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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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Number of own siblings in household (US2015A_NSIBS)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 292
End: 292
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
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
0 siblings
1 1 sibling
2 2 siblings
3 3 siblings
4 4 siblings
5 5 siblings
6 6 siblings
7 7 siblings
8 8 siblings
9 9 or more siblings
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 siblings in household.
Universe
United States 2015: All persons

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