



Distri 



buti on 



of 





Household Size 



Sample 



Households 



Census Data ^oril 1955" 







Percent 





Percent 



Total 







100.0 





100.0 



1 Person 







7.1 





10.9 



2 Persons 





. 



23.1 





28.5 



3 Persons 







21. k 





20.U 



k Persons 







18.7 





18.9 



5 Persons 







11.6 





11.1 



6 or more 



Persons 





13.1 





10.2 



The sample percent is substantially below for one-person 

 households. There are two reasons for this. Single people eat out 

 more frequently and these would not be included in the survey, further, 

 it is more likely that no one would be found at home in 6 nights in 

 a one-person household than in a f anilyl/home , and the nights-at-home 

 wei.--hting procedure leaves a small residual bias from these chronic 

 not-at-homes. 



The sample percentage for 6-or-more person households is 

 larger than the Census figure partly for the converse reason; smaller 

 likelihood of chronic not-at- homes, further, such families are more 

 often found in rural areas where recusal rates are lower. 



Distribation by Race 

 Total 



Distribution of 

 Sample Household s 

 Percent 

 100.0 



Distributionii/ Estimated 



from Census fata 



Percent 

 100.0 



White 

 Non-white 



87.6 

 12. k 



90.8 

 9.2 



6/ See Current Population Reports , P-20, No. 67 a Bureau of Census 



jj Refers to two or more related persons living in the same 

 household. 



_8/ See Census P o pulation Reports, P-20, Ho. 67* Bureau of Census. 



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