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Identifiers / Census Family
cfid Identifier for a census family 
d31cf26 Census family identifier 

Variable descriptions

cfid - Identifier for a census family

  • Type and length: Character(16.0) Format: PPWFHHHHHHHHffcc
  • Description: Unique identifier for a census family. Census families are defined only within economic families within households. The proposed structure for this entity implies a strong assertion: family definitions are fixed at only one point in time for each reference year. This point in time is December 31 of each reference year. The format of this field is: PPWFHHHHHHHHffcc P - panel identifier W - wave identifier F - phase identifier H - unique identifier for household f - unique family identifier within 1 household within a year c - unique census family identifier within 1 economic family within 1 household
  • Population:
  • Range and codes:
    • 9999999999999996 Interim Processing Code
    • 9999999999999997 Don't Know
    • 9999999999999998 Refusal
    • 9999999999999999 Not Applicable

d31cf26 - Census family identifier

  • Type and length: Character(2.0) Format: cc
  • Description: Unique identifier, within a household/economic family, of the census family to which the respondent belonged as of December 31 of the reference year. The format of this field is: cc c - unique census family identifier within 1 household/economic family within a year
  • Population: All persons
  • Range and codes:
    • 00:95
    • 96 Interim Processing Code
    • 97 Don't Know
    • 98 Refusal
    • 99 Not Applicable