Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269611 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Retired 10/02/2006 |
Definition: | The group(s) of people who reside within the same household. Based on the relationship between household members. Households can contain dependent and non-dependent children as well as non-family members. The differentiation of household groups is based on the presence or absence of couple relationships, parent/child relationships, and the number of children. It most closely approximates the number and composition of income units within a household. |
Context: | Information on household groups and composition aids in identifying the appropriate size house (i.e. number of bedrooms to be allocated) to meet a Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national proxy occupancy standard. |