On the Leontief Structure of Household Populations

In a given population, we consider the age distribution of all persons in households & the age distribution of household-heads or household-markers. We show that the formal relationship holding between the two age distributions is equivalent to the input-output relationship in the Leontief model of the open economy. The notions of household composition & household accommodation which have emerged independently over the past two decades, are shown to be formally linked within this relationship. 3 Tables, 10 References. Adapted from the source document.