2900.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Understanding the Census and Census Data, Australia , 2016

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Understanding the Census and Census Data How we collected your information Turning your information into Census data + Understanding Census data quality + Understanding the data + Person variables AGEP Age ANCP Ancestry Multi Response ASSNP Core Activity Need for Assistance BPFP Country of Birth of Mother BPLP Country of Birth of Person BPMP Country of Birth of Father BPPP Country of Birth of Parents CHCAREP Unpaid Child Care CITP Australian Citizenship CTGP Child Type (including grandchildren) CTPP Child Type DOMP Unpaid Domestic Work Number of Hours EETP Engagement in Employment, Education and Training EMPP Number of Employees ENGLP Proficiency in Spoken English Language ENGP Proficiency in Spoken English GNGP Public Private Sector HEAP Level of Highest Educational Attainment HRSP Hours Worked HSCP Highest Year of School Completed INCP Total Personal Income (weekly) INDP Industry of Employment INGP Indigenous Status LANP Language Spoken at Home LFHRP Labour Force Status and Hours Worked Not Stated LFSP Labour Force Status MDCP Social Marital Status MSTP Registered Marital Status MTWP Method of Travel to Work OCCP Occupation POWP Place of Work PUR1P Place of Usual Residence One Year Ago PUR5P Place of Usual Residence Five Years Ago PURP Place of Usual Residence QALFP Non-School Qualification Field of Study QALLP Non-School Qualification Level of Education RELP Religious Affiliation RLCP Relationship as Reported for Couples RLGP Relationship in Household (including grandchildren) RLHP Relationship in Household RLNP Residential Status in a Non-Private Dwelling RPIP Family Household Reference Person Indicator SEXP Sex SIEMP Status in Employment SLPP Sex of Lone Parent STUP Full-Time Part-Time Student Status TISP Number of Children Ever Born TYPP Type of Educational Institution Attending TYSTAP Educational Institution Attendee Status UAI1P Usual Address One Year Ago Indicator UAI5P Usual Address Five Years Ago Indicator UAICP Usual Address Indicator Census Night UNCAREP Unpaid Assistance to a Person with a Disability VOLWP Voluntary Work for an Organisation or Group YARP Year of Arrival in Australia CDPP Community Development Programme Participation Distance to Work National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) Indicators OPGP Homelessness Operational Groups + Family variables + Dwelling variables + Conceptual information About this Release History of Changes	Number of Children Ever Born (TISP, TISRP) This variable counts the number of children ever born to each female aged 15 years and over. This variable is applicable to all female persons age 15 years or older. How this variable is coded Data for this variable is captured automatically from written numeric responses, or the 'None' mark box. This process is subject to low levels of recognition error. Variable history This question was first asked in the 1981 Census. On the 2011 Census form, the question asked for the number of children ever born to each female aged 15 years or more, with an instruction to include live births only. For 2016 were changes to the instructions provided when completing this question. The instruction to include live births only was removed due to the sensitivities involved. Non-response rate Item non-response rates are a measure of how many people did not respond to a particular question as a proportion of the total number of people the question was applicable to. In this instance the response is left as not stated. The majority of item non-response is attributable to the people who did not respond to the Census at all. Refer to item non-response rates for more information. The second and smaller contributor to item non-response is when people return a Census form but may not answer a particular question(s). For more information, refer to Understanding Census data quality. The non-response rate for this variable was 8.0% (6.0% in 2011). Data usage notes The data may include a small proportion of persons with unusually high numbers of children ever born, as all numeric responses are accepted as reported. For the Census online form, females (and persons who identified as 'other sex') aged 15 years and over were asked this question, whereas male respondents were not asked this question. Further information Ranged data is also available from the variable Number of Children Ever Born (ranges). A definition for Number of Children Ever Born is available in the 2016 Census Dictionary. Household form question image Question 32 as it appeared on the 2016 Census Household Paper Form: A text only version of the online Census Household form is available from the Downloads tab. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.