National Demographic and Health Survey 2003
Philippines, 2003
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PHL-NSO-NDHS-2003-v01
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National Statistics Office
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- HOUSEHOLD
- INDIVIDUAL
total members in household (lqhmember)
Data File: HOUSEHOLD
Overview
vald
12586
invd
1328
Interval
discrete
Decimal
0
range
1 - 22
Questions and instructions
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 486 | 3.9% | |
2 | 1211 | 9.6% | |
3 | 1895 | 15.1% | |
4 | 2356 | 18.7% | |
5 | 2215 | 17.6% | |
6 | 1681 | 13.4% | |
7 | 1155 | 9.2% | |
8 | 706 | 5.6% | |
9 | 401 | 3.2% | |
10 | 231 | 1.8% | |
11 | 121 | 1% | |
12 | 54 | 0.4% | |
13 | 38 | 0.3% | |
14 | 12 | 0.1% | |
15 | 14 | 0.1% | |
16 | 2 | 0% | |
17 | 2 | 0% | |
18 | 3 | 0% | |
19 | 1 | 0% | |
22 | 2 | 0% | |
Sysmiss | 1328 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Total members in the household - the total number of qaulified members in the household
HOUSEHOLD
A household is a social and economic unit consisting of a person living alone or a group of persons who:
1. sleep in the same housing unit; and
2. have a common arrangement in the preparation and consumption of food.
In most cases, a household consists of persons who are related by kinship ties, like parents and their children. In some instances, several generations of familial ties are represented in one household while, still in others, even more distant relatives are members of the household.
Household helpers, boarders, and nonrelatives are considered members of the household provided they sleep in the same housing unit and have common arrangement for the preparation and consumption of food and do not usually go home to their family at least once a week.
A group of unrelated individuals as in the case of a group of students or workers who decide to rent a place and make common arrangements for the preparation and consumption of their food, constitutes one household.
Usually, a household is the entire group of persons who customarily live in the same housing unit. However, there are cases when two or more distinct family groups or groups of unrelated persons maintain separate food arrangements even though they share one housing unit. Each of these distinct groups constitutes a household.
A person who shares a housing unit with a household but separately cooks his/her meals or consumes his/her food elsewhere is not considered a member of the household he/she shares the housing unit with. That person should be considered as a separate household.
As a rule, if two groups of individuals prepare and consume their meals together but sleep in separate housing units, then the two groups constitute two different households. An exception is that of children who are still economically dependent on their parents but live in separate but adjacent housing units for convenience. These children are considered members of their parents' household.
However, if the children are economically independent, they should be considered as a separate household.
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERSHIP
In determining household membership, a basic criterion is the usual place of residence or the place where the person usually resides. This maybe the same or different from the place where he was found at the time of the survey. As a rule, it is the place where he usually sleeps.
Persons included as members of the household are:
a. Those who are present and whose usual place of residence is the housing unit where the household lves;
b. Family members who are overseas workers and who had been away for not more than five years from the date of last departure;
c. Those whose usual place of residence is the place where the household lives but are temporarily away at the time of the survey for any of the following reasons:
· on vacation, business/pleasure trip or studying/training somewhere in the Philippines and are expected to be back six months from the time of departure;
· on vacation, business/pleasure trip or studying/training abroad and are expected to be back within a year from the time of departure;
· working or attending school in some other place but comes home at least once a week;
· confined in hospitals for a period of not more than six months at the time of the survey, except when they are confined as inmates of tuberculosis pavilions, mental hospitals, leprosaria or leper colonies, drug rehabilitation centers, and the like;
· detained in national/provincial/city/municipality jails or in military camps for a period of not more than six months at the time of enumeration, except when their sentence or detention is expected to exceed six months;
· training with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, if training is not more than six months;
· on board coastal, interisland, or fishing vessels within Philippine territories; and
· on board ocean-going vessels but are expected to be away for not more than five years from date of departure.
d. Boarders/lodgers of the household or employees of household-operated businesses who do not usually go to their respective homes weekly;
e. Citizens of foreign countries, excluding members of diplomatic missions and non-Filipino members of international organizations, but including Filipino balikbayans who have resided or are expected to reside in the Philippines for more than a year from their arrival; and
f. Persons temporarily staying with the household who have no usual place of residence or who are not certain to be enumerated elsewhere.
2. Special cases to take note in determining household membership:
a. Boarders are members of a household if they fall under rule (d) above. However, if there are 10 or more of such persons in the household, do not include as members of the household with whom they board. These are considered as institutional population.
b. A person who lodges with a household but makes arrangements for his own meals or takes his meals outside (that is, bed spacer) is not a member of that household. He constitutes a one-member household, provided he does not usually go home to his family at least once a week.
c. Two or more families who share the same housing unit are considered one household if they have common arrangements for the preparation and consumption of food. They comprise different households if they prepare their food separately.
d. Two or more unrelated individuals who share the same housing unit also constitute one household if they have common arrangements for the preparation and consumption of food. If each of them takes care of his own meal, then each one is considered a one-member household.
e. Persons who take their meals with a household but sleep elsewhere are not considered members of that household.
HOUSEHOLD
A household is a social and economic unit consisting of a person living alone or a group of persons who:
1. sleep in the same housing unit; and
2. have a common arrangement in the preparation and consumption of food.
In most cases, a household consists of persons who are related by kinship ties, like parents and their children. In some instances, several generations of familial ties are represented in one household while, still in others, even more distant relatives are members of the household.
Household helpers, boarders, and nonrelatives are considered members of the household provided they sleep in the same housing unit and have common arrangement for the preparation and consumption of food and do not usually go home to their family at least once a week.
A group of unrelated individuals as in the case of a group of students or workers who decide to rent a place and make common arrangements for the preparation and consumption of their food, constitutes one household.
Usually, a household is the entire group of persons who customarily live in the same housing unit. However, there are cases when two or more distinct family groups or groups of unrelated persons maintain separate food arrangements even though they share one housing unit. Each of these distinct groups constitutes a household.
A person who shares a housing unit with a household but separately cooks his/her meals or consumes his/her food elsewhere is not considered a member of the household he/she shares the housing unit with. That person should be considered as a separate household.
As a rule, if two groups of individuals prepare and consume their meals together but sleep in separate housing units, then the two groups constitute two different households. An exception is that of children who are still economically dependent on their parents but live in separate but adjacent housing units for convenience. These children are considered members of their parents' household.
However, if the children are economically independent, they should be considered as a separate household.
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERSHIP
In determining household membership, a basic criterion is the usual place of residence or the place where the person usually resides. This maybe the same or different from the place where he was found at the time of the survey. As a rule, it is the place where he usually sleeps.
Persons included as members of the household are:
a. Those who are present and whose usual place of residence is the housing unit where the household lves;
b. Family members who are overseas workers and who had been away for not more than five years from the date of last departure;
c. Those whose usual place of residence is the place where the household lives but are temporarily away at the time of the survey for any of the following reasons:
· on vacation, business/pleasure trip or studying/training somewhere in the Philippines and are expected to be back six months from the time of departure;
· on vacation, business/pleasure trip or studying/training abroad and are expected to be back within a year from the time of departure;
· working or attending school in some other place but comes home at least once a week;
· confined in hospitals for a period of not more than six months at the time of the survey, except when they are confined as inmates of tuberculosis pavilions, mental hospitals, leprosaria or leper colonies, drug rehabilitation centers, and the like;
· detained in national/provincial/city/municipality jails or in military camps for a period of not more than six months at the time of enumeration, except when their sentence or detention is expected to exceed six months;
· training with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, if training is not more than six months;
· on board coastal, interisland, or fishing vessels within Philippine territories; and
· on board ocean-going vessels but are expected to be away for not more than five years from date of departure.
d. Boarders/lodgers of the household or employees of household-operated businesses who do not usually go to their respective homes weekly;
e. Citizens of foreign countries, excluding members of diplomatic missions and non-Filipino members of international organizations, but including Filipino balikbayans who have resided or are expected to reside in the Philippines for more than a year from their arrival; and
f. Persons temporarily staying with the household who have no usual place of residence or who are not certain to be enumerated elsewhere.
2. Special cases to take note in determining household membership:
a. Boarders are members of a household if they fall under rule (d) above. However, if there are 10 or more of such persons in the household, do not include as members of the household with whom they board. These are considered as institutional population.
b. A person who lodges with a household but makes arrangements for his own meals or takes his meals outside (that is, bed spacer) is not a member of that household. He constitutes a one-member household, provided he does not usually go home to his family at least once a week.
c. Two or more families who share the same housing unit are considered one household if they have common arrangements for the preparation and consumption of food. They comprise different households if they prepare their food separately.
d. Two or more unrelated individuals who share the same housing unit also constitute one household if they have common arrangements for the preparation and consumption of food. If each of them takes care of his own meal, then each one is considered a one-member household.
e. Persons who take their meals with a household but sleep elsewhere are not considered members of that household.