Relationship to household head - RELAT

Value Label Count Percentage
-9 Not applicable 30549 2.74  2.74 %
1 Household head 431868 38.69  38.69 %
2 Spouse Cohabitee 263155 23.58  23.58 %
3 Son/D/ilaw/child 337057 30.20  30.20 %
4 Parent/Par-ilaw 8652 0.78  0.78 %
5 Broth/Sis/ilaw 7940 0.71  0.71 %
6 Other related 10718 0.96  0.96 %
7 Other unrelated 26045 2.33  2.33 %
8 Joint head 197 0.02  0.02 %

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Notes

The head of household is taken as the first person entered on the Census household form who is usually resident and aged 16+. The relationship to that person is given for all other persons on the form. There is no standard definition of the household head.

See Census Definitions 7.3-7.10 (OPCS, 1993) for additional information

Further information on this variable may be available from the documentation on the SARs website http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/sars/1991.

Derivation information for this variable may be available.

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