1286.0 - Family, Household and Income Unit Variables, 2005  
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THE CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

22. The criteria used to structure the 'Household composition' classification are:

  • The presence or absence of families in a household,
  • The number of families in a family household,
  • The presence of non-family members,
  • Whether there is more than one household member in a non-family household.


THE STANDARD CLASSIFICATION AND CODE STRUCTURE

23. The standard 'Household composition' classification comprises the following categories:


1One family household
11One family household with only family members present
12One family household with non-family members present
2Multiple family household
21Two family household
211Two family household with only family members present
212Two family household with non-family members present
22Three or more family household
221Three or more family household with only family members present
222Three or more family household with non-family members present
3Non-family household
31Lone person household
32Group household


Residual categories and codes

24. Not applicable.

Supplementary codes

25. The category '01 Not stated/Inadequately described' is used to code responses which do not provide sufficient information to be coded to any level of the structure or when no information is given. The category '02 Visitor only household' is used when all of the individuals present are visitors and such households fall within the scope of a particular collection.The category '03 Other not classifiable' is used to process responses which are not within the scope of the classification, for example when all of the individuals present are under 15 years old.


SCOPE OF THE CLASSIFICATION

26. The 'Household composition' classification is designed to classify all households within all private dwellings in Australia. Household data are not sought from persons usually resident in non-private dwellings, which are out of scope of the classification (see the section on 'Discussion of conceptual issues' for further information).

27. Operationally, any dwelling where all members are aged under 15 years is out of scope of the classification and therefore coded to '03 Other not classifiable'. This approach is consistent with that used in the 'Family composition' classification.

28. Although 'Household composition' is an attribute of the counting unit Household, where output requires, families and persons may be classified by the 'Household composition' of their household.


APPLICATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION TO OTHER VARIABLES

29. The 'Household composition' classification should only be applied to the variable 'Household composition'.


CODING PROCEDURES

30. The standard classification and codes for 'Household composition' are derived from 'Relationship in household' and 'Family composition' data. Responses to the 'Household composition' variable are stored as codes of the classification.



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