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Cohorts were created as follows:

  Age of major income
recipient at time of survey
In text, families are
referred to as in their
Year of birth 1999 2005
1975 to 1983 (Cohort 1) 16 to 24 22 to 30 20s
1965 to 1974 (Cohort 2) 25 to 34 31 to 40 30s
1955 to 1964 (Cohort 3) 35 to 44 41 to 50 40s
1945 to 1954 (Cohort 4) 45 to 54 51 to 60 50s
1935 to 1944 (Cohort 5) 55 to 64 61 to 70 60s
1925 to 1934 (Cohort 6) 65 to 74 71 to 80 70s
Pre - 1925 (Cohort 7) 75 plus 81 plus 80s