Census count inflated same sex couple numbers

WASHINGTON – The US Census Bureau reduced its 2010 estimate for same-sex households yesterday – slashing that for married partners by almost two-thirds – citing reporting errors by census workers.

The bureau dropped its estimate for same-sex married couple households to 131,279 from 349,377, it said in a statement.

The number of estimated same-sex unmarried partner households was cut to 514,735 from 552,620, a 7 per cent drop.

The bureau revised the numbers after finding that census workers had incorrectly checked boxes for relationship to householder and the sex of each person in a 2010 count. – (Reuters)

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