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United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850
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USA_1850_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of the Interior, IPUMS
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Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Person records

Cases: 19987946
Variables: 108

Variables

PERNUM
Person number
PERWT
Person weight
MOMLOC
Mother's location in household
POPLOC
Father's location in household
SPLOC
Spouse's location in household
FAMUNIT
Family unit membership
FAMSIZE
Number of own family members in household
NCHILD
Number of own children in household
NCHLT5
Number of own children under age 5 in household
ELDCH
Age of eldest own child in household
YNGCH
Age of youngest own child in household
NSIBS
Number of own siblings in household
RELATE
Relationship to household head [general version]
RELATED
Relationship to household head [detailed version]
RELATEH
Relationship to household head, historical
IMPREL
Imputed relationship to household head
AGE
Age
SEX
Sex
BIRTHYR
Year of birth
AGEMONTH
Age in months
MARRINYR
Married within the past year
NATIVITY
Nativity status
BPLCOUNTRY
Country of birth
BPLUS
State of birth, United States
RACE
Race or color
RACEUS
Race, United States
HISPAN
Hispanic origin, U.S. and Puerto Rico
SPANNAME
Spanish surname, historical
SCHOOL
School attendance
LIT
Literacy
LABFORCE
Labor force participation
OCCISCO
Occupation, ISCO general
OCC95US
Occupation 1950 basis, U.S.
IND95US
Industry 1950 basis, U.S.
SEIUS
Duncan Socioeconomic Index, United States
OCSCORUS
Occupational income score, United States
OCCSTRNG
Occupation as transcribed
DISABLED
Disability status
DISBLND
Blind or vision-impaired
DISDEAF
Deaf or hearing-impaired
DISMUTE
Mute or speech impaired
DISMNTL
Mental disability
DISPSYC
Psychological disability
REALPROP
Real estate value
SURSIM
Surname similarity
NAMELAST
Last name
NAMEFRST
First name
US1850A_MOMLOC
Mother's location in the household
US1850A_STEPMOM
Probable step/adopted mother
US1850A_MOMRULE
Rule for linking mother
US1850A_POPLOC
Father's location in the household
US1850A_STEPPOP
Probable step/adopted father
US1850A_POPRULE
Rule for linking father
US1850A_SPLOC
Spouse's location in household
US1850A_SPRULE
Rule for linking spouse
US1850A_FAMSIZE
Number of own family members in household
US1850A_NCHILD
Number of own children in the household
US1850A_NCHLT5
Number of own children under age 5 in household
US1850A_FAMUNIT
Family unit membership
US1850A_ELDCH
Age of eldest own child in household
US1850A_YNGCH
Age of youngest own child in household
US1850A_NSIBS
Number of own siblings in household
US1850A_RELATE
Relationship to household head
US1850A_AGE
Age
US1850A_SEX
Sex
US1850A_RACE
Race
US1850A_MARRINYR
Married within the past year
US1850A_BPL
Birthplace
US1850A_HISPAN
Hispanic origin
US1850A_SPANNAME
Spanish surname
US1850A_SCHOOL
School attendance
US1850A_LIT
Literacy
US1850A_LABFORCE
Labor force status
US1850A_OCC1950
Occupation, 1950 basis
US1850A_OCCSCORE
Occupational income score
US1850A_SEI
Duncan Socioeconomic Index
US1850A_IND1950
Industry, 1950 basis
US1850A_REALPROP
Real estate value
US1850A_IMPREL
Imputed relationship to household head
US1850A_QAGE
Flag for Age
US1850A_QBPL
Flag for Bpl, Nativity
US1850A_QOCC
Flag for Occ, Occ1950, SEI, Occscore, Occsoc, Labforce
US1850A_QRACE
Flag for Race, Racamind, Racasian, Racblk, Racpais, Racwht, Racoth, Racnum, Racesing, Probai, Probblk, Proboth, Probwht,
US1850A_QSEX
Flag for Sex
US1850A_RACAMIND
Race: American Indian or Alaska Native
US1850A_RACASIAN
Race: Asian
US1850A_RACBLK
Race: black or African American
US1850A_RACWHT
Race: white
US1850A_HISPRULE
Hispanic origin rule
US1850A_PRESGL
Occupational prestige score, Siegel
US1850A_ERSCOR50
Occupational earnings score, 1950 basis
US1850A_EDSCOR50
Occupational education score, 1950 basis
US1850A_NPBOSS50
NamPowersBoyd occupational status score, 1950 basis
US1850A_OCCSTR
Occupation, alphabetic string
US1850A_BIRTHYR
Year of birth
US1850A_OCC
Occupation
US1850A_NAMELAST
Last name
US1850A_NAMEFRST
First name
US1850A_BPLSTR
Birthplace, alphabetic string
US1850A_AGEMONTH
Age in months
US1850A_BLIND
Blind
US1850A_DEAF
Deaf and dumb
US1850A_IDIOTIC
Idiotic
US1850A_INSANE
Insane
US1850A_CRIME
Crime
US1850A_PAUPER
Pauper
US1850A_SURSIM
Surname similarity
US1850A_HISTID
Permanent historical census ID
Total: 108
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