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1971 Census - IPUMS Subset

United Kingdom, 1971
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GBR_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Office of Population and Surveys for England and Wales, IPUMS
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Number of residents in family (UK1971A_RESNFAM)

Data file: GBR1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 81
End: 82
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4. If you usually live here, write 'here'. If not, write your usual address. ________</p>
<div class="i1">If you are a boarder, write 'here' only if you consider this your usual address.<br /><br />If you are a student or school child who is away from home during term time, give your home address.<br /><br />If you have no settled address, write 'none'.<br /><br />Block capitals please.</div><p>5. What is your position in this establishment? ________</p>
<div class="i1">For example write 'guest', 'patient', 'staff', 'student', 'boarder', 'crew', 'passenger'.</div><p>B5. Write 'head' for the head of the household and relationship to the head for each of the other persons: for example 'wife', 'son', 'daughter-in-law', 'visitor', 'boarder', 'paying guest'. ____
Categories
Value Category
01 1 resident
02 2 residents
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of residents in family.
Universe
United Kingdom 1971: Persons in a family in private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.8%]

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