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Changes to the Household Relationship Data in the Current Population Survey

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Working Paper Number: SEHSD-WP2017-40

This presentation covers four changes we’ve made to the household relationship data in the CPS over the last decade, including the introduction of a direct cohabitation question, changes to the parent identification questions, changes in our edit procedures for same-sex couples, and the expansion of the “husband or wife” and “unmarried partner” categories.

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