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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Sep 03, 2025

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Mother's location in the household (US1850A_MOMLOC)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 229

End: 230

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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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 is a constructed variable that indicates whether the person's mother lived in the same household and, if so, gives the person number of the mother (US50A400). Since the 1850 U.S. census did not collect the explicit family interrelationship information, this variable contains information that is documented in the imputed location of mother (US50A406) variable description.
The method by which probable child-mother links are identified is described in US50A405; see also "Family Interrelationships" for discussion of NAPP constructed variables.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): All persons

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