Time for a recount. (Census).As the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census released its March 13 report detailing the 594,691 same-sex couples A same-sex couple is a pair of people of the same gender who pursue a romantic or sexual relationship together. The term "same-sex relationship" may be used when the sexual orientation of participants in a same-sex relationship is not known. who included themselves as "unmarried partners" in 2000, two independent surveys suggested that the bureau's tally is 16% to 19% short of the real number. The reports--one by the Amherst, Mass.-based Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies, the other by Harris Interactive/Witeck-Combs--indicate that more than two thirds of same-sex couples who did not select the "unmarried partner" category listed themselves as a housemate house·mate n. One who shares a house with another. Noun 1. housemate - someone who resides in the same house with you , roommate instead. Asked why, respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. reported confidentiality concerns and the fact that census options didn't aptly fit their family configurations. |
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