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I'm trying to wrap my head around the cases that would be in lines 6 and 12 of Table B09008 (children in nonfamily households). At first I thought this was possibly 16- or 17-year-olds living with their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse, but then the universe says that it excludes householders, spouses, and unmarried partners. So then are these teenagers living with roommates/nonrelatives? That explains line 12, but I can't think of a case that would be captured by line 6: children in nonfamily households, unmarried partner of householder present. Can anyone point me to an example of a living arrangement that would fall into line 6 of this table? Is my understanding of line 12 correct? Thanks!

-Diana

I think it depends on who is identified as the "householder" in this case. For example, if there is a cohabiting couple and person 1 is identified as the householder and their domestic partner (person 2) has a child living in the household, then that child would be classified as living in a nonfamily household because they are unrelated to the householder.

Thanks so much, that makes sense!

Your understanding of line 12 is correct--youth living with roommates would be in that universe. (They could be in line 6, too.) Foster children can also be in either lines 6 or 12.

Thanks so much!