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MULTI-HOUSEHOLD ADDRESSES
Most sampled addresses will contain just one household, but sometimes you may
come across a multi-household address. This may occur, for example, when the
sampled address is divided into flats which are not separately listed on the
PAF . About 2% of all addresses are multi-occupied but the proportion will be
higher in Scotland and large cities.
The PAF identifies some probable multi-household or multi-occupied addresses;
these are indicated on the address list in the colunm headed lM. O1 . (Multi-
occupancy indicator ) . Howev+r, not all multi-household addresses can be
identified in this way as some addresses may contain more than one household
even though the M.O. column is blank. Also the M.O. indicator may differ from
the actual number of households at the address.
ENGLAND AND WALES
In England and Wales you should use the CONCEALED MULTI-HOUSEHOLD procedure ( see
page 11 ) for ALL multi-household addresses you find whether the M.O. column is
blank or not. ~Intertiewers who have worked on the survey in pretious years
should note that this is a departure from the procedure used in the past) .
SCCTLAND
In Scotland howe-r you should use the PRE-SAMPLED MULTI-HOUSEHOLD procedure
(see page 15) at all addresses with an M.O. indicator of 3 or more, and the
CONCEALED MULTI-HOUSEHOLD procedure (see page 11 ) for all other multi-household
addresses you find.
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