In SimPathsStart.populateDonorTaxUnitTables, in code "to instatiate variables to evaluate keys", definitions for age and disability are aligned with the SimPaths projection model. This should be switched to align with UKMOD. The motivation for this change is that the associated code is used to organise data derived from UKMOD to match to SimPaths. Hence, a person treated by UKMOD as an independent adult (e.g. age 16 and married) should be treated as an adult when evaluating keys that subsequently match to SimPaths - UKMOD has treated the person as an independent adult when evaluating taxes and benefits and we want to respect this treatment in the matching process.
In SimPathsStart.populateDonorTaxUnitTables, in code "to instatiate variables to evaluate keys", definitions for age and disability are aligned with the SimPaths projection model. This should be switched to align with UKMOD. The motivation for this change is that the associated code is used to organise data derived from UKMOD to match to SimPaths. Hence, a person treated by UKMOD as an independent adult (e.g. age 16 and married) should be treated as an adult when evaluating keys that subsequently match to SimPaths - UKMOD has treated the person as an independent adult when evaluating taxes and benefits and we want to respect this treatment in the matching process.