huishouddata
Huishouddata, Dutch for household data, is a category of data describing households and their members, used to study demographic, economic, and social patterns. It covers who lives in a household, the relationships among residents, and the living conditions and resources of the household.
Typical variables include household size and composition, dwelling type and tenure, income and expenditures, employment status
Sources include national statistical offices, census operations, large-scale household surveys, and administrative registers. Data may be
Applications include monitoring poverty and inequality, evaluating housing and energy policies, planning services and infrastructure, and
Challenges involve ensuring representativeness, harmonizing definitions across surveys, maintaining data quality, and handling privacy when linking
See also: national statistics office, census, household survey, microdata.