Family and Household

FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD

RAMESES A. FRANCIA

FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD• FAMILY 

A GROUP OF PEOPLE AFFILIATED EITHER BY CONSANGUINITY, AFFINITY OR CO-RESIDENCE.  

• HOUSEHOLD IS COMPOSED OF ONE OR MORE PEOPLE WHO OCCUPY A HOUSING UNIT.

• NOT ALL HOUSEHOLDS CONTAIN FAMILIES.

TYPES OF HOUSEHOLDS

1. Family households2. Nonfamily households 3. one-person household

FAMILY HOUSEHOLDSCONSIST OF TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RELATED BY BIRTH, MARRIAGE, OR ADOPTION, ALTHOUGH THEY ALSO MAY INCLUDE OTHER UNRELATED PEOPLE.

- U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

FAMILY HOUSEHOLDSSPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE) IS A PERSON MARRIED TO AND LIVING WITH A HOUSEHOLDER.  PEOPLE IN FORMAL MARRIAGES, AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN COMMON-LAW MARRIAGES, ARE INCLUDED. 

FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS• CHILD.  A CHILD IS A SON OR DAUGHTER BY BIRTH, A STEPCHILD, OR AN

ADOPTED CHILD OF THE HOUSEHOLDER, REGARDLESS OF THE CHILD’S AGE OR MARITAL STATUS.  THE CATEGORY EXCLUDES SONS-IN-LAW, DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW, AND FOSTER CHILDREN.

FAMILY HOUSEHOLDSOTHER RELATIVES.  INCLUDE ANY HOUSEHOLD MEMBER RELATED TO THE HOUSEHOLDER BY BIRTH, MARRIAGE, OR ADOPTION, BUT NOT INCLUDED SPECIFICALLY IN ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP CATEGORY. 

• GRANDCHILD• BROTHER/SISTER OF THE HOUSEHOLDER• PARENT (FATHER/MOTHER OF THE HOUSEHOLDER)• PARENT-IN-LAW (STEP PARENT OF THE HOUSEHOLDER)• SON-IN-LAW/DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

NONFAMILY HOUSEHOLDS CONSIST OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONE OR WHO SHARE THEIR RESIDENCE WITH UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS.

TYPES OF NONFAMILY HOUSEHOLDS 

•ROOMER, BOARDER•HOUSEMATE OR ROOMMATE  •UNMARRIED PARTNER• FOSTER CHILD

ONE-PERSON HOUSEHOLDDEFINED AS AN ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH ONE PERSON MAKES PROVISION FOR HIS OR HER OWN FOOD OR OTHER ESSENTIALS FOR LIVING WITHOUT COMBINING WITH ANY OTHER PERSON TO FORM PART OF A MULTI-PERSON HOUSEHOLD