Rules on follow-up
Article 8
1. Sample persons, co-residents and sample households shall be observed for the purpose of the survey over the duration of the panel in accordance with the rules set out in paragraphs 2 to 7. 2. Sample persons moving to a private household within the national territory covered in the survey shall be followed to the location of the household. 3. Sample persons who are temporarily away from the household but who are still considered members of the household shall be covered by the survey in that household. 4. Sample persons who are no longer members of a private household, or who have moved outside the national territory covered in the survey or to an institution, shall be dropped from the survey. 5. Co-residents living in a household containing at least one sample person shall be followed. 6. Co-residents living in a household not containing any sample person shall be dropped from the survey. 7. A sample household shall be dropped from the survey in the following situations: (a) the household was not enumerated for a single year due to either of the following reasons: (1) the address was impossible to locate; (2) the address was non-residential or unoccupied; (3) there was no information on what happened to the household (the household was lost); (4) the household refused to cooperate; (b) the household was not contacted in the first year of the panel or in two consecutive years of the panel due to either of the following reasons: (1) it was not possible to access the address; (2) the whole household was temporarily away or unable to respond due to incapacity or illness or for other serious reasons.