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Household file from Population Synthesizer

The population synthesizer generates this household file and a person file. Variables below in UPPER CASE are drawn directly from PUMS records; variables in lower case are derived from PUMS variables.

File location: popsyn/hhFile.<year>.csv

Name	Definition	Scale	Join with …
HHID	Unique household ID number	Integer, any value	All model files
TAZ	Transportation analysis zone of home location	Integer, 1 to 6593	Shape file
HINC	Household income	Year 2000 dollars
hworkers	Household members who work	Integer, 0 and up
PERSONS	Number of persons in the household	Integer, 1 and up
HHT	Household/family type	Integer 1 - family household: married-couple 2 - family household: male householder, no wife present 3 - family household: female householder, no husband present 4 - non-family household: male householder living alone 5 - non-family household: male householder, not living alone 6 - non-family household female householder, living alone 7 - non-family household: female householder, not living alone
VEHICL	Number of vehicles available	Integer 1 - one vehicle 2 - two vehicles 3 - three vehicles 4 - four vehicles 5 - five vehicles 6 - six or more vehicles
hinccat1	Household income categorization number 1	Integer 1 - 0 to 20k(-) 2 - 20 to 50k 3 - 50 to 100k 4 - more than 100k
UNITTYPE	Housing unit type, from TYPEHUGQ in PUMS	Integer 1 - household in housing unit 3 - household in Non-institutional group quarters