Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘reference period’ means the period to which a particular item of information relates; (2) ‘current calendar year’ means the calendar year of the interview; (3) ‘sample person’ means a member of a private household who is at least 16 years old on 1 January of the current calendar year; (4) ‘sample household’ means a private household containing at least one sample person; (5) ‘age’ of a person means the age in completed years on 1 January of the current calendar year; (6) ‘reference person’ means the household member who is at least 16 years old and who contributes most to the total income of the household; (7) ‘collection unit’ means a household or person with certain characteristics to which or whom the information collected pertains; (8) ‘household respondent’ means the sample person from whom household-level information is obtained; (9) ‘diary’ means a template (electronic or paper) in which households and/or household members record all items of daily consumption and/or expenditure; (10) ‘recording period’ means the period for which a consumption expenditure diary is maintained by the household and/or individual.