DDS Entity Definition: VG_AGE

Name:

Age

Identifier:

VG_AGE

Type:

Variable Group (VG)

Text:

Many different categorisations of age have been used in statistical reporting over the years. Five-year ('quninquennial') bands appear in many categorisations, but they still differ in the threshold used for the catch-all top band: some reports lump together everyone over 65 while many 19th century censuses distinguished between those aged 95-99 and those over 100.

Variable Group "VG_AGE" is contained within:

Themes:

Entity ID	Entity Name
T_POP	Population

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Variable Group "VG_AGE" contains:

Variables :

Entity ID	Entity Name
V_AGE_105UP	Age in five-year bands to age 105
V_AGE_100UP	Age in five-year bands to age 100
V_AGE_100UP_X	Age in five year bands to age 100 (extra details for ages 10-20)
V_AGE_95UP	Age in five-year bands to age 95
V_AGE_90UP	Age in five-year bands to age 90
V_AGE_90UP_10YRS	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 90
V_AGE_85UP	Age in five-year bands to age 85
V_AGE_85UP_U1	Age in 5-year bands to age 85, under 1s separate
V_AGE_85UP_DS1	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 85
V_AGE_85UP_10YRS	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 85
V_AGE_75UP_DS2	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
V_AGE_65UP_10YRS	Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 65
V_AGE_1841_2WAY	Age: Over or under 20
V_AGE_U5	Age in single years between birth & 5
V_AGE_U5_3BANDS	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
V_AGE_GROUP	Age in three broad bands
V_AGE_FERTILE	Ages grouped by fertility
V_OCC_PAR1831_TOT	1831 Occupational Categories Total