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Although terms like "families" and "households" are familiar to all of us, they are used in particular ways in Census Bureau products. See below for definitions of some commonly used terms.
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In CPS tables labeled as family groups, each married couple or parent/child group is counted separately, even if they reside in the same household. So, for example, if a household consists of a married couple, one of whom is the householder, and their adult daughter and her child, the married couple will be one family group, and the adult daughter and her child will be a second family group.
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