Description

MULTGEN identifies the number of distinct generations contained in each household.

The procedure used to create MULTGEN for IPUMS CPS is nearly identical to that used for IPUMS USA. First, relationships to the household head (RELATE) were divided into the following generational categories:

The number of generations is simply the number of these categories represented in the household. Users should not that MULTGEN in IPUMS CPS does not capture relationship with in-laws.

Second, the family inter-relationship pointer variables were examined to provide additional information on "other relatives" and nonrelatives of the householder. For example, two generations exist when someone is linked to a parent as identified by POPLOC and MOMLOC; three generations exist when that parent also has a parent in the household.

Comparability

This variable is available for all CPS samples from January 1994 to the present and is comparable across all available years.

Universe

Flags

Unharmonized Variables