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Hi I've had this useful explanation from the ONS team: " To explain - the difference is the total number of households containing dependent children regardless of whether they are classified as being in a family, according to the household composition.
The higher total in KS106EW for 'Dependent children in household: All ages' when compared with the aggregated column totals for dependent children in KS105EW is because the former could contain households with foster children and/or nephews/nieces etc. In short, KS105EW is based on Household composition which classifies households according to the relationships between the household members, whereas KS106EW is counting Dependent children in the household regardless of relationship. " I think that explains the tiny difference in some areas. Lenna Santamari
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Sent: 16-03-2013 13:38
From: David Walker
Subject: Households with dependent children
In my neck of the woods, the components of KS105EW sum to the total number of households, a reassurance that the number of households with dependent children from that table is probably right. I don't think the cells of KS106EW are meant to sum to the total; the fact they may come close is just a spurious coincidence.
Thank goodness ONS abandoned their 2001 practice of scrambling tables independently, which made such checking impossible.
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Sent: 15-03-2013 08:56
From: Lenna Santamaria
Subject: Households with dependent children
I am a little confused by the exact number of households which have dependent children. In Table KS105EW, if you sum all households with dependent children (Married couples, cohabiting, lone parents and other households) the total you get for England and Wales is 6,790,815. However in the table KS106EW, Adults not in Employment, the number of households with dependent children in England and Wales is given as 6,792,627.
At a local level in our county, East Sussex, the difference is minor: 58,996 from KS105 and 59,013 from KS106 (and even smaller at district level).
However I would be grateful if anyone from the Census team (or anyone else) could explain this anomaly, as I wouldn't want to publish different data for the number of households with children in different places. There may of course be simple explanation which I am missing!
Many thanks
Lenna Santamaria
Planning Research Officer
East Sussex County Council
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