When duplicate households are identified, open the Household Transfer/Merge tool:
Look up the households you are merging, keeping the HH code you're maintaining on the right as the To Household.
The next screen lets you manipulate the order of family members and identify which are duplicates, if any.
Note: In the example above, Donald and Donnie will merge into one family member. Since the member number is 1, that person will be the Head of Household.
Make edits to the order, or to who will be merged, as necessary with the pencil icon:
Click Continue to finish the process.