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  • 1.  ACS PUMS OC (Own child) and RC (related child) variables

    Posted 11-19-2013 07:43 AM
    Does anyone have information on how these variables are set. I thought they would be set based on the child's relationship with the head of household (HH). But I am finding children with RELP = 02 (biological child of HH) and OC = 0 (not the own child of the HH) and RC = 1 (related child of HH). So obviously I have something wrong here. Any help would be appreciated. I am trying to find the parents for all children in the ACS so any other suggestions are welcomed.


  • 2.  RE: ACS PUMS OC (Own child) and RC (related child) variables

    Posted 02-05-2014 07:59 AM
    Did you ever find an answer to your question? To me this sounds like a non-sampling error (quite possibly inconsistent response from the surveyed household or a data entry error).


  • 3.  RE: ACS PUMS OC (Own child) and RC (related child) variables

    Posted 08-09-2018 10:56 AM

    "Own child" is defined as householder's never-married child under 18 according to webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/.../hhld_rel.htm. For a biological child of HH who is/was married or older than 18, OC is coded as 0.