Interviewer instructions
Question Number 1: What relation or relationship do you have to the head of the household?
This question is asked to know the relation or relationship between the head and the other members of the home.
It is the relation that the members of the home have with respect to the head of this home determined by kinship, marriage, adoption or affinity and custom.
[To the right of the text is a picture of a family.]
Mark with an "X" the circle corresponding to the response of the person. If the enumerated person is the head of the home, begin to mark the corresponding circle and do not ask this question.
With this question it should be kept in mind that:
Head: refers to a person recognized as such by the rest of the members of the home.
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In the case that there is no agreement between the members, the person who has the economic responsibility should be considered as head of the home. When there are many who contribute economic responsibility, consider as head the person who contributes the most. When the home is formed by unrelated members, consider as head the oldest person in the home.
When the person recognized as head of the home is absent one who satisfies the requirements of the definition, in other words, who is recognized as "head" of the home or who upholds any of the conditions in their absence will be considered to be head.
Spouse of the Head (Circle 2): refers to the wife if the head is male or the husband if the head is female. This relationship permits any type of matrimonial relation, that is to say that the pair can be married civilly, ecclesiastically, or [consensually] united. In the same home you can find more than one spouse; write them down as such.
Son (daughter): refers to the children born of the marriage or the consensual union, as both adopted children and children raised there.
Son and daughter-in-law (Circle 4): refers to the spouse of the child(ren) of the head.
Grandchild or great-grandchild (Circle 5): Mark this circle if it concerns the children of the children of the head or the grandchildren of the head.
Father or mother of the head (Circle 6): Mark this circle, inclusive, when it concerns the father or mother of the head, raised by them or adopted.
Mother or father-in-law (Circle 7): Father or mother of the spouse of the head.
Other relative (Circle 8): Include siblings, brothers and sisters-in-law, godfathers, cousins, godsons and daughters; both of the head or the spouse, etc.
No relative (Circle 9): Any member of the home who does not belong to the categories above is included. Example: (friends, guests, domestic servants).
