Mike Schneider, Orlando-based census beat reporter, followed up on weeks of groundbreaking coverage on the 2020 U.S. Census with an offbeat story that was hiding in plain sight: the fact that everyone will have to identify the head of the household when they fill out the form. Anyone else who lives in the home has to be identified by how they are related to so-called “Person 1” – which is sure to spark some intriguing conversations. https://bit.ly/2wbGXg8
US census raises the question: Who is Person 1?
Diana Betz, an assistant professor of psychology at Loyola University Maryland, poses at her home in Crofton, Md., Feb. 12, 2020. Betz says that spouses or domestic partners filling out the 2020 U.S. Census forms may have to address the dynamics of their relationship: Who gets to be listed as the primary person in the household?
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