Write "Head", "Wife", "Son", "Daughter", "Visitor", "Patient", "Employee", etc. as appropriate.
Anyone in a private household whose usual residence is elsewhere should be described as "Visitor" whether related to the head of the household or not.
Categories
Value
Category
1
Head
2
Spouse
3
Child
4
Visitor, other relative, or nonrelative
9
Unknown
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the relationship of the person to the head of household.