Household Demographics and Work Characteristics

Abstract

The 2011 CHFS collects information from 8,438 households consisting of 29,463 individuals. The average household size thus is 2.94, and is 2.67 for urban households and 3.18 for rural households. The sample contained 564 single-person households, accounting for 6.7 % of the sample; 1,792 two-person households, accounting for 21.24 % of the sample; 2,498 three-person households, accounting for 29.6 % of the sample; 1,583 four-person households, accounting for 18.76 % of the sample; 1,147 five-person households, accounting for 13.59 % of the sample; and 854 households with six or more persons, accounting for 10.12 % of the sample. Figure 2.1 illustrates the distribution of household size.