Person 1
[Questions 1-35 were asked for each person included List 1, household residents who were present on census night.]

4. What is your relationship to Person [x]? Relationship question does not apply to Person 1.

Absent persons who usually live in the household

[Questions A1-A8 were asked for each usual member of the household who was reported to be absent on census night.]

A4. What is the relationship of this person to Person 1 on page 4?

Question 4 -- Relationship
The relationship question is designed to determine families within households. This includes where there are two or more families in the one household. For example, a household consisting of an adult daughter living with her two parents and her own child would be counted as a two family household. The example given below shows how the question should be answered for the child in this situation, where the parents are Persons1 and 2 on the form, the adult daughter is person 3 and the child is person 4.

Question 4. From the responses to question 4, it is possible to build up a picture of the changing family situation in Ireland. The multiple categories will enable families in multi-generational households to be accurately distinguished. To facilitate this, the category of grandparent is being included for the first time. Information in relation to families which have been reconstituted following the break-up of previous marriages can also be determined. The results based on the responses to this question will allow the changing nature of families in Ireland to be charted.