Variable HL1 : Line number

File: hl

All household members

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1		6392	25.9%
2		5714	23.2%
3		4759	19.3%
4		3585	14.5%
5		2136	8.7%
6		1211	4.9%
7		482	2.0%
8		204	0.8%
9		91	0.4%
10		48	0.2%
11		24	0.1%
12		10	0.0%
13		5	0.0%
14		4	0.0%
15		2	0.0%
16		2	0.0%

First, please tell me the name of each person who usually lives here, starting with the head of the household.

List the head of the household in line 01. List all household members (HL2), their relationship to the household head (HL3), and their sex (HL4)

Then ask: Are there any others who live here, even if they are not at home now? 

If yes, complete listing for questions HL2-HL4. Then, ask questions starting with HL5 for each person at a time. 

Use an additional questionnaire if all rows in the household listing form have been used.
  
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Survey Coordinators: Check the definition of 'household' in use in your country. this will normally be the definition used in your census. Use this definition in the survey.

A household is a person or group of persons who usually live and eat together. 

A household is defined as a person or group of persons
- who are related or unrelated, 
- who live together in the same dwelling unit, 
- who acknowledge one adult male or female as the head of household, 
- who share the same living arrangements, and
- who are considered as one unit. 

In some cases one may find a group of people living together in the same dwelling, but each person has separate eating arrangements; they should be counted as separate one-person households. Domestic servants, relatives and other workers living and eating in the household are to be included as household members (even if they spend the weekend elsewhere and stay with the household the rest of the week). Three unrelated persons who live and cook meals together would be considered to form one household.

Collective living arrangements (also referred to as institutional populations) such as hostels, army camps, boarding schools, or prisons are not considered as households.

You will be assigned specific households to interview. Households that you will visit will have been identified previously by listing teams.

One should make a distinction between a family and a household. The first reflects blood decent and marriage. The second is used in this survey to identify an economic unit. You must be conscious and use the criteria provided on household membership to determine which individuals make a particular household.

Note that the Household Listing Form includes HL1. Line number. This is the number used to identify each person listed. You must obtain a complete list of all persons who usually live in the household, but you do not need to fill in or do anything in this column since the numbers are already provided. This is a very important number since, once household members are assigned these line numbers after the Household Listing Form is completed, all members are identified with these line numbers throughout the questionnaires administered in this household.

You should begin by saying:

"First, please tell me the name of each person who usually lives here, starting with the head of the household."

List the head of the household in line 01. List all household members (HL2), their relationship to the household head (HL3), and their sex (HL4). Then ask:
"Are there any others who live here - even if they are not at home now?" If yes, complete the listing for questions HL2-HL4.  Then, ask questions starting with HL5 for each person at a time.

A household head is a usual resident member of the household acknowledged by the other members of the household as the household head. This person may be acknowledged as the head on the basis of age (older), sex (generally, but not necessarily, male), economic status (main provider), or some other reason. It is up to the respondents to define who heads the household. You are not required to assess who the household head is most likely to be, or whether the person stated as the household head has the relevant characteristics to be the household head.

Also note that if there are more than 15 household members, you will need to use a continuation (additional) questionnaire to record the additional household members. Please remember to change the line numbers of household members on the continuation questionnaire to read '16', '17', '18', etc., and to mark the cover page of the continuation questionnaire as “CONTINUATION”. The primary questionnaire for that set should say 'SEE CONTINUATION' across the top of the cover sheet. The continuation questionnaire should have all identification information (HH1 to HH7) written on it on the cover page. After filling the information for remaining household members in the continuation questionnaire, you should continue your interview in the primary questionnaire. Once you complete the Household Questionnaire keep the continuation questionnaire inside the primary one so that they remain together.

The Household Listing Form will be completed in two stages: first, names (HL2), relationship codes (HL3) and sex (HL4) of all household members are recorded until all household members are included in the list. When the respondent is asked to provide the names of persons living in the household, their relationship to the head of the household and their sex is naturally mentioned during the course of listing the names. For this reason, the list is completed vertically for HL2, HL3 and HL4 during the first stage. Then, questions from HL5 to HL14 are asked for each person before moving to the next person.