Definition
- The head of household is a man in a group of household members who is responsible to provide the daily needs of the concerned households, or a person who is considerend/appointed to be the head of a household (for example a group of students live together in one room inside a census building; because they each are responsible for their own needs, one person is appointed as the household head).
- A head of household who owns more than one residence, is only recorded in one of his residences in which he stays the longest. Eg if the head of household is a man who has more than one wife, he recorded at home where he was staying longer.
Relationship with head of household:
- Spouse, is the wife/husband of the head of household
- Children, includes biological children, stepchildren, and/ or adopted children of the head of household
- Biological/step/foster brother or sister of the head of household
- Brother/sister in law, are biological/step/foster brother or sister of spouse
- Son/daughter in laws, are the husbands/wives of biological daughters/sons, step daughters/sons, or adopted daughters/sons
- Grandchildren, are the children of biological children, step children, or adopted children
- Parents/parent in laws, are father/mother of the head of household or father/mother of the spouse of the head of household
- Other families, are those who have blood relation with head of the household or the spouse, such as nephew, cousin, aunties, uncles, grandparents
- Household helpers, are people who works as a helper and lives in the concerned household, receiving wage/salary in the form money or in-kind payment
- Other, are people who do not have familial relation to the head of household or the spouse, who live in the household for more than 6 months, such as visitors, friends, or tenants who rent room plus food, including children of helpers who also live and eat in the employer's house.