DHDSEX: Sex of household head
+--------------------+---------------------+----------+ | Sex of | Resident status | Total | | household head +----------+----------+ | | |Residents | Visitors | | +--------------------+----------+----------+----------+ | 1 Male | 148539 | 950 | 149489 | | | 69.3% | 68.3% | 69.3% | | | | | | | 2 Female | 65809 | 441 | 66250 | | | 30.7% | 31.7% | 30.7% | | | | | | | Total | 214348 | 1391 | 215739 | | | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | +--------------------+----------+----------+----------+
The head of household is usually taken to be the first person entered on the Census form, provided they are a) 16 years or older and b) usually resident. Omits households with 12+ persons and households headed by an under-16 year old.
DHDSEX is derived from SEXHEAD, which gives a value of 0 to all non-household heads or 'heads' aged under 16, and gives to heads of household aged 16 or above a value which is equivalent to the value of that person's sex. DHDSEX selects the highest value of SEXHEAD across each household, which will correspond to the sex of the household head.
DHDSEX
1 Male 2 Female
SEXHEAD derives the sex of household heads. It is derived from HEAD and SEX.
CODE MEANING
0 Not the household head
1-2 Sex of household head HEAD (1), SEX (1-2)