics*
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Terminology as Topic*