Talk:Household

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Just because the IRS changes their definition of what a taxable household is, doesn't mean the rest of the world follows. To state and restate that a household is not a synonym of family is false.

From Webster's 1913 dictionary: http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=Household

Household (Page: 709)

House"hold` (?), n.

1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

--Connel MacKenzie 07:23, Feb 6, 2005 (UTC)

I don't think the "rest of the world" follows Webster's 1913 dictionary. Why don't we keep it simple and follow Wiktionary's definition and say that a household may or may not be a family? Brianjd | Why restrict HTML? | 06:15, 2005 Apr 8 (UTC)

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I would be interested in seeing a discussion of household size, and the demographics of how it has changed over time in various places. -- Beland 07:59, 11 April 2006 (UTC)