How to fill in your questionnaire
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Extra Guidance for Questions H1 to H5
Children with parents who live apart
Children with parents who live apart must be included on the questionnaire at the address where they spend the most time, in household questions H1 to H3 and H13, and individual questions 1 to 38.
If they are staying at their other address on the night of 27 March 2011, they must also be included on the questionnaire at that other address in household questions H4 and H5, and in the continuation of H5 at the end of the questionnaire.
If they spend their time equally between two addresses, they should only be included in household questions H1 to H3 and H13, and individual questions 1 to 38, at the address where they are staying on the night of 27 March 2011.
Students and schoolchildren who live away from home during term-time
All students and schoolchildren who live away from home during term-time must be included on a questionnaire at both their term-time and home addresses.
- At their home address they must be included in household questions H1 to H3 and H13, and individual questions 1 to 6.
- At their term-time address they must be included in household question H1 to H3 and H13, and individual questions 1 to 38.
People from outside the UK
People from outside the UK whose total length of stay in the UK will be 6 months or more must be included on the questionnaire at the address where they usually stay in the UK. They must be included in household question h1 to H3 and H13, and individual questions 1 to 38.
If their total length of stay is less than 6 months, they must be included on the questionnaire at the address where they usually stay in the UK in household questions H4 and H5, and the continuation of H5 at the end of the questionnaire.
Households away on 27 March 2011
If this address is unoccupied on the night of 27 March 2011 because the whole household is away, the questionnaire should be filled in as soon as possible when they return.
If nobody lives in the property, please complete household questions H6 to H9 only.
People with more than one UK address
People with more than one address in the UK need to be included on a questionnaire at their permanent or family home address.
- At their permanent or family home address they must be included on the questionnaire in household questions H1 to H3 and H13, and individual questions 1 to 38.
- If they are staying at their second address on the night of 27 March 2011 they must also be included on the questionnaire at that second address, but only in household questions H4 and H5, and the continuation of H5 on the back page.
- If they do not have a permanent or family home address they must be included on the questionnaire at the address where they spend the most time, in household questions H1 to H3 and H13, and individual questions 1 to 38.
People temporarily away from home
If someone is temporarily away on the night of 27 March 2011 and this is their permanent or family home, include them in household questions H1 to H3 and H13 and individual questions 1 to 38. This includes people who are:
- staying, or expecting to stay, in a residential establishment such as a hospital, care home or hostel, for less than 6 months
- living away from home while working, on holiday or travelling (unless outside the UK for 12 months or more)
- members of the Armed Forces
- staying at their second address
- visiting friends or relatives; or
- in prison on remand (for any length of time), or sentenced to less than 6 months in prison
Do not include anyone who is:
- staying, or expecting to stay, in a residential establishment for 6 months or more; or
- in prison, convicted and sentenced to 6 months or more, or who is waiting to be sentenced
These people will be included at their establishment.
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