United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850

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USA_1850_PHC-1PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Labor force status (US1850B_LABFORCE)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 304

End: 304

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US50A440 US50A441 US50A442 US50A443">7. ____ Profession, occupation, or trade of each male person over 15 years of age.<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, not in the labor force
2	Yes, in the labor force

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

Labor force status.

Universe

United States 1850 (1%): Males age 16+

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Concept

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