Literal question
For all persons
1. What is your relationship to the head of the household?
1. Head of household ____
2. Spouse ____
3. Live in partner ____
4. Son/daughter ____
5. Son or daughter in-law ____
6. Grandchild ____
7. Parents or Parents in-law ____
8. Another family member ____
9. Not a family member ____
10. Member of a collective household ____
Interviewer instructions
1. What is your relationship to the Head of Household?
Each private household must necessarily have a head, who is the person recognized as such by the other members of the household.
In the case of a group of unrelated people, who lodge and eat together, someone should be recognized by the group as the head.
In a case where, because of absence, the head is not to be enumerated in that household, another member should take their place (wife, oldest son, brother, etc.). The family relationships of the other members will be established with respect to the replacement.
The head's spouse should be enumerated second whether or not she is legally married.
Under Other Relative, record: brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, cousins, brothers- and sisters-in-law of the head of household.
Considered Non-Relatives are: other people who live in the household. For example: close friends, boarders (up to 5) and domestic service people when they live and sleep in the household.
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If the Household that you are enumerating is Collective, don't ask this question, since there is no family relationship between the people in that household. Fill in the oval for the Collective option right away.
[The above directions refer to a picture of question 1 in this section of the enumeration form.]
