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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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Pauper (US1850A_PAUPER)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 466
End: 466
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US50A451 US50A452 US50A453 US50A454">13. ____ Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict.<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No (blank)
2 Yes
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 variable identifies if the person was classified as "pauper," the contemporary term for persons dependent upon charity or local welfare, such as an almshouse. The rarity of affirmative responses indicates that pauperism was underreported.
Universe
United States 1850 (100%): All persons

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