United States Census of 1910 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1910

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USA_1910_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, IPUMS

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Class of worker (US1910A_CLASSWKR)

Data file: USA1910_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 461

End: 461

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US10A480 US10A481">20. ____ Whether an employer, employee, or working on own account.<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	Self-employed
2	Works for wages

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 person worked for their own enterprise(s) or for someone else as employees.

Universe

United States 1910: Persons reporting a gainful occupation

concept

Concept

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