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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Number of own siblings in household (US1960A_NSIBS)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 197

End: 197

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	0 siblings
1	1 sibling
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9

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 number of own siblings (including half-siblings, step-siblings, and adopted siblings) residing with each individual. Persons with no siblings present are coded 0.

Universe

United States 1960: All persons

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