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.

Men

Single

Single person:
Person who lives alone in a single-person household.
Among singles are also people who live with others at the same address but who have their own household.
Singles can have a relationship with and be married to a person with whom they do not live together.

Single parent

Person in a private household who has a parent-child relationship with one or more children living at home and who does not have a partner in the same household.

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.

Women

Single

Single person:
Person who lives alone in a single-person household.
Among singles are also people who live with others at the same address but who have their own household.
Singles can have a relationship with and be married to a person with whom they do not live together.

Single parent

Person in a private household who has a parent-child relationship with one or more children living at home and who does not have a partner in the same household.

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.

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.

Single parent household

Private household consisting of one parent and at least one child who lives 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.

Total single parent households

1 child

Private household consisting of one parent and one child who lives 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.

2 children

Private household consisting of one parent and two 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.

3 children or more

Private household consisting of one parent and three or more 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.