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Comparison of Estimates of Same-Sex Couple Households from the ACS and CPS
Comparison of Estimates of Same-Sex Couple Households from the ACS and CPS
Background
- There has been a growing demand for estimates of same-sex couples. Much of the academic and federal research has focused on the American Community Survey (ACS).
- Research has yet to focus on the variety of Census Bureau surveys, which could be useful if researchers are interested in questions not included on the ACS.
- We use the 2010 Current Population Survey (CPS) as a test comparison to the 2009 ACS.
- Prior to 2010, all reported married same-sex couples in the CPS were changed to be their opposite-sex counterpart. In 2010, for the first time, they were all edited to be same-sex unmarried partners. This change in edits allows us to be able to estimate same-sex couple households in the CPS.
- We believe that comparing the demographics of same-sex couple households using these two surveys will allow us to evaluate the quality of the CPS estimates, along with verifying the overall reliability of the estimatesin both surveys.
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Page Last Revised - October 8, 2021
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