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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Rule for linking mother (US1960A_MOMRULE)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 180

End: 180

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
	No mother link
1	Unambiguous mother link
2	Daughter/grandchild link
3	Preceding female (no intervening person)
4	Spouse of father becomes stepmother

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 reason why the IPUMS variable MOMLOC linked the person to a probable mother. The IPUMS establishes mother-child links according to seven basic rules, and MOMRULE gives the number of the rule that applied to the link in question.

Universe

United States 1960: All persons

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