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.,. <br />Current Population Survey (CPS) - <br />Definitions and Explanations <br />Iatrodnettora <br />The defmitiom and exPlanatiom found in neporb in ti1e Ctvrent Popalatton Rsporrs series issued <br />by the Census Barran are largely drawn from various technical and procedu~ tneteriala used is <br />the collection of data in the Current Foptdatiast 3 <br />refer to torrent definitiaas. Fos ~'eY• The concept defined below generally <br />before 1990. the user should Cow ~ on earlier surveys ep~,vy those published <br />contimre to evolve, definitiom Pfd ~ for those years, As reports ~ ~Yeya <br />may also abet to accommodate these <br />to significant ncepb presented in the c~O~ We will alert <br />thanQas in the co reports released ~ the users <br />them to accuraoely interpret tlse data for historical Comparisons. Internet to enable <br /> <br />Household. <br />A hotrselald consist of ai! the people who occupy a houahrg unit. A house, an app <br />moccupied or in o got ~ a shtgle t+oom, is n;garded as a housing unit wimp it is <br />saxes gbmHora the oubide or ~ ~aY 9ua~n: Chet is, when tlm d~ <br />throttglt ~YCOmoton ha0. ~n the structtne sad them is <br />a <br />A household includes the related family membbra a~ aU the unrelated peopis ~~R <br />person livin~alotm~in a ~~• ~s ~ employees who shone the housing unit. A <br />unit such as permere or ~_~~ ~' a a ~P of ttm~elsted people shar(ng a housing <br />exclude _ .~~~rs. is also cotmted as a lausehold The cant of lauseltolds <br />~~lY (~ definidom oOf F t~ ~~ c~Orip of heUaehplds ^Fs...:l..w ~ <br />amity household sod Nottfitmily household} <br />Uolb ie strneture, <br />In the determination of the number otunib in a sttucnms aU <br />and vacarrr, were counted, The statistics are pmaented in Comte obo ~gn ~both~ fed <br />hottaing unit in stntcturcs of specified ~ rat in Coons of the number of residential <br />sontcttrrea, <br />Page 1 of 2 ~ {~ <br />