Definition
The general criteria used to identify household members were:
(1) common housekeeping arrangements,
(2) sharing of prinicipal meals,
(3) common financial arrangements for supplying basic essentials for living, and
(4) recognition of one member as the head.
If an usual member of the household was absent at the time of interview but was not expected to be away for more than 3 months, he was counted as a member provided his income and expenditures can be recorded.