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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Race (US1960A_RACE)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 206

End: 206

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US60A426"><span class="em">P5. Is this person - White, Negro, American Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Part Hawaiian, Aleut, Eskimo, (etc.)? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">_____ </div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	White
2	Black/Negro
3	American Indian/Alaska Native
4	Chinese
5	Japanese
6	Filipino
7	Other race, n.e.c.

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 race of a person.

Universe

United States 1960: All persons

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Concept

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