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Relationship to head of household
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For Every Person
[Questions L1- L7 were asked of every person.]

L3. Relationship to head of household

[] 1 Head
[] 2 Spouse
[] 3 Unmarried children
[] 4 Grand children
[] 5 Parents
[] 6 Other relatives
[] 7 Non-relatives
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3.13. Head of the Household

3.13.1 Head of a private household

A person who the members of household accept and is regarded as having the highest responsibility in taking care of the welfare of the household members.
Generally, the one who is regarded as head of the households are as follows:

a) Husband or wife of the household of husband and wife living together.
b) Son/daughter or husband/wife of the household in which there are parents who are old and the parents assign their son/daughter to take care of the household members? welfare.
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c) Elder brothers/sisters of the family in which younger brothers/sisters live together.
d) Senior person of the household where friends live together.
3.13.2 Head of the Collective Household:
A member of the household may be assigned as the head of the household. In case that there is an assigned head of the household, for example, abbots or foremen of factories, or the following:

a) One prisoner in the prison or jail.
b) One patient in the relieve center or hospital.
c) Head of pupils, students in the boarding schools, dormitory for students.
d) Private soldiers or policeman in the barracks.
g) Superintendent in the nursing student dormitories.
h) One customer who lives for over 3 months in the hotel.

In case that there are the others who regularly live in the collective household: These people must be counted as a member of the household e.g., guardian teacher in boarding schools, dormitory managers, prison superintendents, low-ranked soldiers and policeman, factory managers etc. All these are regarded as heads of the households.

3.14. Relationship with Household Head

A Private household:
Private household comprises head of the household and member(s) of the household. The member(s) of the household must be related with the household head as follows:

a) Wife or husband,
b) Son/daughter, step son/step daughter, foster son/foster daughter
c) Son-in -law, daughter-in-law,
d) Grandchildren,
e) Father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
f) Other relatives such as brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece,
g) Dweller, and
h) Servant, gardener, and driver.
A Collective household:
Generally, there is no relationship between the members of the household and the household head, but the enumerator must indicate the individual status such as monk, novice, prisoner, solider, nurse, students, the elderly, etc.

Columns 1 - 7 Interview and record the detailed information of every household member.

Columns 2 and 3: interview every household member simultaneously, then interview one by one in detail from Column 4 through the end of each line.

Column 3 relationship with the household head

For head of the household record "Head" in Line 1, other household members record the relationship with household as follows:

- Wife or husband.
- Unmarried children record "Child" from the older to the younger in order. If she/he is a step child, record, "Step child." If she/he is an adopted child, record "Adopted child."
- Married children record "Child."
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- Children?s spouse record "son-in-law or daughter-in-law."
- Grandchildren.
- Grandson/granddaughter-in-law.
- Father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law.
- Older brother/sister, young brother/sister, older uncle/aunt, young uncle/aunt, etc. and other relatives.
- Residents and servants.
Column 3 Relationship with head of the household

If it is a private household, record the same way as in the PHC 2S Form.

For the collective household, record head of the household as "Head," other household members record the status at the moment e.g. monk, novice, follower, prisoner, under arrest, welfare receiver, servant, student, soldier, policeman, tenant, etc.