Group Type
https://publicschema.org/vocab/group-type
Categories used as an interoperability classifier for group records in external or flat data models. In native PublicSchema modeling, the concrete Group subtype remains authoritative; this vocabulary supports mapping and export.
Values
| Code | Label | Standard code | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
household | Household | Classifier for group records that represent a household. Operational definitions vary across countries and programs, commonly combining co-residence, shared budget, shared cooking, kinship, and administrative registration. | |
family | Family | Classifier for group records that represent a family or kinship unit, which may span multiple households. | |
farm | Farm | Classifier for group records that represent an agricultural production unit, often household-based, used in agricultural or social protection programs. | |
other | Other | Classifier for a group record whose external category does not fit the other canonical group-type values. |
System mappings
OpenSPP
System vocabulary: Group Type
| System code | System label | group-type value |
|---|---|---|
household | Household | household |
family | Family | family |
Not covered by OpenSPP: farm, other
openIMIS
System vocabulary: FamilyType
| System code | System label | group-type value |
|---|---|---|
N | Nuclear | family |
E | Extended | family |
S | Single Parent | family |
O | Other | other |
H | Household | household |
G | Group | other |
Not covered by openIMIS: farm
DCI
System vocabulary: AssistanceUnitEnum
| System code | System label | group-type value |
|---|---|---|
2 | Household | household |
3 | Family | family |
1 | Member (Person/Individual) | out of scope |
Not covered by DCI: farm, other
Referenced by this vocabulary
- UN Census Rev.3 United Nations Statistics Division, 2017
Other references
- UN Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses (Rev.3) prose guidance Defines household and family as statistical units. No standard code system for group type classification exists.
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