Data Dictionary: | ACS 2015 (1-Year Estimates) |
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Survey: ACS 2015 (1-Year Estimates)
Data Source: | U.S. Census Bureau |
Data set: American Community Survey 2015 (ACS15)
Table: | B17011. Aggregate Income Deficit (Dollars) in the Past 12 Months for Families by Family Type [5] |
Universe: Universe: Families with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level
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B17011. | Aggregate Income Deficit (Dollars) in the Past 12 Months for Families by Family Type | ||||||||||||
Universe: Universe: Families with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level | |||||||||||||
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Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 2015 ACS 1-year and 2011-2015 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation. |
2015 ACS 1-year and 2011-2015 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A: Supplemental Documentation -> 2014 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months -> Aggregate Income Deficit |
Aggregate income deficit refers only to those families or unrelated individuals who are classified as below the poverty level. It is defined as the group (e.g., type of family) sum total of differences between the appropriate threshold and total family income or total personal income. Aggregate income deficit is subject to rounding, which means that all cells in a matrix are rounded to the nearest hundred dollars. (For more information, see "Aggregate" under "Derived Measures.")
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 2015 ACS 1-year and 2011-2015 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation. |
2015 ACS 1-year and 2011-2015 ACS 5-year Data Releases: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A: Supplemental Documentation -> 2014 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Household Type and Relationship -> Average Household Size -> Relationship to Householder -> Family Households |
A family consists of a householder and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. All people in a household who are related to the householder are regarded as members of his or her family. A family household may contain people not related to the householder, but those people are not included as part of the householder's family in tabulations. Thus, the number of family households is equal to the number of families, but family households may include more members than do families. A household can contain only one family for purposes of tabulations. Not all households contain families since a household may be comprised of a group of unrelated people or of one person living alone - these are called nonfamily households. Families are classified by type as either a "married- couple family" or "other family" according to the sex of the householder and the presence of relatives. The data on family type are based on answers to questions on sex and relationship that were asked of all people.
Other Family:
- Male Householder, No Wife Present -A family with a male householder and no spouse of householder present.
- Female Householder, No Husband Present - A family with a female householder and no spouse of householder present.
Family households and married-couple families include same-sex married couples, beginning with the 2013 data.
- Married-Couple Family -
- Male Householder, No Wife Present -A family with a male householder and no spouse of householder present.
- Female Householder, No Husband Present - A family with a female householder and no spouse of householder present.
Family households and married-couple families include same-sex married couples, beginning with the 2013 data.