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 father (US1960A_POPRULE)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 184

End: 184

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	No father link
1	Unambiguous father link
2	Son/granchild link
3	Preceding male (no intervening person)
4	Husband of mother becomes stepfather

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 why the IPUMS variable POPLOC linked the person to a probable father. The IPUMS establishes father-child links according to five basic rules, and POPRULE reports the number of the rule for the link in question.

Universe

United States 1960: All persons

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