Identification of individual's family nucleus

'Identification of Individual's Family Nucleus' is a derived variable that identifies whether a person is part of a family nucleus.

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.