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Household members: Their relationships, their membership of extended families and multigenerational families. Oliver Duke-Williams and John Haskey Contact: oliver.duke-willliams@ons.gsi.gov.uk. British Society for Population Studies Conference 2004 University of Leicester, 13-15th September.
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Household members: Their relationships, their membership of extended families and multigenerational families Oliver Duke-Williams and John Haskey Contact: oliver.duke-willliams@ons.gsi.gov.uk British Society for Population Studies Conference 2004University of Leicester, 13-15th September
The project • Study the relationship matrix in the 2001 Census • How well was it completed? • Are any problems systematic? • How well is it currently being used? • What further use can be made of it? • Should it be used again in 2011? • Should it be modified in any way?
Definitions etc. • Households v. families • Nuclear family units • Extended families • Multigenerational families
The relationship question • Persons up to person 5 (6 in NI) report all relationships • Subsequent persons report relationships to persons 1 and two preceding persons
Top-left corner is fully reported Remainder is partially reported Only one relationship is reported The relationship matrix
Husband / wife Partner Son / daughter Step-child Brother / sister Parent Step-parent Grand-child Grand-parent ‘Other related’. Smaller set recognised than in 1991 Does not include aunt/uncle, niece/nephew, or in-law Basic relationship types
Basic family types • Ungrouped individuals • Married couple • Cohabiting couple, opposite sex • Cohabiting couple, same sex (male) • Cohabiting couple, same sex (female) • Lone parent (male) • Lone parent (female)
Problems to be faced (1) • Inconsistencies • Unclear relationships
Unclear relationships ? • How was the relationship between the two children reported on the Census form? Parents Child Step-child
Problems to be faced (2) Number of households ‘Problems’ More More Number of persons in the household
Extended families (1) • Presence of extended family as opposed to nuclear • Types of extended family • Vertically extended • Horizontally extended • Vertically and horizontally extended
Extended families (2) • Dis-aggregation by other variables • Geographic aspects • Location: GOR and lower if possible • Type of location: Area type classifications • Household member characteristics • Age, sex, ethnicity, NS-SeC, religion, education etc. • All families: by characteristics of HRP (or FRP) • Couple families: by couple type, by combined characteristics of both partners • Homo / heterogeneity within extended families
Multi-generational families (1) • Types of multi-generational family • Who is the head of household? • How many generations? • Multi-generational with skipped generations
Multi-generational families (2) • Dis-aggregation by other variables • Use similar set to extended family dis-aggregation
‘Non-family’ households • Households that do not contain a nuclear family unit • Single person households • Pensioner and other • Multiple person households • All pensioner, all student, etc.
Future plans • Use of LS • Use of 2001 Census