1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970

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Reference ID

USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Family unit membership (US1970A_FAMUNIT)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 218

End: 218

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1st family in household
2	2nd family in household
3	3rd
4	4th
5	5th

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 which family within the housing unit each person belongs to.

Universe

United States 1970: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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