HOUSE WIFE (two words) on FEC files: $45.8M

Why the space matters

Treasurers type what they see. HOUSEWIFE and HOUSE WIFE look the same to a reader and different to a database. LobbyVault does not fuzzy-merge them. The $45.8M figure is only the spaced form.

HOMEMAKER is a third status word with a much larger total. None of these strings is a Census household-labor statistic.

3,098 donors and $45.8M

3,098 donors produced 101,629 HOUSE WIFE contribution lines. That unique-donor count is smaller than one-word HOUSEWIFE's a separate donor count. Dollars are correspondingly smaller. The two rows are still not combined on this page.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Repeat giving explains receipts above unique donors.

Do not silently add the homemaker cluster

Researchers who want a 'household status' recode would add HOMEMAKER, HOUSEWIFE, and HOUSE WIFE themselves and document the method. LobbyVault's $45.8M does not include those other rows.

Occupation pages may show mixed blanks and NONE next to this employer text. This rollup follows the HOUSE WIFE industry key. Two-word HOUSE WIFE is easy to miss in a search that looks for HOUSEWIFE. The $45.8M total is 3,098 donors and 101,629 lines with the space. Software that strips spaces would merge keys the public file keeps apart. LobbyVault does not strip the space.

Donor table

The HOUSE WIFE donor table lists disclosed names and amounts. A large gift is a public contribution. LobbyVault does not infer household wealth or a spouse's workplace from the two-word label.

Joint gifts can split a household across rows. Use contribution detail for the recipient committee. HOMEMAKER remains the largest household-status row. One-word HOUSEWIFE is larger than this spaced spelling and still separate. This page stays at $45.8M. A methods note is required if a paper adds them.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $45.8M, 101,629 contributions, 3,098 donors, top employer HOUSE WIFE. Unitemized and non-federal activity are omitted.

Follow recipient committees from the table. Older paper schedules are a plausible source of the spaced spelling. LobbyVault does not date-stamp the industry headline by form generation. The donor table carries contribution dates for that work.

Three household-status spellings, three totals

HOUSE WIFE with a space is the smallest of the three household-status keys in this harvest: $45.8M, 101,629 contribution lines, 3,098 donors. One-word HOUSEWIFE and HOMEMAKER are larger and separate. Unitemized gifts and state races are omitted. LobbyVault does not treat the space as a typo to be fixed, because fixing it would invent a combined total the file does not contain.

Joint gifts and spouse-employer receipts still split households. Occupation pages may show NONE. Open the HOUSE WIFE donor table for names and committees. The two-word label is self-reported FEC text, not a NAICS industry, from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Unitemized gifts and state committees remain outside the 101,629 lines. The two-word label is self-reported FEC text, not a NAICS industry, from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Search tools that collapse spaces will hide this row inside HOUSEWIFE. Keep them separate: HOUSE WIFE is $45.8M, 3,098 donors, 101,629 lines. One-word HOUSEWIFE and HOMEMAKER are larger, separate keys. A household-status recode must list all three and say so. Paper-schedule spacing is a plausible origin of the two-word form; contribution dates on the donor table are the way to study that, not the industry headline. Joint gifts still split households. Unitemized gifts and state races are omitted. Cite the spaced string from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. It is not a NAICS industry and not a typo LobbyVault is willing to silently merge. Space-folding scrapers will merge HOUSE WIFE into HOUSEWIFE and hide $45.8M, 3,098 donors, and 101,629 lines. Keep the space. One-word HOUSEWIFE and HOMEMAKER are larger, separate keys. A household-status paper must list all three. Joint gifts still split households. Contribution dates on the donor table are the way to study older paper schedules. Unitemized gifts stay out. FEC.gov via LobbyVault stores the two-word string; LobbyVault does not strip the space. If a notebook strips spaces, $45.8M vanishes into HOUSEWIFE. Keep HOUSE WIFE as 3,098 donors and 101,629 lines. HOMEMAKER remains a third key at the HOMEMAKER total. FEC.gov via LobbyVault stores the space.

Questions

How much is tagged HOUSE WIFE with a space?

The two-word string totals $45.8M in itemized FEC receipts on LobbyVault, from 101,629 contributions and 3,098 donors. One-word HOUSEWIFE and HOMEMAKER are not included. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Why isn't this combined with HOUSEWIFE?

FEC fields are literal text. A space creates a second key. LobbyVault keeps separate rows. Combining them is a research recode, not the public file. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is HOUSE WIFE a NAICS industry?

No. It is self-reported employer/occupation text on an FEC schedule. It is a status phrase, not a Census sector. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

How many unique donors used the two-word spelling?

LobbyVault counts 3,098 donors and 101,629 contribution lines. Repeat gifts explain the larger receipt count. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. This answer uses only the packet totals for that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov, with no NAICS overlay applied.