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Census of Sweden 1890 - IPUMS Subset

Sweden, 1890
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SWE_1890_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sweden, IPUMS
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Ethnic origin first stated (SE1890A_ORIGIN)

Data file: SWE1890_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1114
End: 1117
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SE90A444">____ Ethnicity (mention if foreign ethnicity, for example Finn, Sami, Gypsy etc)<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
5210 Sami (Sweden)
5300 Finnish
6810 Roma (Romani)
9999 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">f</span>. The enumeration form is divided into 14 columns with the following content:</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SE90A444">That for every Swedish citizen who belongs to a foreign ethnicity a note should be made in column 4 using the words Finn, Sami, Roma etcetera. It should be observed that even if the ethnicity usually can be determined from the language commonly used in the household this should not always be regarded as the deciding factor. It is known that Swedish families, living among Finns in the county of Norrbotten, have in recent times adopted the Finnish language as the family language. For the Sami population it is of special interest to record their different forms of trade (for example mountain Sami, forest Sami, fishing Sami etcetera). This should be recorded in column 3.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable records a person's first-stated ethnic origin.
Universe
Sweden 1890: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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