P4. Families [1] - Summary Tape File 3 (STF3) - Census 1990

Data Dictionary:

Census 1990

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Survey: Census 1990

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Data set: Summary Tape File 3 (STF3)

Table:

P4. Families [1]

Universe: Families

Table Details

P4.

Families

Universe: Families

Variable	Label
P004_001	Families

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3 on CD-ROM [machine-readable data files] / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1991.
	Summary Tape File 3 -> Appendix B. Definitions of Subject Characteristics -> Population Characteristics -> Household Type and Relationship -> Relationship to Householder -> Family Type

Family Type

A family consists of a householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. All persons in a household who are related to the householder are regarded as members of his or her family. A household can contain only one family for purposes of census tabulations. Not all households contain families since a household may comprise a group of unrelated persons or one person living alone.

Families are classified by type as either a "married-couple family" or "other family" according to the sex of the householder and the presence of relatives. The data on family type are based on answers to questions on sex and relationship which were asked on a 100-percent basis.

Married-Couple Family

A family in which the householder and his or her spouse are enumerated as members of the same household.