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HH_SIZE

Description

HH_ SIZE reports the number of people living in the respondent's household.

The number of adults living in the household is also available (see HH_NUMADULTS), as is the number of children living in the household (see HH_NUMKIDS).

HH_SIZE was collected at the time of the ATUS interview. Household size was also collected at the time of the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview. See HH_SIZE_CPS8.

Universe

2003-2010: ATUS respondent households.

Codes/Frequencies

Respondent Households

Code Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1 1 4032 2647 2804 3001 2957 3190 3223 3229
2 2 6180 4384 3394 3087 2960 3145 3419 3276
3 3 3735 2607 2403 2389 2233 2184 2242 2382
4 4 4037 2497 2587 2550 2407 2421 2520 2476
5 5 1803 1198 1225 1263 1091 1127 1107 1170
6 6 612 420 400 430 409 454 407 459
7 7 190 137 141 135 121 118 146 157
8 8 70 56 51 46 45 55 37 65
9 9 42 16 20 29 12 21 20 29
10 10 7 7 10 8 7 4 7 9
11 11 6 2 -- 4 4 2 4 3
12 12 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 3
13 13 1 -- 1 -- -- 1 -- 2
14 14 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 16 -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- --
999 NIU (Not in universe) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --