CENSUS NATIONAL LEVEL: HOUSEHOLDS
Explanatory notes by table
Table: HSLTYP – Population by sex, age and type of household and household status
Specific remarks:
BE: Dimension “type of household and household status”, note provided from Eurostat:
§ Institution for health care and retired or elderly persons have been summed in the category institutions for elderly and retired people
FR: Dimension “type of household and household status”, notes provided from the country:
§ Spouse plus cohabitant means members of a couple, the distinction of married or not is not made here
§ Homeless, population in mobile home, “mariner" in French (people who live in a barge on a river without a fixed dwelling, waterman?)
§ A child is considered as single person living in a private household with at least one parent (mother or father) but without any child or cohabitant or spouse in the household
§ Institutional households are classified according to their principal purpose or target group
§ Dormitories of educational institutions include religious schools, orphanages etc...
§ Institutions for retired or elderly persons include old people's homes, service homes (with meal provided), specialised shelter houses (with meal provided), specialised welfare institutions etc...
§ Religion institutions include convents, monasteries etc...
§ Other institution include non-specialised welfare institutions, hotels, motels, tourist homes, correctional and penal institutions, boarding houses, shelters for homeless, refugee camps and hostels etc...
Dimension “age”, note provided from the country:
§ Age at last birthday
IE: Dimension “type of household and household status”, notes provided from the country:
§ In total are included usual residents temporarily absent for less than 3 months.
§ In Ireland's 2002 Census, we only asked householders to complete basic details for absent persons (sex, relationship, date of birth, marital status, duration of absence, outside country, student), so that we could compile better family statistics.
§ For absent persons, we did not ask for details such as nationality or level of education.
IT: Dimension “type of household and household status”, notes provided from the country:
§ The type of household has only two possible outcomes: Living in private household or Living in institutional households
§ Military institutions are in other institutions
LU: Dimension “type of household and household status”, note provided from the country:
§ No distinction between spouse and cohabitant
HU: Dimension “type of household and household status”, note provided from the country:
§ Living in private households excludes homeless
§ Health care institutions include children's homes
AT: Dimension “type of household and household status”, note provided from the country:
§ Other households were not enumerated.
UK: Dimension “type of household and household status”, notes provided from the country:
§ Religious institutions data is only separately identified in Northern Ireland.
§ PSR (Persons Sleeping Rough) is counted under the other institutions category.
§ Coding rules for data allow, in certain circumstances, people aged under 16 to be recorded as living alone, or with a marital status other than 'single'
Note provided from the country:
§ Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
Table: HSLFAMSTA – Usual resident population aged 15 and over, living in private households, by sex, age group, family and non-family status, and indicator of current activity
Specific remarks
FR: Dimension “indicator of current activity” the following note has been provided:
§ Not classified by status means conscripts called up for national service, in France, they are classified as economically active.
§ Economically active include employed, unemployed, conscripts called up for national service.
Dimension “age group” the following note has been provided:
§ Age at last birthday
Dimension “family and non-family status”, note provided from the country:
§ Applies to all types of households, and not only private ones.
§ Spouse and cohabitant mean members of a couple, the distinction of married or not is not made here.
IE: Note provided from the country:
§ The difference in the figures in the table is caused by absent persons, as we do not have an economic activity breakdown for absent persons.
IT: Dimension “indicator of current activity” the following note has been provided from the country:
§ The table is not complete because the country does not have the data for indicators of current activity yet.
LV: Dimension “family and non-family status”, note provided from the country:
§ The value other includes persons where the family status is not stated.
LU: Dimension “family and non-family status”, note provided from Eurostat:
§ Spouse and cohabitant include members of a couple, the distinction of married or not is not made here.
NL: Dimension “family and non-family status”, note provided from the country:
§ Other, not living in a family includes other, living in a family.
Dimension “age”, notes provided from the country:
§ All persons aged 15 are by definition attendant at educational institutions.
§ All persons aged 75 and over are considered to be retired.
UK: Dimension “Indicator of current activity”, the following note has been provided from the country:
§ Information on economic activity is only available for persons between the ages of 16 and 74.
CH: Dimension “family and non-family status”, note provided from the country:
§ There are also other persons living in a family.
Table: HSLFAMSIT – Population by sex, age group and family situation
Specific remarks:
DE: Dimension “age group”, note provided from Eurostat:
§ In the value 95 to 99 they’re included all the age between 95 and after.
FR: Dimension “family situation”, notes provided from the country:
§ Spouse and cohabitant include members of a couple, the distinction of married or not, are not made here.
§ A parent of the child is not necessarily a biological parent, but an adult of the family nucleus including the child (for example the partner of his biological mother).
Dimension “age group”, note provided from the country:
§ Age at last birthday
IE: Note provided from the country:
§ Incorrect data
IT: Dimension “family situation”, note provided from the country:
§ In other we don't have the outcome living in other households.
LV: Dimension “age group”, note provided from the country:
§ Totals include unknown.
FI: Dimension “family situation”, note provided from the country:
§ Living in private households with members of a family nucleus and living in private households can not be separated with others no members of a family nuclei, can not be separated.
UK: Dimension “age group”, note provided from the country:
§ Some households are recorded as having one person only aged under 15, due to either: date of birth entered or captured incorrectly, or a continuation or individual form detached from the main household form and treated as a separate household.
Note provided from the country:
§ Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
Dimension “family situation”, note provided from Eurostat:
§ living with only one child correspond with ‘living with one child or more’
Table: HSLSIZE – Population in private households by sex, age group, indicator of citizenship and household size
Specific remarks
EE: Dimension “indicator of citizenship”, note provided from the country:
§ Non nationals non EU citizens row includes also employed persons whose citizenship is unknown or persons with alien passport. Comparison is not available because of there are not any other results to compare with.
ES: Note provided from Eurostat:
§ Incorrect data
FR: Dimension “age group”, notes provided from Eurostat:
§ In the value 75 to 79 they’re included all the age between 75 and after (75+)
§ Age at last birthday
IE: Dimension “indicator of citizenship”, note provided from the country:
§ Nationality not classified includes 107,846 absent persons from whom information on nationality was not sought, 37,334 not stated, 2,256 multi nationality, 787 no nationality.
NL: Dimension “household size”, note provided from the country:
§ Due to few inconsistencies in the relationship between the object type persons and the object type households in the population database, the population presented in the column total may not be divisible by household size.
UK: Dimension “indicator of citizenship”, note provided from the country:
§ Questions on citizenship were not asked in the UK. Following Euro Stat guidance, UK has provided Country of Birth in this table. Table population: All persons in households.
Dimension “household size” and “age group”, note provided from the country:
§ Some households are recorded as having one person only aged under 15, due to either: date of birth entered or captured incorrectly or a continuation or individual form detached from the main household form and treated as a separate household.
Note provided from the country:
§ Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
RO: Dimension “indicator of citizenship”, notes provided from the country:
§ Non nationals other EU citizens: Excluding Luxembourg
§ Non nationals non EU citizens: Including of Luxembourg, not stated citizenship and stateless
Table: HSLMBR - Family nuclei by type, number of resident children in the family, current economic activity of parents and presence of other persons in the household
Specific remarks
DE: Dimension “current economic activity of parents”, note provided from the country:
§ Cohabiting couple does not include non-marital same-sex partnerships (about 50 000), which are, however, included in the total (23 916 000).
FR: Dimension “presence of other persons in the household”, note provided from the country:
§ At least one other person in the household means only households with at least one family nucleus
Dimension “current economic activity of parents”, notes provided from the country:
§ Economically active include employed, unemployed, conscripts called up for national service.
§ Spouse and cohabitant include members of a couple. The distinction of married or not is not made here.
Note provided from the country:
§ Age of the children is equal to the year of the census (1999) - year of birth. It is not the age at the last birthday.
§ Age at last birthday
§ A parent of the child is not necessarily a biological parent, but an adult of the family nucleus including the child.
LV: Dimension “number of resident children in the family”, notes provided:
§ The column only one resident child aged under 18 includes all children aged under 19.
§ The column only one resident child aged under 6 includes all children aged under 6.
NL: Dimension “current economic activity of parents”, notes provided from the country:
§ Family type husband and wife family includes family type cohabiting couple in all the cases where the economic (in-) activity of the partners is considered, except for total family nuclei and total number of persons in family nuclei.
§ Family type husband active and wife economically inactive includes family type husband not active and wife economically active, except for total family nuclei and total number of persons in family nuclei.
§ Cohabiting same-sex couples are also incorporated in the table.
Dimension “number of resident children in the family”, notes provided from the country:
§ The maximum number of resident children is 4+, for resident children aged under 6 the maximum number is 1+.
§ The maximum number of resident children is 4+, for resident children aged under 25 the maximum number is 3+, for resident children aged under 18 the maximum number is 2+, for resident children aged under 6 the maximum number is 1+.
§ The maximum number of resident children is 2+, for resident children aged under 25 the maximum number is 1+, for resident children aged under 18 it is not possible to give any counts.
AT: Dimension “presence of other persons in the household”, note provided from the country:
§ Only Households with one or two families. No information if at least one other person in household for households with three or more family nuclei.
UK: Dimension “current economic activity of parents”, note provided from the country:
§ Counts based on families not households.
§ Type of family nucleus employment status of parents includes families with no dependent children
§ The table counts persons who are working/not working rather than their economic activity.
Dimension “number of resident children in the family” note provided from Eurostat:
§ Column counts are based on dependent children but include families with no dependent children. A dependent child is any child 15 and under or any 16-18 year old in full-time education.
Note provided from the country:
§ Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
Note provided from Eurostat:
§ Additional information can be found in the following link:
Table: HSLECO - Private households by type and size, number of economically active members and number of aged members
Specific remarks
FR: Dimension “number of economically active members”, note provided from the country:
§ Economically active includes employed, unemployed and conscripts called up for national service
Dimension “number of aged members”, notes provided from the country:
§ The age used here is defined as the year of the census (1999) minus the year of birth( it is not the age at the last birthday)
§ Age at last birthday
Dimension ”private households by type and size”, notes provided from the country:
§ Spouse and cohabitant are members of a couple, the distinction of married or not is not made here
§ A parent of the child is not necessarily a biological parent, but an adult of the family nucleus including the child
LV: Notes provided from the country:
§ Totals include unknown
§ For the entries number of members economically active, number of members aged 65 or more and number of members aged 75 or more, the value “1 member” means that there is one or more members in the households.
LU: Dimension ”private households by type and size”, note provided from the country:
§ We cannot make a distinction between 'one family households' and 'two or more family households' because we don't have 'family nuclei'
HU: Dimension “number of members economically active”, note provided from the country:
§ “Number of members economically active” does not include unemployed.
UK: Dimension “number of members economically active”, note provided from the country:
§ In employment has been used instead of economically active.
Note provided from the country:
§ Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
BG: Dimension ”type of private household”, note provided from the country:
§ Two or more families household includes households composed of one family and other relatives or non-related persons
CH: Dimension ”type of private household”, note provided from the country:
§ Other family household means households of people that they live alone with one parent or two parents.
Table: HSLCTZ – Private households by type and citizenship composition
Specific remarks
EE: Dimension “citizenship composition”, notes provided from the country:
§ “Non national” includes persons whose citizenship is unknown and persons with alien passport (see comment of table 3)
FR: Dimension “private households by type”, note provided from the country:
§ Spouse and cohabitant include members of a couple. The distinction of married or not is not made here
Dimension “citizenship composition”, note provided from the country:
§ Of which all members of the same citizenship was asked, but not available : So, citizenship of the reference person of the household is given here
LV: Note provided from the country:
§ Totals include unknown
LU: Dimension “private households by type”, note provided from the country:
§ We cannot make a distinction between one family households and two or more family households because we don't have family nuclei
AT: Dimension “citizenship composition”, note provided from the country:
§ Households by citizenship only with citizenship of household reference person.
RO: Dimension “private households by type”, notes provided from the country:
§ All members of other EU country excludes Luxembourg
§ All members of non EU country includes of Luxembourg, not stated citizenship and stateless
Table: HSLFAMCTZ – Usual resident population by sex, indicator of citizenship, family status and housing situation (type of living quarters and tenure status)
Specific remarks
FR: Dimension “family status”, notes provided from the country:
§ In cohabitant( living with no child, living with at least one child) the following definition has been provided: spouse and cohabitant are defined as members of a couple, the distinction of married or not is not made here
§ In other entry, they are included the multi-person household but not in a family and non household population
§ A parent of the child is not necessarily a biological parent, but an adult of the family nucleus including the child(for example the partner of his biological mother)
§ All types of households are considered here.
IE: Dimension “housing situation”, note provided from the country:
§ In the entry living in households in collective living quarters, not possible to give breakdown of persons living in collective quarters
IT: Dimension “housing situation”, notes provided from the country:
§ Private households living in institutions has been classified as living in non conventional dwellings, so the last column includes only usual residents in institutional households
§ Homeless are considered as living in non conventional dwellings
§ Homeless and usual residents in institutional households are not classified by family status
§ The last colonna means only resident population in institutional households, it is possible to have only one type of households in collective living quarter
LV: Note provided from the country:
§ Totals include unknown
HU: Dimension “housing situation”, note provided from the country:
§ Living in households in non conventional dwellings, includes homeless persons.
PT: Dimension “housing situation”, note provided from Eurostat:
§ The unknown value includes the Portuguese diplomatic members outside the parent country and individuals aboard ships that have no information about housing situation.
FI: Dimension “housing situation”, note provided from the country:
§ The usual resident population includes persons without any dwelling/homeless persons
UK: Dimension “indicator of citizenship”, note provided from the country:
§ Questions on citizenship were not asked in the UK. Following EuroStat guidance, UK has provided Country of Birth in this table.
Dimension “housing situation”, note provided from the country:
§ 'Other forms of tenure' includes 'living rent free'. Supplementary tables for Scotland will be published to help users allocate some of these to 'rented' (tenants).
Note provided from the country:
§ Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
RO: Dimension “indicator of citizenship”, notes provided from the country:
§ Both sexes, non nationals other EU citizens excludes Luxembourg
§ Both sexes, non nationals non EU citizens includes Luxembourg, not stated citizenship and stateless