United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

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Reference ID

USA_1850_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Sep 03, 2025

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Group quarters, alphabetic string (US1850A_GQSTR)

Type: Continuous

Start: 209

End: 268

Width: 60

Range: -

Format: character

Definition

This variable reports the type of group quarters as a string.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): Group quarters

Concept

Derivation

This is a 60-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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