2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset
United States, 2011 - 2015
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USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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United States Census Bureau, IPUMS
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- USA2015_PHC-H-H
- USA2015_PHC-P-H
Number of own family members in household (US2015A_FAMSIZE)
Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
282
End:
283
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">How many people are living or staying at this address? </span><ul class="b1">
<li>Include everyone who is living or staying here for more than 2 months.</li>
<li>Include yourself if you are living here for more than 2 months.</li>
<li>Include anyone else staying here who does not have another place to stay, even if they are here for 2 months or less.</li>
<li>Do not include anyone who is living somewhere else for more than 2 months, such as a college student living away or someone in the Armed Forces on deployment.</li>
</ul><p>Number of people _ _</p>
<p>2. How is this person related to Person 1? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Husband or wife <br />[] Biological son or daughter <br />[] Adopted son or daughter<br />[] Stepson or stepdaughter <br />[] Brother or sister <br />[] Father or mother<br />[] Grandchild<br />[] Parent-in-law<br />[] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law<br />[] Other relative<br />[] Roomer or boarder<br />[] Housemate or roommate<br />[] Unmarried partner<br />[] Foster child<br />[] Other nonrelative</div>
<li>Include everyone who is living or staying here for more than 2 months.</li>
<li>Include yourself if you are living here for more than 2 months.</li>
<li>Include anyone else staying here who does not have another place to stay, even if they are here for 2 months or less.</li>
<li>Do not include anyone who is living somewhere else for more than 2 months, such as a college student living away or someone in the Armed Forces on deployment.</li>
</ul><p>Number of people _ _</p>
<p>2. How is this person related to Person 1? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Husband or wife <br />[] Biological son or daughter <br />[] Adopted son or daughter<br />[] Stepson or stepdaughter <br />[] Brother or sister <br />[] Father or mother<br />[] Grandchild<br />[] Parent-in-law<br />[] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law<br />[] Other relative<br />[] Roomer or boarder<br />[] Housemate or roommate<br />[] Unmarried partner<br />[] Foster child<br />[] Other nonrelative</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | 1 family member present |
| 02 | 2 family members present |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |
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 the number of own family members in household.
Universe
United States 2015: All persons
concept
Concept