Definition
The CMPHS covers only private households.
A household, for the purpose of the survey, is defined as either A person living on his/her own or a group of two or more persons, who may or may not be related, but who live together and make common provision for food and other essentials for living.
Two or more families, living in one house constitute one household if they have common housekeeping arrangements, but should be considered as distinct and separate households if they have separate housekeeping arrangements, and should be enumerated as separate households.
In case of varying degrees of housekeeping arrangements, a group of persons who make common provision for at least one meal per day is regarded as one household.