Data Dictionary: | ACS 2017 (5-Year Estimates) |
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Survey: ACS 2017 (5-Year Estimates)
Data Source: | U.S. Census Bureau |
Table: | B11004. Family Type by Presence and Age of Related Children Under 18 Years [20] |
Universe: Universe: Families
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B11004. | Family Type by Presence and Age of Related Children Under 18 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 2017 ACS 1-year and 2013-2017 ACS 5-year Data Releases : Technical Documentation. |
2017 ACS 1-year and 2013-2017 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.
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; 2017 ACS 1-year and 2013-2017 ACS 5-year Data Releases : Technical Documentation. |
2017 ACS 1-year and 2013-2017 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 -> Related Child |
Any child under 18 years old who is related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. Related children of the householder include ever-married as well as never-married children. Children, by definition, exclude persons under 18 years who maintain households or are spouses or unmarried partners of householders.