This is also why the publiclly discussed focus is on household income, which is mostly two incomes. Prior to the 80s single income housholds were the majority.
A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit (such as a house or apartment) as their usual place of residence.
A household includes the related family members and all the unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit such as partners or roomers, is also counted as a household. The count of households excludes group quarters. There are two major categories of households, “family” and “nonfamily.”
Household is a standard item in Census Bureau population tables.
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It’s physical building or apartment people live in. 4 individual single tax filing roommates count as a household.
This is also why the publiclly discussed focus is on household income, which is mostly two incomes. Prior to the 80s single income housholds were the majority.
Maybe more than 2 when you add in the children!
I always assumed in the US “household income” went off tax filings, so it would only be individuals, or married filing jointly
It’s physical building or apartment people live in. 4 individual single tax filing roommates count as a household.