Individual's role in family nucleus

The 'Individual's role in family nucleus' is a derived variable that indicates people's status in relation to the family nucleus to which they belong. The variable can be cross-tabulated with a number of other family variables, as well as demographic variables such as sex, age, and ethnicity.

A family nucleus comprises a couple with or without child(ren), or one parent and their child(ren) whose usual residence is in the same household; the children do not have partners or children of their own living in that household.

Included are people who were absent on census night but usually live in a particular dwelling and are members of a family nucleus in that dwelling, as long as they were reported as being absent by the reference person on the dwelling form or the household summary page.

See also ‘Absentee’, ‘Usual residents’, and ‘Usual residents in private dwellings’ in Individual definitions.

For full classification with levels 1-2 see Aria.