A16a: Household roster.
[Question A16a applies to both the household and non-household population.]
A -- Usual member(s) present on census night; B -- Visitor(s) present on census night.

3. Relationship to head of household - What is required in the relationship column is the relationship of each member of the household, including guests and visitors, to the head of household. Most relationships are established either by blood (descent) or by marriage (affine). This means that your brother and sister's son are your blood relatives whilst your wife, wife's mother, and wife's sister are your relatives by marriage.

You must refer to the list of relationships below the household roster (A16a). The relationship must always be written as if it were defined by the head himself/herself. For example, if the head replies in the following manner:

On the other hand, if you ask a member of the household about his or her relationship to the head of the household, you have to invert the relationship before you enter it. If, for example, a person tells you that:

Always remember to avoid such vague terms as nephew, cousin, uncle, etc., which do not denote exact relationships. Nephew may mean brother's son or sister's son.

Make sure that the blood relationships specified are true biological relationships. A son must mean the head's own true son and not his brother's son, etc. Half-brothers, e.g. persons having one mother but different fathers, or one father but different mothers must be recorded as brothers. Similarly, half-sisters must be recorded as sisters. [Adopted son/daughter must be classified as son/daughter].

Any other relationships must be clearly stated e.g. parent/parent-in-law, grandchild, etc. Other household members, who are not related to the head of the household such as lodgers, guest, friend, etc., must be classified as non-relatives. Paid unrelated house help(s) must also be classified as non-relative(s).

Write the appropriate code in the boxes corresponding to the line number of the individual respondent. Note that the 'other relative' response category includes nephew (a son of your brother/sister), niece (a daughter of your brother/sister), cousin (a child of your uncle or aunt), brother/sister-in-law (brother/sister of your husband or wife), etc.

For all non-household population (group quarters), the code for relationship is 12. You should therefore write "group quarters" in the relationship column and record 12 in the corresponding boxes for all non-household population.

Note however, that where there are households within the floating population (homeless household), code the appropriate relationship and not 12.