Every active input has an original publication or table. Check its date, coverage and the way it is used before interpreting a result.
We start with all adults of your selected sex in your chosen location, then keep your chosen ages. The final age option includes everyone aged 90 and over.
We use the published age-and-sex groups. Single means not living with a partner; some people may be dating someone who lives elsewhere. Partnered means a married/civil-partnered or cohabiting couple sharing a home. Divorced and widowed describe legal marriage status and may include people with new partners. England-and-Wales rates are used as a proxy elsewhere.
Height uses measured average heights for each age and sex, plus a normal curve and your assumed spread. The spread is not an NHS statistic. BMI uses measured age-and-sex category shares. England survey rates are a proxy elsewhere; BMI does not describe appearance.
We divide published taxpayer counts by all UK adults of the same sex. This is total taxable income before tax, including pensions and investments. Rates are not specific to age or region. A threshold within a source band uses linear interpolation; this remains an approximation.
We use reported sexual identity by age and sex. Other identities and unanswered questions are not assigned to any group. Identity does not establish attraction to a particular person. The 16–24 band is used for ages 18–24.
This step uses ethnicity within the selected qualification, age and sex group, preserving the measured overlap between those preferences. These are 2021 Census counts. English regions use England rates; Scotland and Northern Ireland use an England-and-Wales proxy.
Census counts combine age, sex, qualification and ethnicity. HNC/HND, degrees and postgraduate qualifications share one category. Apprenticeships and unknown-level qualifications stay separate. English regions use England rates; Scotland and Northern Ireland use an England-and-Wales proxy.
Ipsos counts children aged 17 or under living permanently or temporarily with an adult who has parental responsibility. Published age rates are used for both sexes because joint age-and-sex rates are unavailable; ages 18–24 use the 16–24 band. Children living elsewhere, grown-up children and different co-parents are not counted. The question does not distinguish biological and adopted children.
Ipsos counts children aged 17 or under living permanently or temporarily with an adult who has parental responsibility. Published age rates are used for both sexes because joint age-and-sex rates are unavailable; ages 18–24 use the 16–24 band. Children living elsewhere, grown-up children and different co-parents are not counted. The question does not distinguish biological and adopted children.
Household measures do not establish whether an adult has grown-up children or children living elsewhere. The number of different co-parents is not included.