Survey Methodology #2012-02 - New Relationship And Marital Questions: A Reflection Of Changes To The Social And Legal Recognition Of Same-Sex Couples In The U.s. - U.s. Census Bureau Page 9
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Telephone Point of Purchase Survey (TPOPS): “Spouse (wife or common‐law wife, husband or
common‐law husband)”
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CPS, NHIS, American Time Use Survey (ATUS), CE: “Spouse (husband/wife)”
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Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study (BTLS): “living with a partner in a marriage‐like
relationship”
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National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG): “living in a marriage‐like relationship”
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FHWAR: “Married/Living in a marriage like relationship”
Recently, the National Center for Family and Marriage Research published a crosswalk of items used to
collect relationship status among same‐sex cohabiting couples from other surveys
( ). To classify same‐sex married couples, most use the categories
“spouse” or “husband/wife.” To classify same‐sex cohabiting couples, the National Survey of Family
Growth uses “Female partner” and “Male partner” while the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent
Health Survey (AHS) uses “Partner;” “Partner, boyfriend;” “Partner, girlfriend;” and
“Partner/boyfriend/girlfriend.” Several other surveys (the AHS and National Longitudinal Survey of
Youth [NLSY]) include references to living in “a marriage‐like relationship,” which is defined in the NLSY
as “a sexual relationship in which partners establish one household and live together.” Finally,
international examples include the Canadian census form which uses “opposite‐sex husband or wife”
“opposite‐sex common‐law partner,” “same‐sex married spouse,” and “same‐sex common‐law partner,”
while the U.K. census form includes “same‐sex civil partner” and “partner” categories to enumerate gay
couples.
Under the auspices of the OMB interagency work group, the Census Bureau sponsored a series of 18
focus groups across the country in 2010. The groups explored the meaning and interpretation of the
current decennial Census and ACS relationship and marital status items and sought to uncover
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