The breakdowns for ‘Household status’ are designed to break down any total or subtotal referring to persons.
A non-family household can be a one-person household (person is ‘Living alone’ (HST.H.1.2.1.)) or a multiperson household without any family nucleus. The category ‘Not living alone’ (HST.H.1.2.2.) comprises persons that live either in a multiperson household without any family nucleus or in a family household without being member of any family nucleus in that household. Persons who belong to a skip-generation household and who are not member of any family nucleus in that household shall be classified in the optional category ‘Persons living in a household with relative(s)’ (HST.H.1.2.2.1.).
The term ‘son/daughter’ is defined as the term ‘child’ in the technical specifications for the topic ‘Family status’.
‘Husband/wife couple’ means a married opposite-sex couple.
‘Registered partnership’ is defined as in the technical specifications for the topic ‘Legal marital status’. ‘Consensual union’ is defined as in the technical specifications for the topic ‘Family status’.
The category ‘Partners’ (HST.H.2.1.2.1.) comprises ‘Persons in a married couple’, ‘Partners in a registered partnership’ and ‘Partners in a consensual union’.
‘Primary homeless persons’ (HST.H.2.2.) are persons living in the streets without a shelter that would fall within the scope of living quarters as defined in the technical specifications for the topic ‘Type of living quarters’.
Topic: Family status
The family nucleus is defined in the narrow sense, that is as two or more persons who belong to the same household and who are related as husband and wife, as partners in a registered partnership, as partners in a consensual union, or as parent and child. Thus a family comprises a couple without children, or a couple with one or more children, or a lone parent with one or more children. This family concept limits relationships between children and adults to direct (first-degree) relationships, that is between parents and children.
Child (son/daughter) refers to a blood, step- or adopted son or daughter (regardless of age or marital status) who has usual residence in the household of at least one of the parents, and who has no partner or own children in the same household. Foster children are not included. A son or daughter who lives with a spouse, with a registered partner, with a partner in a consensual union, or with one or more own children, is not considered to be a child. A child who alternates between two households (for instance if his or her parents are divorced) shall consider the one where he or she spends the majority of the time as his or her household. Where an equal amount of time is spent with both parents the household shall be the one where the child is found at the time on census night.
The term couple shall include married couples, couples in registered partnerships, and couples who live in a consensual union. ‘Registered partnership’ is defined as in the technical specifications for the topic ‘Legal marital status’.
Two persons are considered to be partners in a ‘consensual union’ when they
— belong to the same household, and
— have a marriage-like relationship with each other, and
— are not married to or in a registered partnership with each other.
‘Skip-generation households’ (households consisting of a grandparent or grandparents and one or more grandchildren, but no parent of those grandchildren) are not included in the definition of a family.
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