1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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Reference ID

USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Metadata

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Size of place (US1980A_SIZEPL)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 185

End: 185

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	Not identifiable
1	100,000-199,999
2	200,000-299,999
3	300,000-399,999
4	400,000-499,999
5	500,000-599,999
6	600,000-749,999
7	750,000-999,999
8	1,000,000-1,999,999
9	2,000,000+

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 is a recoded version of CITYPOP (city population), grouping places of similar sizes.

Universe

United States 1980: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: O-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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