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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Relationship to household head (US1850A_RELATE)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 251

End: 254

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0101	Head/householder
0201	Spouse
0301	Child
0401	Child-in-law
0501	Parent
0601	Parent-in-law
0701	Sibling
0801	Sibling-in-Law
0901	Grandchild
1001	Other relatives, n.s.
1201	Roomers/boarders/lodgers
1301	Institutional inmates

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 indicates the person's relationship to the head of household or householder. This general version is a 2 digits variable.
The variable was created using logical inference and statistical imputation, since the 1850 census did not collect explicit family interrelationship information. See imputed relationship to household head (US50A423) for further details.

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United States 1850 (100%): All persons

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