Households; size, composition, position in the household, 1 January

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Persons by household position

Household:
Private or institutional household.

Private household:
One or more persons sharing the same living space, who provide for their own everyday needs in a private, non-commercial way.

Institutional household:
Household consisting of one or more persons living in one accommodation whose housing and daily needs are provided professionally.
Included are institutions such as nursing homes, homes for the elderly, mental health institutions, forensic psychiatric institutions, institutions for mentally, physically or sensorily disabled persons, drug rehabilitation centres, shelters for the homeless, boarding schools, monasteries, prisons, military barracks, and asylum reception centres, in which persons (will) live for a longer period of time. From 2014, people in institutional households are presented in three groups, namely: homes for the elderly and nursing homes, other health care institution and other type of institution.

Household position:
Position someone has in a household in relation to the reference person of that household.

Reference person
Member of the household on whom the household positions of the other household members are based, and whose characteristics may also be characteristic for the household.
The reference person in a household is chosen as follows:
- the reference person in a heterosexual relationship is always the man;
- in homosexual relationships, the reference person is the older of the two;
- in a single-parent household the reference person is the parent;
- in 'other households' the reference person is the oldest man, or if there are no men, the oldest woman.

Total of the Netherlands

Men

Children living at home

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Persons living together

Person who forms a private household together with someone else as a couple, whether or not married to each other or registered as partners, and whether or not with children.

Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two persons of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Registered partnerships where introduced in the Netherlands on 1 January 1998.

Total persons living together

Not married without children

Not married persons living together in a private household without children living at home.
Within a household only one couple is designated as such.

Not married:
Two persons living together without being married or having a registered partnership.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Married without children

Persons who form a married couple with another person in a private household without children living at home.
Within a household only one couple is designated as such.

Married:
Two persons who are married to each other or who have entered into a registered partnership.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Not married with children

Not married persons living together in a private household with one or more children living at home.
Within a household only one couple is designated as such.

Not married:
Two persons living together without being married or having a registered partnership.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Married with children

Persons who form a married couple with another person in a private household with one or more children living at home.
Within a household only one couple is designated as such.

Married:
Two persons who are married to each other or who have entered into a registered partnership.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Other member of household

Person who is part of a private household other than as a partner, parent in a single-parent household or child living at home.
For example, a boarder who lives with a family, someone who forms a household together with a brother or sister, or a foster child.

Women

Children living at home

Children living at home in a private household.

Child:
Someone with a child-parent relationship with one or two of the adults in the household. Includes biological step and adopted children.
There are no age limits in this category.

Persons living together

Person who forms a private household together with someone else as a couple, whether or not married to each other or registered as partners, and whether or not with children.

Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two persons of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Registered partnerships where introduced in the Netherlands on 1 January 1998.

Total persons living together

Not married without children

Not married persons living together in a private household without children living at home.
Within a household only one couple is designated as such.

Not married:
Two persons living together without being married or having a registered partnership.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Married without children

Persons who form a married couple with another person in a private household without children living at home.
Within a household only one couple is designated as such.

Married:
Two persons who are married to each other or who have entered into a registered partnership.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Not married with children

Not married persons living together in a private household with one or more children living at home.
Within a household only one couple is designated as such.

Not married:
Two persons living together without being married or having a registered partnership.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Married with children

Persons who form a married couple with another person in a private household with one or more children living at home.
Within a household only one couple is designated as such.

Married:
Two persons who are married to each other or who have entered into a registered partnership.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Other member of household

Person who is part of a private household other than as a partner, parent in a single-parent household or child living at home.
For example, a boarder who lives with a family, someone who forms a household together with a brother or sister, or a foster child.

Private households

One or more persons sharing the same living space, who provide for their own everyday needs in a private, non-commercial way.

By household composition

The classification of private households based on the mutual relationships between household members.

Multi-person households

A private multi-person household without/with children living at home

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Other household

Private household that only consists of other household members.

Other household member:
Person who is part of a private household other than as a partner, parent in a single-parent household or child living at home.
For example, a boarder who lives with a family, someone who forms a household together with a brother or sister, or a foster child.

Child living at home:
Person regardless of age or marital status who has a child-parent relationship with one or two parents belonging to the household.
Adopted children and stepchildren in the household are regarded as children living at home, but foster children are not.

Persons in institutional households

Institutional household:
One or more persons living in one accommodation whose housing and daily needs are provided professionally.
Included are institutions such as nursing homes, homes for the elderly, mental health institutions, forensic psychiatric institutions, institutions for mentally, physically or sensorily disabled persons, drug rehabilitation centres, shelters for the homeless, boarding schools, monasteries, prisons, military barracks, and asylum reception centres, in which persons (will) live for a longer period of time. From 2014, people in institutional households are presented in three groups, namely:
homes for the elderly and nursing homes, other health care institution and other type of institution.

By type of institution

Institutional household:
One or more persons living in one accommodation whose housing and daily needs are provided professionally.
Included are institutions such as nursing homes, homes for the elderly, mental health institutions, forensic psychiatric institutions, institutions for mentally, physically or sensorily disabled persons, drug rehabilitation centres, shelters for the homeless, boarding schools, monasteries, prisons, military barracks, and asylum reception centres, in which persons (will) live for a longer period of time. From 2014, people in institutional households are presented in three groups, namely:
homes for the elderly and nursing homes, other health care institution and other type of institution.

Homes for the elderly and nursing homes

Homes for permanent residence of old persons, including care such as meals, cleaning, monitoring alarm systems and personal support.

Other health care institution

Other health care institution:
- Mental health and psychiatric institutions, forensic psychiatric institutions, drug rehabilitation centres.
- Institutions for mentally, physically or sensorily disabled persons.
- Shelters for the homeless.

Other type of institution

Other type of institution:
- Educational boarding schools and training schools for police and armed forces
- Monasteries
- Prisons
- Military barracks
- As of January 1st 2014: residents of asylum centres (but only if they are registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality).