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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Last name (US1850B_NAMELAST)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 349

End: 364

Width: 16

Range: -

Format: character

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v=" US50A432 US50A433 US50A434 US50A435 US50A456 US50A457">3. ____ The name of every person whose usual place of abode on the 1st day of June, 1850 was in this family.<br /></svar>

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Definition

Last name.

Universe

United States 1850 (1%): All persons

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 16-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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