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2005 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2001 - 2005
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Relationship to household head (US2005A_RELATE)

Data file: USA2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 274
End: 277
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US05A416 US05A596">3. How is this person related to Person 1?<br /><div class="i1">[For Person 1]<br />[] Person 1<br /><br />Person 1 is the person living or staying here in whose name this house or apartment is owned, being bought, or rented. If there is no such person, start with the name of any adult living or staying here.<br /><br />[For persons 2 - 5]<br />Relationship of Person [2 - 5] to Person 1.<br /><br />[] Husband or wife<br />[] Son or daughter<br />[] Brother or sister<br />[] Grandchild<br />[] In-law<br />[] Other relative<br />[] Roomer, boarder<br />[] Housemate, roommate<br />[] Unmarried partner<br />[] Foster child<br />[] Other nonrelative</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0101 Head/householder
0201 Spouse
0301 Child
0401 Child-in-law
0501 Parent
0601 Parent-in-law
0701 Sibling
0801 Sibling-in-Law
0901 Grandchild
1001 Other relatives, n.s.
1114 Unmarried partner
1115 Housemate/roommate
1241 Roomer/boarders/lodgers
1242 Foster children
1260 Other non-relatives
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates an individual's relationship to the head of household or householder.
Universe
United States 2005: All persons

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