1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Age at first marriage (US1960A_AGEMARR)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 208

End: 209

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US60A428 US60A431"><div class="i2"><span class="em">P19. [If once] When did he get married?</span></div><br /><br /><div class="i3">_____Month <br />_____Year</div><br /><br /><div class="i2"><span class="em"> [If more than once] When did he get married for the first time? </span></div><br /><br /><div class="i3">_____Month <br />_____Year</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63
64	64
65	65
66	66
67	67
68	68
69	69
70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73
74	74
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78
79	79
80	80
81	81
82	82
83	83
84	84
85	85
86	86
89	89
90	90
92	92
94	94
95	95
98	98

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 respondent's age at first marriage.

Universe

United States 1960: Ever-married persons age 14+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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Concept

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