National Household Survey (NHS)

Living in a family household (for person), category

Living in a family household refers to whether or not the person lives in a household that contains at least one census family.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Living in a family household

  'Person in family household' is referred to as 'Persons in households with at least one census family'. 'Person in non-family household' is referred to as 'Persons in non-census family households'.