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Student accommodation

  • Mnemonic reference

    STAPUK11

  • Applicability

    Person

  • Type

    Derived variable

Definition

Student term-time accommodation for all students (i.e. schoolchildren and students aged 4 and over in full-time education) living in households and communal establishments. For students in households the classification is derived by looking at the other members of the household, their student status and their generation in family.

Classification

Total number of categories 9

Code Name
1 Living with parent(s) – in one family unit household
2 Living with parent(s) – other
3 Living in a communal establishment
4 All student group household – in one family unit household with spouse, partner or offspring
5 All student group household – other
6 Student living alone
7 In one family unit household with spouse, partner or offspring
8 Other household type
X No code required - comprises schoolchildren and full-time students living away from home during term time persons aged under 4 and all others not in full-time education.

Source question or variables

AGE (Derived variable)

GENINFAM (Derived variable)

HHCHUK11 (Derived variable)

RESIDENCE_TYPE (Primary variable)

SIZHUK11 (Derived variable)

STUDENT (Primary variable)

TERMIND (Primary variable)

  • Mnemonic reference

    STAPUK

  • Applicability

    All people in full-time education, UK

Definition

This derived variable records the type of accommodation in which the student lives. Note that this variable relates to students and schoolchildren at their term-time address.

Classification

Total number of categories 19

Not applicable (X) comprises:​ All people who are not in full-time education

Code Name
1 Living with parent(s) - in one family unit household
2 Living with parent(s) – other
3 Communal establishment
4 All student group household – in one family unit household with spouse, partner or offspring
5 All student group household – other
6 Student living alone
7 In one family unit household with spouse, partner or offspring
8 Other household type
X Not applicable
This can produce the following classifications required in standard output:
1, 2 Living with parent(s)
3 Communal establishment
4, 5 All student group household
6 Student living alone
7, 8 Other household type
1 In one family unit household with parent(s)
4, 7 In one family unit household with spouse, partner or offspring
5 All student group household
2, 8 Other household type