A household, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, includes 

 all the persons who occupy a house , an apartment or other group of 

 rooms, or a room , that constitutes a dv/elling unit. In general, a 

 group of rooms occupied as separate living quarters is a dwelling 

 unit if it has separate cooking equipment or a separate entrance; 

 a single room occupied as separate living quarters is a dwelling 

 unit if it has separate cooking equipment or if it constitutes the 

 only living quarters in the structure . A household includes the 

 related family members £.nd also the unrelated persons, if any, 

 such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share 

 the dwelling unit. A person living alone in a dwelling unit or a 

 group of unrelated persons sharing the same dwelling unit as 

 partners is also counted as a household. 



A. Sampling Procedure 



The following procedure should be used in selecting the house- 

 holds to be interviewed : 



1. Count the total number of households in the district by 

 driving or walking through the area. You may start at 

 any point; however, it is imperative that you count all 

 households, including all standard households, all apart- 

 ments, single and multiple room dwellings, and all small 

 dwellings which may be set back from the street, face an 

 alley, or which may be located behind other houses. 



2. Decide upon the starting place and the exact route which 

 you T;ill follow in selecting the households to be inter- 

 viewed. The predetermined route must also be decided upon 

 in any apartment houses located in the district. The 

 starting point or the route to be followed is not impor- 

 tant as long as it is determined before selecting the 

 first household. 



3. Divide the number of households counted (in niomber 1, 

 above) by the sampling rate given to you by your super- 

 visor. The sampling rate may not be the same for every 

 district. This will give you the approximate number of 

 households to be interviewed providing your answer is 6 

 or less. If your answer is 6 or less, follow the instuc- 

 ticns in paragraph (a) belov7. If your answer is more 

 than 6, follow instructions in paragraph (b) below. 



(a) Select the number of the first household to be 



intervievred along the predetermined route by using 

 the random numbers given to you by your supervisor. 

 The second household will be determined by adding 

 the sampling rate to the number of the first house- 

 hold. The third household mil be determined by 

 adding the sampling rate to the number of the second 

 household. This procedure is follov;ed until you 

 reach the end of your predetermined route at which 



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