Concept selected: Reference person
- Definition
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Also known as the main breadwinner, he or she is the household member who regularly contributes most (rather than occasionally) to the household budget, in order to defray the common expenses thereof. The main breadwinner is not the person with the highest income (main source), but the one contributing most to the common budget.
- Source
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National Health Survey. Methodology
- Topic
- Statistical operations (links to the Inventory of Statistical Operations)
- Concepts associated
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