Direct participationrefers to a situation where the designated respondent provides the requested information by him or herself.
family homemeans a housing unit occupied by the members of a multi-person household, as well as by a person who spends some time elsewhere but retains close ties with the members of the multi-person private household, especially through family relationships or regular stays;
household expensesmeans expenses incurred by private household members in relation to providing themselves with the essentials of living.
household membermeans the usual resident of a private household;
housing unitmeans a building, part thereof, other premises or living quarters used for human habitation and includes ‘conventional dwellings’ and ‘other housing units’ as defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1201/2009;
Indirect participationrefers to a situation where the information requested to the designated respondent has been provided by a third person (i.e. proxy respondent) without being validated by the designated respondent.
institutionmeans a legal body or establishment providing a group of people with long-term housing and the amenities and services needed for daily life.
multi-person private householdmeans a private household where a group of two or more persons usually reside together in a housing unit or part of a housing unit and share income or household expenses with the other household members;
norefers to the absence of any long-standing or chronic health problem as perceived by the respondent.
one-person private householdmeans a private household where a person usually resides alone in a separate housing unit or occupies, as a lodger, a separate room or rooms of a housing unit but does not join with any of the other occupants of the housing unit to form a multi-person household;
sharing household incomemeans contributing to the private household income or benefitting from the private household income, or both;
yesrefers to the occurrence of one or more long-standing or chronic health problems, and ‘no’ refers to the absence of any long-standing or chronic health problem as perceived by the respondent.