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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First name (US1850A_NAMEFRST)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 397

End: 412

Width: 16

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v=" US50A432 US50A433 US50A434 US50A435 US50A456 US50A457">3. ____ The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the 1st day of June, 1850 was in this family.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This is an alphabetic variable reporting the first 16 letters of the person's first name, as recorded by the enumerator on the census form.
Middle initials and middle names follow the first name, if the enumerator recorded them. A question mark embedded in a name indicates an illegible character. A question mark and space preceding a name means that the entry was difficult to read, and the name is the best interpretation possible. An exclamation point indicates that the entire entry was illegible. An asterisk indicates that the field was blank.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): All persons

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Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 16-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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