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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Flag for Race, Racamind, Racasian, Racblk, Racpais, Racwht, Racoth, Racnum, Racesing, Probai, Probblk, Proboth, Probwht, (US1850A_QRACE)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 296

End: 296

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	Entered as written
1	Illegible
2	Allocated
3	Missing

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 is a flag for the variables of Race, Racamind, Racasian, Racblk, Racpais, Racwht, Racoth, Racnum, Racesing, Probai, Probblk, Proboth, Probwht,.

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United States 1850 (100%): All persons

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