- Description
- Codes
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Questionnaire Text
- Flags
- Source Variables
- Editing Procedure
Description
COUPLETYPE reports the type of relationship the householder shares with their significant other. Beginning in the 2019 ACS/PRCS, COUPLETYPE replaced SSMC (same-sex married couples) to provide a more comprehensive variable capturing different relationship types. COUPLETYPE includes householders with both married and unmarried partners in same-sex and opposite-sex relationships.
User Note: Although COUPLETYPE replaces SSMC starting in the 2019 ACS/PRCS surveys, IPUMS will continue to make SSMC available by integrating COUPLETYPE into the SSMC categories. See the variable description for SSMC for more information about this variable.
Codes and Frequencies
Universe
- All persons excluding GQ, vacant households, and non-couple households.
Availability
United States
- 2023: All samples
- 2022: All samples
- 2021: All samples
- 2020: All samples
- 2019: All samples
- 2018: --
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- 1990: --
- 1980: --
- 1970: --
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- 1910: --
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- 1880: --
- 1870: --
- 1860: --
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Puerto Rico
- 2023: All samples
- 2022: All samples
- 2021: All samples
- 2020: All samples
- 2019: All samples
- 2018: --
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- 1990: --
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- 1930: --
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- 1910: --
Flags
This variable has no flags.Editing Procedure
There is no editing procedure available for this variable.
