| Re: Cameroon definitions [message #1175 is a reply to message #1147] |
Thu, 16 January 2014 09:07  |
Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516
Registered: February 2013
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Dear User,
Here is a response from one our experts, Han Raggers:
"The person who is identified as the head of the household has to be someone who usually lives in the household. This person may be acknowledged as the head on the basis of age (older), sex (generally, but not necessarily, male), economic status (main provider), or some other reason. It is up to the respondent to define who heads the household."
This means that the head of the household can be a woman or a man. If a woman is coded as head of the household her husband (if any) would be coded as spouse (code 2). If the man was considered head of the household the woman, if married to the head, would be coded as 2 spouse. Please note that all relationship codes in the household listing refer to the head of the household and as such the head is central in determining kinship structures in the household.
If this has not answered your question adequately, please reply
Thank you!
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