Description
HHTYPE is a constructed variable that mirrors the household type variable that the Census Bureau created in its 2000 PUMS sample.
HHTYPE classifies all households as either family or nonfamily households. Family households are distinguished from nonfamily households using RELATE. A family household consists of a household head and one or more persons who are related to the household head by birth, marriage, or adoption and who are living together in the same household. According to the household head's SEX and MARST, family households are classified as either a married-couple family or a family headed by a man/woman without a spouse present. Family households with no spouse present include household heads of all marital statuses except married, spouse present (see MARST). Households where an unmarried partner is present are classified as family households only if there are other persons in the household who are related to the household head by birth, marriage, or adoption. Therefore, households containing only a household head and an unmarried partner are coded as nonfamily households. Nonfamily households are distinguished by the sex of the household head and the presence of other unrelated individuals (including partners) living in the household.
Comparability
No information available.Universe
- United States 1900: All households other than group quarters and household fragments
- United States 1910: All households other than group quarters and household fragments
Codes and Frequencies
Availability
- United States: 1900, 1910
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