Using Names to Improve Measurement of Same-Sex Married Couples in the American Community Survey

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Introduction

The editing procedures for same-sex partners were revised in the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS). This poster estimates error in the ACS estimates of same-sex married couples using a names index to assess the likelihood that married couples are same- versus opposite-sex, with attention to differences in results for respondents missing data on relationship and/or sex, to evaluate the new edit procedure.

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