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Data Elements: 3.15 Relationship to Head of Household (HoH)
Data Element
Identify one member of a household to whom all other household members can be associated. A household is a single individual or a group of persons who apply together to a continuum project for assistance and who live together in one dwelling unit, or for persons who are not housed, who would live together in one dwelling unit if they were housed.
There must be ONLY ONE Head of Household for each enrollment.
Where two or more people under the age of 18 present at a project together and one of the people presenting is not the child of the other (e.g., brother and sister), each person should be entered as their own record in their own household.
In a household of a single individual, that person must be identified as the head of the household.
Options:
- Self (Head of Household) - There cannot be more than one Head of Household for any given enrollment.
- Head of Households child
- Head of Households spouse or partner
- Head of Household's other relation member (other relation to Head of Household)
- Other: non-relation member
Data Element Type
3.15 Relationship to Head of Household is a Universal Data Element ( HUD).
Collection Point
Project start for all clients in household.
Why It Matters
Facilitates the identification and enumeration of households and enables reporting on household composition.
Data Quality
The Data Completeness Report looks for missing information, for multiple Head of Households per enrollment or response of Data Not Collected. To correct: e nter value, if known on the Project Start Assessment.