1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1960
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Reference ID
USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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- USA1960_PHC-H-H
- USA1960_PHC-P-H
Mother's birthplace (US1960A_MBPL)
Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
219
End:
223
Width:
5
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A434 US60A435 US60A436"><span class="em">P10. What country was his father born in? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] United States <span class="em">or</span> <br />_____ (Name of foreign country; or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.)</div><br /><br /><span class="em">P11. What country was his mother born in? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] United States <span class="em">or</span> <br />_____ (Name of foreign country; or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00000 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 09900 | United States, n.s. |
| 10000 | American Samoa |
| 10500 | Guam |
| 11000 | Puerto Rico |
| 11500 | U S Virgin Islands |
| 12000 | Other US Possessions |
| 15000 | Canada |
| 16000 | Atlantic Islands |
| 20000 | Mexico |
| 21010 | Belize/British Honduras |
| 21020 | Costa Rica |
| 21030 | El Salvador |
| 21040 | Guatemala |
| 21050 | Honduras |
| 21060 | Nicaragua |
| 21070 | Panama |
| 21071 | Canal Zone |
| 25000 | Cuba |
| 26010 | Dominican Republic |
| 26020 | Haiti |
| 26030 | Jamaica |
| 26040 | British West Indies |
| 26070 | Other West Indies |
| 30005 | Argentina |
| 30010 | Bolivia |
| 30015 | Brazil |
| 30020 | Chile |
| 30025 | Colombia |
| 30030 | Ecuador |
| 30050 | Peru |
| 30060 | Uruguay |
| 30065 | Venezuela |
| 30090 | South America, n.s. |
| 40000 | Denmark |
| 40100 | Finland |
| 40200 | Iceland |
| 40400 | Norway |
| 40500 | Sweden |
| 41000 | England |
| 41100 | Scotland |
| 41200 | Wales |
| 41400 | Ireland |
| 41410 | Northern Ireland |
| 42000 | Belgium |
| 42100 | France |
| 42300 | Luxembourg |
| 42500 | Netherlands |
| 42600 | Switzerland |
| 43000 | Albania |
| 43300 | Greece |
| 43400 | Italy |
| 43600 | Portugal |
| 43610 | Azores |
| 43800 | Spain |
| 45000 | Austria |
| 45100 | Bulgaria |
| 45200 | Czechoslovakia |
| 45300 | Germany |
| 45400 | Hungary |
| 45500 | Poland |
| 45600 | Romania |
| 45700 | Yugoslavia |
| 46000 | Estonia |
| 46100 | Latvia |
| 46200 | Lithuania |
| 46500 | Other USSR/ Russia |
| 46510 | Byelorussia |
| 46530 | Ukraine |
| 49900 | Europe, n.e.c./n.s. |
| 50000 | China |
| 50100 | Japan |
| 50200 | Korea |
| 51500 | Philippines |
| 52100 | India |
| 53400 | Israel/Palestine |
| 53700 | Lebanon |
| 54100 | Syria |
| 54200 | Turkey |
| 54800 | Southwest Asia, n.e.c./n.s. |
| 59900 | Asia, n.e.c./n.s. |
| 60010 | Northern Africa |
| 60012 | Egypt/United Arab Rep |
| 60070 | Central Africa |
| 60094 | South Africa (Union of) |
| 70010 | Australia |
| 70020 | New Zealand |
| 71000 | Pacific Islands |
| 71040 | US Pacific Trust Territories |
| 90010 | Abroad, n.s. |
| 90011 | Abroad (US citizen) |
| 90020 | At sea |
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 state, territory, or foreign country where the respondent's mother was born.
Universe
United States 1960: Native-born persons, US citizens born abroad or persons born in the Canal zone [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept