Data Dictionary: | ACS 2012 (3-Year Estimates) |
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Survey: ACS 2012 (3-Year Estimates)
Data Source: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau |
Table: | T85. Households with Earnings [3] |
Universe: Households
Table Details
T85. | Households with Earnings | ||||||||
Universe: Households | |||||||||
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Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2012 3yr Summary File: Technical Documentation. |
ACS 2012-3yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A: Supplemental Documentation -> 2010-2012 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Household Type and Relationship -> Household |
A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit. (People not living in households are classified as living in group quarters.) A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other people in the building and which have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living arrangements.
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2012 3yr Summary File: Technical Documentation. |
ACS 2012-3yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A: Supplemental Documentation -> 2010-2012 Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Income Type in the Past 12 Months -> Earnings |
Earnings are defined as the sum of wage or salary income and net income from self-employment. "Earnings" represent the amount of income received regularly for people 16 years old and over before deductions for personal income taxes, Social Security, bond purchases, union dues, Medicare deductions, etc. An individual with earnings is one who has either wage/salary income or self-employment income, or both. Respondents who "break even" in self-employment income and therefore have zero self-employment earnings also are considered "individuals with earnings."