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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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Nativity recode (US1960A_NATIVITY)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 229
End: 229
Width: 1
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
1 Both parents native-born
2 Father foreign, mother native
3 Mother foreign, father native
4 Both parents foreign
5 Foreign-Born
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 respondents were native-born or foreign-born; for native-born respondents, it indicates whether their mothers and/or fathers were native-born or foreign-born.
Universe
United States 1960: All persons

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