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Families & Living Arrangements Working Papers
Families & Living Arrangements Working Papers
Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.
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Working Paper
The Impact of a Mother' s Decision to Work
Do children with stay-at-home mothers have higher adult earnings or more labor force experience by a given age?
Working Paper
The Living Arrangements of Young Adults in the U.S. 1995-2011
Examines how changes in living arrangements for young adults over the period were affected by the recession.
Working Paper
Marital Homogamy and Economic Vulnerability During the Great Recession
Examines whether those employed/formerly employed in occupations that were hard‐hit by the recession were more likely to have employed partners after recession.
Working Paper
Changing the Face of Poor Lone Mothers
This paper analyzes how changes in poverty measurement affect the poverty rate of lone mother families.
Working Paper
Alternative Strategies for Grouping People into Resource Units
Investigates how poverty estimates change when additional interpersonal relationship information is available.
Working Paper
Historical Marriage Trends from 1890-2010
This paper views the history of marriage by sex and race, describing trends among those never married at age 35 and age 45 and older.
Working Paper
Same-Sex Couples’ Consistency in Reports of Marital Status
Limited research has examined how same-sex couples report their marital status.
Working Paper
New Relationship and Marital Status Questions
In Aug. 2009, the Secretary of Comm. directed the OMB to establish a task force to research issues related to the collection & tabulation of relationship data.
Working Paper
Classifying Relationship and Marital Status among Same-Sex Couples
For purposes of official statistics, relationship to the householder is often used to build and define household units.
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