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Economic Family Structure

Detailed classification:


-- Total economic families
 
-- -- Couple families
 
-- -- -- Without relatives present*
-- -- -- -- Without child(ren) at home
 
-- -- -- -- With child(ren) at home
-- -- -- -- -- Without foster/guardianship child(ren) present
-- -- -- -- -- With foster/guardianship child(ren) present
 
-- -- -- With relatives present**
-- -- -- -- Without child(ren) at home
 
-- -- -- -- With child(ren) at home
-- -- -- -- -- Without foster/guardianship child(ren) present
-- -- -- -- -- With foster/guardianship child(ren) present
 
-- -- Female lone-parent families
 
-- -- -- Without relatives present***
-- -- -- -- Without foster/guardianship child(ren) present
-- -- -- -- With foster/guardianship child(ren) present
 
-- -- -- With relatives present****
-- -- -- -- Without foster/guardianship child(ren) present
-- -- -- -- With foster/guardianship child(ren) present
 
-- -- Male lone-parent families
 
-- -- -- Without relatives present***
-- -- -- -- Without foster/guardianship child(ren) present
-- -- -- -- With foster/guardianship child(ren) present
 
-- -- -- With relatives present****
-- -- -- -- Without foster/guardianship child(ren) present
-- -- -- -- With foster/guardianship child(ren) present
 
-- -- Other economic family types

* Couple families without relatives present contain only one husband-wife family.

** Couple families with relatives present may contain more than one census family , of which the additional families may be either (or both) couple families or lone-parent families. They may or may not also contain related non-census family persons.

*** Lone-parent families without relatives present contain only one lone-parent family.

**** Lone-parent families with relatives present may contain more than one census-family, of which the additional families may be either (or both) couple families or lone-parent families. They may or may not also contain related non-census family persons.




Collapsed classification:


-- Total economic families
 
-- -- Couple families
-- -- Lone parent families
-- -- Other economic family types


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