This class includes persons who live in a household in which one or more of the other household members is related to them by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption or is their foster parent or child.

 

This class includes persons who are reference persons within an economic family. The family reference person is determined through procedures specific to each survey. Options include the older spouse or partner, the first spouse or partner listed, the major income earner or the parent in a lone-parent family.

 

This class includes persons who are members of a couple in which the other member is an economic family reference person. The couple may be of opposite or same sex.

 

This class includes persons who are children of an economic family reference person. They may be children by birth, marriage or adoption or foster children. They can be of any age or marital status.

 

This class includes persons who are economic family persons but who are not the family reference person, are not the legally married spouse or common-law partner of the family reference person and are not a child of the family reference person.

 

This class includes persons who do not live in an economic family. This includes persons who live with people none of whom are related to them either by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption or are their foster parent or child. Persons living alone are always included here.