United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850

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Reference ID

USA_1850_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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School attendance (US1850A_SCHOOL)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 272

End: 272

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US50A438">11. ____ Attended school within the year.<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	No, not in school
2	Yes, in school
9	Unknown

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 whether the respondent attended any educational institution (except Sunday schools) within the past year.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): All persons

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