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BRFSS POLICY MEMO 95.1
DEFINITIONS OF ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD AND HOUSEHOLD MEMBER

The following definitions are to be employed to determine eligibility for BRFSS interviewing:

Eligible Household
A housing unit which has a separate entrance, where occupants eat separately from other persons on the property, and which is occupied by its members as their principal or secondary place of residence.

Excluded are:

  1. Vacation homes occupied by household members for less than 30 days per year
     

  2. Group homes (sororities and fraternities, half-way houses, shelters, etc.)
     

  3. Institutions (nursing homes, college dormitories, etc.)

Household Member
All related adults (age 18 or older), unrelated adults, roomers, and servants who consider the household their home, even though they are not home at the time of the call, are considered household members. However, an adult family member who is currently living elsewhere at college, a military base, a nursing home, a jail, etc. is not considered a member of the household.

 




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