Howdy,
I am forming Tax Units to run NBER TaxSim on, so I am grouping together married persons. I am using the 1990 Census 5%, so in this time period a married unit can only be a Husband + Wife (Man + Woman).
However, I can find instances where the SPLOC variable links two person with the same sex. Is this a coding mistake or an interpretation of the data by IPUMS? Or am I incorrect about the possibility of same sex marriage in 1990?
Examples:
serial==3986
Pernum==3: RELATED==1115; AGE==63; MARST==1, Woman==0, SPLOC==4
Pernum==4: RELATED==1115; AGE==63; MARST==1, Woman==0, SPLOC==3
serial==10495
Pernum==2: RELATED==1115; AGE==27; MARST==1, Woman==0, SPLOC==3
Pernum==3: RELATED==1115; AGE==58; MARST==1, Woman==0, SPLOC==2
serial==30256
Pernum==2: RELATED==301; AGE==17; MARST==1, Woman==0, SPLOC==3
Pernum==3: RELATED==301; AGE==16; MARST==1, Woman==0, SPLOC==2
serial==113223
Pernum==3: RELATED==301; AGE==19; MARST==1, Woman==1, SPLOC==5
Pernum==5: RELATED==401; AGE==19; MARST==1, Woman==1, SPLOC==3
Any thoughts?