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Family household

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-000692

A family includes a householder and one or more people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. All people in a household who are related to the householder are regarded as members of his or her family.

A family household may contain people not related to the householder, but those people are not included as part of the householder's family in census tabulations. Thus, the number of family households is equal to the number of families, but family households may include more members than do families. 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 people or one person living alone.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-000692
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoHousehold; Householder
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000692",
  "term": "Family household",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "A family includes a householder and one or more people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. All people in a household who are related to the householder are regarded as members of his or her family.\n\nA family household may contain people not related to the householder, but those people are not included as part of the householder's family in census tabulations. Thus, the number of family households is equal to the number of families, but family households may include more members than do families. 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 people or one person living alone.",
  "see_also": [
    "Household",
    "Householder"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/family-household/"
}

Record 692 of 2,177 in Economic statistics terminology (MLC-0116). Request the full dataset.