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Families and Households Working Papers
Families and Households Working Papers
Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.
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Working Paper
Measurement Error: Relationship Status of Same-Sex Couples, 2009 ACS
Examines predictors of same-sex couples reporting their relationship as "husband or wife" using 2009 ACS 1-year internal data and logistic regression.
Working Paper
Demographics of Same-Sex Couple Households with Children
This Demographics of Same-Sex Couple Households with Children working paperis on Families and Living Arrangements.
Working Paper
The Impact of the 2007-2009 Recession on Mothers’ Employment
This recession has been particularly severe for men and women, as they are both experiencing unprecedented levels of long-term unemployment.
Working Paper
Variation in Formation of Complex Family Households during Recession
This working paper Variation in the Formation of Complex Family Households during the Recession is from Families and Living Arrangements.
Working Paper
Variation in the Formation of Family Households during the Recession
This paper examines how complex family households changed during the recessionary period (2007-2009) with 1-year and 3-year data from the ACS.
Working Paper
Evaluating Use of Family Equalization for ACS Weighting Methodology
Evaluated the effects of change in weighting methodology in both the 2006 and 2007 ACS.
Working Paper
Unit of Analysis for Poverty Measurement
This paper examines how the change in unit of analysis from the family definition used impacts the composition of family units.
Working Paper
A Longitudinal Analysis of the Stability of Household Money Demand
This study utilizes longitudinal data to take another look and find that volatility in the demand for non-interest-earning checking accounts.
Working Paper
Geographic Adjustments of Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds
The ITWG suggested that the poverty thresholds be adjusted for price differences across geographic areas.
Working Paper
The Supplemental Poverty Measure
This paper presents estimates of the prevalence of poverty in the US, overall and for selected demographic subgroups, for the official and SPM measures.
Working Paper
Intra-Family Differences in Health Insurance Coverage
This paper gives a tabular analysis of the characteristics of Medicaid children and parents that have discordant coverage.
Working Paper
Demographics of Same-Sex Couple Households with Children
This paper specifically examines the socio-demographic characteristics of same-sex couple households with children, using the 2009 ACS internal data files.
Working Paper
The Effects of Recession on Household Composition
The current recession presents the opportunity to study the effect of economic strain on contemporary family behavior and household structure.
Working Paper
Contexts of Racial Socialization
Transracial adoption, that is, the adoption of a non-White child by White parents, has existed for over fifty years.
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