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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Probable step/adopted father (US1960A_STEPPOP)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 183

End: 183

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	No stepfather present
1	Improbable age difference
2	Spouse of mother

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 or not a person's father was likely to have been the person's stepfather or adoptive father.

Universe

United States 1960: All persons

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