- Description
- Codes
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Questionnaire Text
- Flags
- Source Variables
- Editing Procedure
Description
SSMC reports whether the head of household and spouse are a same-sex married couple. Beginning in the 2013 ACS/PRCS, same-sex married couples are included in the "married spouse present" category. As well, beginning in 2013, family household and married-couple families include same-sex married couples.
Prior to the 2013 ACS/PRCS, same-sex married couples were recoded by the Census Bureau from married to unmarried partners. The 2012 ACS/PRCS included a data quality flag identifying same-sex married couples that had been recoded (QRELATE = 9 "Same sex spouse changed to unmarried partner").
User Note: Same-sex married couples are only shown as the householder and spouse, and are not included in subfamilies. Respondents with an SSMC value of 1 were logically allocated as a same-sex married-couple, even though they were missing valid responses for SEX or RELATE. See the SSMC and Family Interrelationship page for information on how the IPUMS-USA family interrelationship variables interact with same-sex married couple households.
Codes and Frequencies
Universe
- ACS, PRCS: All persons
Availability
- 2021: All samples
- 2020: All samples
- 2019: All samples
- 2018: All samples
- 2017: All samples
- 2016: ACS
- 2015: ACS
- 2014: ACS
- 2013: ACS
- 2012: --
- 2011: --
- 2010: --
- 2009: --
- 2008: --
- 2007: --
- 2006: --
- 2005: --
- 2004: --
- 2003: --
- 2002: --
- 2001: --
- 2000: --
- 1990: --
- 1980: --
- 1970: --
- 1960: --
- 1950: --
- 1940: --
- 1930: --
- 1920: --
- 1910: --
- 1900: --
- 1880: --
- 1870: --
- 1860: --
- 1850: --
Flags
This variable has no flags.Editing Procedure
There is no editing procedure available for this variable.
