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Appendix C Constraints used in the weighting process
The following is a list of the 60 constraints used to generate household weights for the 2011 NHS. The first 58 are at the WA level only.
| No. | Constraint | Level | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOTPERS | WA (Person) | Total number of persons |
| 2 | TPERGE15 | WA (Person) | Total number of persons aged 15 and over |
| 3 | MALE | WA (Person) | Males |
| 4 | MALEGE15 | WA (Person) | Males aged 15 and over |
| 5 | AGE4 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 0 to 4 |
| 6 | AGE9 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 5 to 9 |
| 7 | AGE14 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 10 to 14 |
| 8 | AGE19 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 15 to 19 |
| 9 | AGE24 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 20 to 24 |
| 10 | AGE29 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 25 to 29 |
| 11 | AGE34 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 30 to 34 |
| 12 | AGE39 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 35 to 39 |
| 13 | AGE44 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 40 to 44 |
| 14 | AGE49 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 45 to 49 |
| 15 | AGE54 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 50 to 54 |
| 16 | AGE59 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 55 to 59 |
| 17 | AGE64 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 60 to 64 |
| 18 | AGE74 | WA (Person) | Persons aged 65 to 74 |
| 19 | AGE75PL | WA (Person) | Persons aged 75 and over |
| 20 | SINGLE | WA (Person) | Single (never married) |
| 21 | MARRIED | WA (Person) | Married persons |
| 22 | SEPARATED | WA (Person) | Separated persons |
| 23 | DIVORCED | WA (Person) | Divorced persons |
| 24 | WIDOWED | WA (Person) | Widowed persons |
| 25 | COMLAW | WA (Person) | Persons in a common law relationship |
| 26 | COUPLE | WA (Person) | Persons that are part of a couple (marriage, partnership) |
| 27 | CHILD | WA (Person) | Number of children |
| 28 | LONEPAR | WA (Person) | Lone parents |
| 29 | INEFAM | WA (Person) | Persons in an economic family |
| 30 | NOINEFAM | WA (Person) | Persons in household not part of economic family |
| 31 | NOTINFAM | WA (Person) | Persons in household not part of census family |
| 32 | EN_EN_BI | WA (Person) | MT = English, HL = English, OL = BilingualNote * |
| 33 | EN_EN_EN | WA (Person) | MT = English, HL = English, OL = EnglishNote * |
| 34 | FR_EN_BI | WA (Person) | MT = French, HL = English, OL = BilingualNote * |
| 35 | FR_FR_BI | WA (Person) | MT = French, HL = French, OL = BilingualNote * |
| 36 | FR_FR_FR | WA (Person) | MT = French, HL = French, OL = FrenchNote * |
| 37 | LAN_ABOR | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is an Aboriginal language |
| 38 | LAN_AFR | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is an African language |
| 39 | LAN_ARAB | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is Arabic |
| 40 | LAN_CHIN | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is a Chinese language |
| 41 | LAN_GER | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is a Germanic language |
| 42 | LAN_INDO | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is an Indian language |
| 43 | LAN_IRAN | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is an Iranian language |
| 44 | LAN_KOR | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is a Korean language |
| 45 | LAN_PILI | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is PilipinoNote ** |
| 46 | LAN_ROM | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is a Romanic language |
| 47 | LAN_SLAV | WA (Person) | Persons whose mother tongue is a Slavic language |
| 48 | CHILDFAM | WA (Census Family) | Census families with children |
| 49 | NOCLDFAM | WA (Census Family) | Census families without children |
| 50 | TOTHHLD | WA (Household) | Total number of households |
| 51 | HHSIZE1 | WA (Household) | Number of households with 1 person |
| 52 | HHSIZE2 | WA (Household) | Number of households with 2 people |
| 53 | HHSIZE3 | WA (Household) | Number of households with 3 people |
| 54 | HHSIZE4 | WA (Household) | Number of households with 4 people |
| 55 | HHSIZE5 | WA (Household) | Number of households with 5 people |
| 56 | HHSIZEG6 | WA (Household) | Number of households with 6 or more people |
| 57 | SNGLDET | WA (Household) | Number of households in single detached dwellings |
| 58 | APTLT5 | WA (Household) | Number of households in apartments with less than 5 floors |
| 59 | HHDACT | DA | Number of households in each dissemination area of the WA |
| 60 | PPDACT | DA | Number of persons in each dissemination area of the WA |
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