Survey of Financial Security (SFS)

Type of family unit, type

Type refers to a general character, form, or a characteristic that distinguishes a particular group or class of things.

Family unit refers to economic families (a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption) or unattached individuals (a person living either alone or with others to whom he or she is unrelated).

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

• Type of family unit