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Question 1632. What is (PERSON)'s relationship to head of household?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | adopted child | brother, sister (full, half, or step sibling) | child of non-relative | child, not specified | cousin | friend | grandchild, great-grandchild | grandparent, great-grandparent | natural/biological child | niece or nephew | no answer | other non-relative (employee, boarder) | other relative (great-aunt, grandniece, etc.) | parent | parent-in-law | roommate, housemate | sibling-in-law | son-in-law, daughter-in-law | stepchild | uncle or aunt | don't know | partner, fiance(e), boyfriend, girlfriend, etc. | not available in this release | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2127 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 80 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 456 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2266 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 90 | - | 6 | 30 | 1 | 301 | 8 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 8 | - | 7 | 21 | - | 1 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2214 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 173 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 333 | 4 | - | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 | - | 2 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3502 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 338 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 525 | 8 | - | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 28 | - | 1 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1547 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 213 | 1 | 3 | 34 | - | 177 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | - | 1 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1627 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 207 | - | 3 | 28 | - | 113 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1526 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 208 | - | 2 | 28 | - | 136 | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2040 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 252 | 1 | 4 | 24 | - | 154 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | - | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2353 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 322 | 1 | 1 | 34 | - | 86 | 5 | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1899 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 222 | 1 | 2 | 29 | - | 124 | 5 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 62761 | 43 | 55 | 36 | 2105 | 9 | 33 | 306 | 5 | 2405 | 50 | 45 | 37 | 15 | 36 | 21 | 118 | 23 | 76 | 147 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4032 | 72390 |
1 head of household
2 spouse
3 partner, fiance(e), boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.
4 child, not specified
5 grandchild, great-grandchild
6 son-in-law, daughter-in-law
7 parent
8 parent-in-law
9 grandparent, great-grandparent
10 uncle or aunt
11 niece or nephew
12 cousin
13 brother, sister (full, half, or step sibling)
14 sibling-in-law
15 other relative (great-aunt, grandniece, etc.)
16 roommate, housemate
17 friend
18 child of non-relative
19 other non-relative (employee, boarder)
41 natural/biological child
42 adopted child
43 stepchild
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook