Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:21:08 +0000 By Prof. Eustarckio Kazonga A household is a group of people who normally live and eat together. These may or may not be related by blood, marriage or adoption, but make common provision for food or other essentials for living and they have only one person whom they all regard as the head. A household can also have one member (Central Statistical Office (CSO), 2010). The United Nations Statistics Division emphasises that household surveys are an important source of socio-economic data. Important indicators to inform and monitor development policies are often derived from such surveys. This article focuses on some of the statistics regarding households and how decisions can be made based on them. In order clarify the concept of household statistics, the Central Statistical Office’s is used as an example. Sample of Major Findings from the Households and Housing Characteristics Report The Households and Housing Characteristics Report […]
