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An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know (cid:0)    BACK TO TOPICS PAGE [/ACS/WWW/ABOUT/WHY-WE-ASK-EACH-QUES… We ask a question about the relationship of each person in a household to one central person to create estimates about families, households, and other groups, and to present other data at a household level. Local, state, tribal, and federal agencies use relationship data to plan and fund government programs that provide funds or services for families, people living or raising children alone, grandparents living with grandchildren, or other households that qualify for additional assistance. Your privacy concerns We use your confidential survey answers to create statistics like those in the results below and in the full tables that contain all th data—no one is able to figure out your survey answers from the statistics we produce. The Census Bureau is legally bound to strict confidentiality requirements. Individual records are not shared with anyone, including federal agencies and law enforcemen entities. By law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents' answers with anyone, including companies, other federal agenci and law enforcement. Question as it appears on the form We ask one question about the relationship of each person to a central person in the household. (cid:0)    VIEW QUESTION Result from this question The results from this question are compiled to provide communities with important statistics to help plan assistance programs. Y can see some of these published statistics here for the nation, states, and your community. United States Cohabitating Couple Households 7.1 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Social Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Married Couple Households 47.2 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Social Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Young Adults 18-34 Who Live in Parents' Home 23,540,615 [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2023.B09021] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Detailed Tables: B09021 [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2023.B09021] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No Relationship data help communities: Provide Adequate Housing We want to know about how people in households are related (single people, couples, families, roommates, etc.), in combination with household income and housing costs, to help communities understand whether housing is affordable and meets the needs residents. When housing is not sufficient or affordable, relationship data can help communities: Enroll eligible households in programs designed to assist them. Qualify for grants from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Program, Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and other programs. Provide Assistance to Families We ask about family relationships, ages of children, household income, and health insurance status to help communities: Enroll eligible families in programs designed to assist them, such as Head Start and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Qualify for grants to fund these programs. Evaluate programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Understand Changing Households We ask about relationship to householder to create statistics on living arrangements and how they are changing. This helps communities plan future programs and services for residents by considering whether older residents are staying in their homes a they age, whether young people are living with parents or moving in with roommates, and which kinds of households include young children. For example, the Social Security Administration estimates future program needs based on the current relationships of working people. History of relationship to householder question The relationship to householder question originated with the 1880 Census. It was added to the ACS in 2005 when it replaced the decennial census long form. The question was modified in 2019. Research about this modification [https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2017/acs/2017_Kreider_01.html] and copies of previous questionnaires [https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/methodology/questionnaire-archive.2018.html] are available on the ACS website [https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No