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Q2008 ConferenceRome 2008
The Relevance of ‘Private Household’ for Cross-cultural Survey Comparison
by Uwe Warner, CEPS/INSTEAD, Differdange Luxembourg
and Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, GESIS-ZUMA, Mannheim, Germany
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The structureA. Different household definitions across
European countriesa. from the ESS fieldwork instrumentb. from (Micro-) Census
B. The various household structures based on different definitions
C. The impact of the obtained household information on
a. total net household incomeb. socio economic status of a household and its
membersD. A proposal for harmonizing the background
variable household for comparative surveysE. Conclusion
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A. Different household definitions across European countries
It is important to know the HH concepts because:• Different definitions constitute various
memberships to a HH and generate different answers to the HH-size and relation variables
• Variations in the number of persons (and there relationships) contributing to the HH total income and the consumptions of HH resources are observable
• Socio economic status of all HH members is in generally defined by the highest position of a HH member
• And others …
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a. Some examples from the ESS fieldwork instrument
MAIN QUESTIONNAIRE
And finally, I would like to ask you a few details about yourself and others in your household.
F1 Including yourself, how many people – including children – live here regularly as members of this household?WRITE IN NUMBER:
(Don’t know) 88
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Interviewer Instructions of ESS:One person living alone or a group of people living
at the same address (and have that address as their only or main residence), who either share at least one main meal a day or share the living accommodation (or both).
Included are: people on holiday, away working or in hospital for less than 6 months; school- age children at boarding school; students sharing private accommodation.
Excluded are: people who have been away for 6 months or more, students away at university or college; temporary visitors.
EUROPEAN SOCIAL SURVEY 2002 Project Instructions (PAPI) ESS Document date: 15/07/02, Autumn 2002
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GERMANY
Wie viele Personen leben ständig in diesem Haushalt, Sie selbst eingeschlossen? Denken Sie dabei bitte auch an alle im Haushalt lebenden Kinder.
ANZAHL EINTRAGEN
Antwort verweigert97
Weiß nicht98
permanently, always
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SWITZERLAND
Wenn Sie sich selbst dazuzählen, wie viele Personen - Kinder eingeschlossen - leben regelmässig als Mitglieder in Ihrem Haushalt ? Und nun möchte ich Ihnen noch ein paar Fragen zu Ihrer Person und zu den anderen Personen in Ihrem Haushalt stellen.
- weiss nicht 88 eingeben !
MAXIMUM 9 PERSONEN EINGEBEN. your household
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SWITZERLAND
Combien de personnes, vous même et les enfants y compris, vivent régulièrement comme membres de votre ménage ? Et finalement, je voudrais vous demander quelques détails à propos de vous et des autres membres de votre ménage.
Si ne sait pas - coder '88' ! POSSIBILITE MAXIMUM DE 9 PERSONES.
your household
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SWITZERLAND
Quante persone, i bambini e Lei inclusi - vivono qui regolarmente, quali membri della Sua economia domestica ?
E infine, vorrei conoscere alcuni dettagli su di lei e gli altri componenti della Sua economia domestica.
Se non so - introdurre '88' ! POSSIBILITÀ D'INTRODURRE 9 PERSONE AL
MASSIMO.
“economic home”
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ITALYDesidererei avere alcune informazioni su di
Lei e su ciascuna persona che compone la sua famiglia.
F1 Compresi Lei ed eventuali bambini, quante persone vivono regolarmente in questa casa come membri della famiglia?
SCRIVERE IN NUMERO:
(Non so) 88family
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LUXEMBOURG
Wie viele Personen leben ständig in diesem Haushalt, Sie selbst eingeschlossen?
Denken Sie dabei bitte auch an alle im Haushalt lebenden Kinder.
Anzahl eintragen
(Weiß nicht) 88
this household
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LUXEMBOURG
Y compris vous-même – et vos enfants – combien de personnes vivent ici de façon régulière comme membres de votre ménage?
Ecrivez en chiffres
(Ne sait pas) 88 your household
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LUXEMBOURG
Incluindo-o(a) a si e aos seus filhos – quantas pessoas residem aqui de forma regular como membros do seu agregado?
Escrever:. (Não sabe) 88
?
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PORTUGALGOSTARIA DE LHE FAZER ALGUMAS
PERGUNTAS SOBRE SI E AS OUTRAS PESSOAS QUE VIVEM NESTA CASA
F1: Contando consigo, quantas pessoas – incluindo crianças – vivem habitualmente nesta casa?
ESCREVER O NÚMERO: Recusa 77 Não sabe 88 Não Responde 99
usually
house
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Different >units< across the countries:
“household”
“dwelling”
“house”
“economic home”
“family”
Summary of the ESS findings
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Findings so far• Confusing number of definition elements across
the countries
• Translation difficulties: the vocabulary does not exist in the target language (e.g. Portugal)
• The concept “household” is ambiguous in the target culture (e.g. Italy)
• No cross nationally harmonized measurements in national surveys
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1. share a common budget, income and/or expenditure
1.1 share a common budget
1.2 share income
1.3 share expenditures
1.4 share fully or partly living costs
1.5 common contribution to shared vital necessities of life
b. (Micro-) Census dimensions of HH definitions
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2. common housekeeping and/or sharing the organization of life
2.1 common housekeeping in an “economic unit”
2.2 shared living room2.3 common comestibles and food2.4 common meals
a) once a dayb) at least once a week
2.5 living together
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3. shared dwelling and/or common habitation
3.1 common habitation, reside together
3.2 shared common dwelling
3.3 have the same address
3.4 registered at the same address
3.5 the address where most of the nights are spend
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4. family relations by blood and/or legal regulations and/or emotional ties
4.1 legal family relations
4.2 family ties by marriage and adoption
4.3 emotional ties
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Country Elements included populationDenmark 3.4 registered at the same
addressFrance 3.2 share the common dwellingLuxemb 2.5 + 3.2 live together and share the
common dwellingGermany 1.1 + 3.1 share a common budget,
common habitationEngland 2.4a/2.2 + 3.3 daily common meal or
share living room and at the same address
Italy 4 family relations, independent from common habitation and address
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B. Household structures based on different definitions
a. Consequences for the relationship dwelling by household
b. Consequences for the household size
c. Consequences for the household composition
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a. Relations of dwelling by household
Denmark: n dwellings by 1 household
France: 1 dwelling by 1 household
Luxemb: 1 dwelling by n households
Germany: 1 dwelling by n households
UK: 1 dwelling by n households
Italy: n dwellings by 1 family
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b. Household size
Denmark
ESS1 ESS2 ECHP8
Cumulative Percent
1 person 18.0 20.5 25.2
2 persons 59.5 60.5 64.0
3 persons 76.1 74.9 79.6
4 persons 91.3 91.4 93.1
5 and more 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mean 2.63 2.55 2.40
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France
ESS1 ESS2 ECHP8Census1)
1999
Cumulative Percent
1 person 12.6 12.7 25.1 31.0
2 persons 43.8 47.3 55.7 62.1
3 persons 63.0 66.2 73.4 78.3
4 persons 84.2 85.9 92.1 92.1
5 and more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mean 3.05 2.94 2.56 2.36
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Luxembourg
ESS1 ESS2 ECHP8Census1)
2001
Cumulative Percent
1 person 11.8 9.1 27.1 29.3
2 persons 32.7 32.2 58.5 57.5
3 persons 53.3 54.0 76.0 74.6
4 persons 83.3 81.0 91.9 91.0
5 and more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mean 3.25 3.33 2.50 2.47
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Germany
ESS1 ESS2 ECHP8
Micro Census
04/20021)
Cumulative Percent
1 person 18.9 20.4 38.1 36.7
2 persons 55.7 55.8 63.2 70.5
3 persons 74.3 74.6 78.5 84.6
4 persons 91.8 92.1 93.2 95.8
5 and more 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mean 2.63 2.60 2.30 2.12
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United Kingdom
ESS1 ESS2 ECHP8
Cumulative Percent
1 person 18.2 13.8 30.9
2 persons 53.7 48.3 64.6
3 persons 73.0 67.9 79.8
4 persons 90.5 85.4 93.6
5 and more 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mean 2.68 2.95 2.33
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Italy
ESS1 ESS2 ECHP8Census1)
2001
Cumulative Percent
1 person 8.7 21.4 24.9
2 persons 31.4 43.9 52.0
3 persons 56.4 65.8 73.5
4 persons 86.0 88.2 92.5
5 and more 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mean 3.21 2.86 2.57
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C. The impact on
a. total net household income and
b. socio economic status of a household and its members
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Persons address no. of dwelling
grandfather A 2grandmother A 2father A and B 1 or 4mother A 1child no. 2 student A and C 1 or 5child no. 3 A 1uncle D 3child no. 1 E 6son-in-law E 6grandchild E 6
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Table 12:Household composition and household income in ItalyHHPersons Income OECD-modified equivalised
Scale HH incomeHH1 uncle 1500 0.5
grandfather 1800 0.5grandmother 0 0.5father 2500 1.0mother 500 0,5child no. 1 400 0.5son-in-law 2500 0.5grandchild 0 0.3child no. 2 1000 0.5child no. 3 600 0.3total 10800 5.1 2118
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Table 13: equivalised HHincome in DenmarkHH1 uncle 1500 1.0 1500HH2 grandfather 1800 0.5
grandmother 0 0.5father 2500 1.0mother 500 0.5child no. 2 1000 0.5child no. 3 600 0.3total 6400 3.3 1939
HH3 child no.1 400 0.5son-in-law 2500 1.0grandchild 0 0.3total 2900 1.8 1611
average household income 1683
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Table 14: equivalised HHincome in FranceHH1 uncle 1500 1.0 1500HH2 grandfather 1800 1.0
grandmother 0 0.5total 1800 1.5 1200
HH3 father 2500 1.0mother 500 0.5child no. 2 1000 0.5child no. 3 600 0.3total 4600 2.3 2000
HH4child no. 1 400 0.5son-in-law 2500 1.0grandchild 0 0.3total 2900 1.8 1611
average household income 1578
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Table 15: equivalised HHincome in LuxembourgHH1 uncle 1500 1.0 1500HH2grandfather 1800 1.0
grandmother 0 0.5total 1800 1.5 1200
HH3 father 2500 1.0mother 500 0.5child no. 3 600 0.3total 3600 1.8 2000
HH4child no. 1 400 0.5son-in-law 2500 1.0grandchild 0 0.3total 2900 1.8 1611
HH5child no. 2 1000 1.0 1000average household income 1462
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Table 16: equivalised HHincome in EnglandHH1 uncle 1500 1.0 1500HH2 grandfather 1800 1,0
grandmother 0 0,5total 1800 1,5 1200
HH3 father 2500 1,0 2500HH4 mother 500 1,0
child no. 3 600 0,3total 1100 1,3 846
HH5 child no. 1 400 0,5son-in-law 2500 1,0grandchild 0 0,3total 2900 1,8 1611
HH6 child no. 2 1000 0,1 1000average household income 1443
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Table 17:Socio-economic status (ISEI) of the household members* in Italy
HH No. ISCO-88ISEI overall statusHH1 uncle 7422 33grandfather 8285 30Father 3112 45Mother 7331 29son-in-law 2142 69 69*) All persons who are not employed and who, therefore, have no status of their own (ISEI), are not listed.
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Table 18: Socio-economic status (ISEI) of the household members* in Denmark
HH No. ISCO-88 ISEI overall statusHH1 uncle 7422 33 33HH2 grandfather 8285 30
father 3112 45 45mother 7331 29
HH3son-in-law 2142 69 69*) All persons who are not employed and who, therefore, have no status of
their own (ISEI), are not listed.
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Table 19:Socio-economic status (ISEI) of the household members* in France
HH No. ISCO-88ISEI overall statusHH1 uncle 7422 33 33HH2 grandfather 8285 30 30HH3 father 3112 45 45
mother 7331 29HH4son-in-law 2142 69 69*) All persons who are not employed and who, therefore, have no status of
their own (ISEI), are not listed.
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Table 20:Socio-economic status (ISEI) of the household members* in Luxembourg
HH No. ISCO-88 ISEI overall statusHH1 uncle 7422 33 33HH2 grandfather 8285 30 30HH3 father 3112 45 45
mother 7331 29HH4 son-in-law 2142 69 69HH5 child no. 2studying n/a see father*) All persons who are not employed and who, therefore, have no status of
their own (ISEI), are not listed.
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Table 21: Socio-economic status (ISEI) of the household members* in England
HH No. ISCO-88 ISEI overall statusHH1 uncle 7422 33 33HH2 grandfather 8285 30 30HH3 father 3112 45 45HH4 mother 7331 29 29HH5 son-in-law 2142 69 69HH6 child no. 2 studying n/a see father*) All persons who are not employed and who, therefore, have no status of their own (ISEI), are not listed.
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D. A proposal for harmonizing the household variable for comparative
surveys
• We propose four questions
• one question lists all persons who are members or not by using a show card
• Three questions deal with the combination of dwelling and household
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1. A household is built from all persons living together and have a common housekeeping.
These are (listed on a show card)
- yourself- all other adults living in this household permanently- all children and the babies living in this household permanently- all people in education, training, pupils and students being temporarily and momentarily absent
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(show card continued)
- also persons being momentarily absent because of the job, like weekend commuters, seasonal workers and persons being away for a construction job - people on community and civilian service, also military service- people being absent for maximal half a year because of sickness and holidays- people being absent for maximal half a year because of other reasons, like imprisonment on remand- also included are domestic workers, au-pairs and caregivers/nurses
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(show card continued)
Not counted as household members are:
- regular, professional soldiers and police men living in barracks and caserns
- family members living in nursing homes and homes for the elderly
- people being absent longer than half a year
- visitors and also long-time visitors
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1a. Please, fill in the number of persons:
2. Is this household spread over more than one dwelling?
yes no
If yes:
2a. How many different dwellings?
Please, fill in the number of dwellings:
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2b. In this dwelling, how many people share the common house keeping?
Please count again all persons also the children and the persons being absent for maximal half a year because of work, education, sickness or holidays.
Please, fill in the number of persons:
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E. Conclusion• Transparency of the household definition
– to data producers– to interviewers– to interviewees– to data users
• Common in-/exclusion rules of household membership– across countries– across cultures
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• Easier to survey
• Less discrepancies among the household configurations and types during the fieldwork
• More reliable information for cross-national and cross-cultural analyses obtained