POSSLQ is abbreviation (or acronym) for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households. Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
After the 1980 census, against all odds, the term (pronounced "poss-el-cue") gained currency in the wider culture for a time, with CBS commentator Charles Osgood memorably composing a verse which began 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ... Charles Osgood (born January 8, radio and United States. ...
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
If you would be my POSSLQ
You live with me and I with you,
And you will be my POSSLQ.
I'll be your friend and so much more;
That's what a POSSLQ is for.
By the 1990s, the term had fallen out of general usage, and returned to being a specialized term for demographers. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ... Demography is the study of human population dynamics. ...
POSSLQ is abbreviation (or acronym) for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households.
By the 1990s, the term had fallen out of general usage, and returned to being a specialized term for demographers.
Of course, the cryptogram generated angry letters from faithful cryptogram solvers, since this one strayed from the 4-line, rhyming format.
Therefore, we conclude the Adjusted POSSLQ is an acceptable measure for historical trends in the prevalence of cohabitation.
Estimates of the prevalence of cohabitation produced by Adjusted POSSLQ and POSSLQ are quite different with regard to age, marital status, the presence of children and race.
The Adjusted POSSLQ measure increased the rate of unmarried women who were cohabiting in 1997 the most among those in the middle age categories: 35 to 44 (42 percent), and 45 to 54 (36 percent).
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