1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ancestry, first response (US1980A_ANCESTR1)
Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
261
End:
264
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" US80A433 US80A435"><span class="em">14. What is this person's ancestry? </span><br /><div class="i1">If uncertain about how to report ancestry, see instruction guide.<br /><br />____<br />(For example: Afro-Amer., English, French, German, Honduran, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Korean, Lebanese, Mexican, Nigerian, Polish, Ukrainian, Venezuelan, etc.)</div><br /><br />[Print the ancestry group with which the person identifies. Ancestry (or origin or descent ) may be viewed as the nationality group, the lineage, or the country in which the person or the person's parents or ancestors were born before their arrival in the United States. Persons who are of more than one origin and who cannot identify with a single group should print their multiple ancestry (for example, German - Irish). Be specific; for example, if ancestry is "Indian," specify whether American Indian, Asian Indian, or West Indian. Distinguish Cape Verdean from Portuguese, and French Canadian from Canadian. A religious group should not be reported as a person's ancestry.]<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0010 | Alsatian |
| 0020 | Andorran |
| 0030 | Austrian |
| 0040 | Tirolean |
| 0051 | Basque |
| 0052 | Spanish Basque |
| 0060 | French Basque |
| 0080 | Belgian |
| 0090 | Flemish |
| 0100 | Walloon |
| 0110 | British |
| 0120 | British Isles |
| 0130 | Channel Islander |
| 0140 | Gibraltan |
| 0150 | Cornish |
| 0160 | Corsican |
| 0170 | Cypriot |
| 0180 | Greek Cypriote |
| 0190 | Turkish Cypriote |
| 0200 | Danish |
| 0210 | Dutch |
| 0211 | Dutch-French-Irish |
| 0212 | Dutch-German-Irish |
| 0213 | Dutch-Irish-Scotch |
| 0220 | English |
| 0221 | English-French-German |
| 0222 | English-French-Irish |
| 0223 | English-German-Irish |
| 0224 | English-German-Swedish |
| 0225 | English-Irish-Scotch |
| 0226 | English-Scotch-Welsh |
| 0230 | Faeroe Islander |
| 0240 | Finnish |
| 0250 | Karelian |
| 0260 | French |
| 0270 | Lorrainian |
| 0280 | Breton |
| 0290 | Frisian |
| 0300 | Friulian |
| 0320 | German |
| 0325 | German-French-Irish |
| 0326 | German-Irish-Italian |
| 0327 | German-Irish-Scotch |
| 0328 | German-Irish-Swedish |
| 0330 | Bavarian |
| 0340 | Berliner |
| 0350 | Hamburger |
| 0360 | Hanoverian |
| 0370 | Hessian |
| 0380 | Lubecker |
| 0390 | Pomeranian |
| 0400 | Prussian |
| 0410 | Saxon |
| 0420 | Sudetenlander |
| 0430 | Westphalian |
| 0460 | Greek |
| 0470 | Cretan |
| 0480 | Cycladic Islander |
| 0490 | Icelander |
| 0500 | Irish |
| 0510 | Italian |
| 0530 | Abruzzi |
| 0540 | Apulian |
| 0550 | Basilicata |
| 0560 | Calabrian |
| 0570 | Amalfi |
| 0580 | Emilia Romagna |
| 0590 | Rome |
| 0600 | Ligurian |
| 0610 | Lombardian |
| 0620 | Marches |
| 0630 | Molise |
| 0650 | Piedmontese |
| 0660 | Puglia |
| 0670 | Sardinian |
| 0680 | Sicilian |
| 0690 | Tuscan |
| 0700 | Trentino |
| 0710 | Umbrian |
| 0720 | Valle d Aosta |
| 0730 | Venetian |
| 0750 | Lapp |
| 0760 | Liechtensteiner |
| 0770 | Luxemburger |
| 0780 | Maltese |
| 0790 | Manx |
| 0800 | Monegasque |
| 0810 | Northern Irelander |
| 0820 | Norwegian |
| 0840 | Portuguese |
| 0850 | Azorean |
| 0860 | Madeiran |
| 0880 | Scottish |
| 0890 | Swedish |
| 0900 | Aland Islander |
| 0910 | Swiss |
| 0920 | Suisse |
| 0950 | Romansch |
| 0961 | Suisse Romane |
| 0962 | Ticino |
| 0970 | Welsh |
| 0980 | Scandinavian, Nordic |
| 1000 | Albanian |
| 1010 | Azerbaijani |
| 1020 | Belorussian |
| 1030 | Bulgarian |
| 1050 | Carpathian |
| 1081 | Cossack |
| 1084 | Turcoman |
| 1090 | Croatian |
| 1110 | Czechoslovakian |
| 1120 | Bohemian |
| 1150 | Estonian |
| 1160 | Livonian |
| 1171 | Udmert |
| 1180 | Mordovian |
| 1190 | Voytak |
| 1200 | Georgian |
| 1221 | Volga |
| 1240 | Rom |
| 1250 | Hungarian |
| 1260 | Magyar |
| 1280 | Latvian |
| 1290 | Lithuanian |
| 1300 | Macedonian |
| 1400 | Ossetian |
| 1420 | Polish |
| 1430 | Kashubian |
| 1441 | Rumanian |
| 1442 | Transylvanian |
| 1450 | Bessarabian |
| 1460 | Moldavian |
| 1470 | Wallachian |
| 1480 | Russian |
| 1500 | Muscovite |
| 1520 | Serbian |
| 1530 | Slovak |
| 1540 | Slovene |
| 1550 | Sorb/Wend |
| 1570 | Bashkir |
| 1580 | Chevash |
| 1630 | Yakut |
| 1651 | Tartar |
| 1652 | Crimean |
| 1655 | Tadzhik |
| 1690 | Uzbek |
| 1710 | Ukrainian |
| 1712 | Ruthenian |
| 1760 | Yugoslavian |
| 1780 | Slav |
| 1810 | Central European, n.e.c. |
| 1830 | Northern European, n.e.c. |
| 1850 | Southern European, n.e.c. |
| 1870 | Western European, n.e.c. |
| 1900 | Eastern European, n.e.c. |
| 1950 | European, n.e.c. |
| 2000 | Spaniard |
| 2040 | Catalonian |
| 2050 | Balearic Islander |
| 2060 | Galician |
| 2100 | Mexican |
| 2110 | Mexican American |
| 2130 | Chicano/Chicana |
| 2180 | Nuevo Mexicano |
| 2190 | Californio |
| 2210 | Costa Rican |
| 2220 | Guatemalan |
| 2230 | Honduran |
| 2240 | Nicaraguan |
| 2250 | Panamanian |
| 2260 | Salvadoran |
| 2270 | Latin American |
| 2310 | Argentinean |
| 2320 | Bolivian |
| 2330 | Chilean |
| 2340 | Colombian |
| 2350 | Ecuadorian |
| 2360 | Paraguayan |
| 2370 | Peruvian |
| 2380 | Uruguayan |
| 2390 | Venezuelan |
| 2480 | South American |
| 2610 | Puerto Rican |
| 2710 | Cuban |
| 2750 | Dominican |
| 2900 | Hispanic |
| 2910 | Spanish |
| 2950 | Spanish American |
| 3000 | Bahamian |
| 3010 | Barbadian |
| 3020 | Belizean |
| 3030 | Bermudan |
| 3040 | Cayman Islander |
| 3080 | Jamaican |
| 3100 | Dutch West Indies |
| 3110 | Aruba Islander |
| 3120 | St Maarten Islander |
| 3140 | Trinidadian/Tobagonian |
| 3150 | Trinidadian |
| 3160 | Tobagonian |
| 3170 | U S Virgin Islander |
| 3210 | British Virgin Islander |
| 3220 | British West Indian |
| 3230 | Turks and Caicos Islander |
| 3240 | Anguilla Islander |
| 3244 | St Christopher |
| 3280 | Dominica Islander |
| 3290 | Grenadian |
| 3310 | St Lucia Islander |
| 3320 | French West Indies |
| 3330 | Guadeloupe Islander |
| 3340 | Cayenne |
| 3351 | West Indian |
| 3352 | Caribbean |
| 3353 | Arawak |
| 3360 | Haitian |
| 3600 | Brazilian |
| 3650 | San Andres |
| 3700 | Guyanese/British Guiana |
| 3750 | Providencia |
| 3800 | Surinam/Dutch Guiana |
| 4000 | Algerian |
| 4020 | Egyptian |
| 4040 | Libyan |
| 4061 | Moroccan |
| 4062 | Moor |
| 4070 | Ifni |
| 4080 | Tunisian |
| 4110 | North African |
| 4120 | Alhucemas |
| 4130 | Berber |
| 4140 | Rio de Oro |
| 4150 | Bahraini |
| 4160 | Iranian |
| 4170 | Iraqi |
| 4190 | Israeli |
| 4210 | Jordanian |
| 4220 | Transjordan |
| 4230 | Kuwaiti |
| 4250 | Lebanese |
| 4270 | Saudi Arabian |
| 4291 | Syrian |
| 4292 | Latakian |
| 4293 | Jebel Druse |
| 4310 | Armenian |
| 4340 | Turkish |
| 4350 | Yemeni |
| 4360 | Omani |
| 4370 | Muscat |
| 4380 | Trucial Oman |
| 4390 | Qatar |
| 4410 | Bedouin |
| 4420 | Kurdish |
| 4440 | Kuria Muria Islander |
| 4650 | Palestinian |
| 4660 | Gazan |
| 4670 | West Bank |
| 4700 | South Yemeni |
| 4710 | Aden |
| 4800 | United Arab Emirates |
| 4821 | Assyrian |
| 4822 | Syriac |
| 4900 | Middle Eastern |
| 4950 | Arab |
| 5000 | Angolan |
| 5020 | Benin |
| 5040 | Botswana |
| 5060 | Burundian |
| 5080 | Cameroonian |
| 5100 | Cape Verdean |
| 5130 | Chadian |
| 5150 | Congolese |
| 5200 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 5210 | Corsico Islander |
| 5220 | Ethiopian |
| 5230 | Eritrean |
| 5250 | Gabonese |
| 5270 | Gambian |
| 5290 | Ghanian |
| 5300 | Guinean |
| 5310 | Guinea Bissau |
| 5320 | Ivory Coast |
| 5340 | Kenyan |
| 5380 | Lesotho |
| 5410 | Liberian |
| 5430 | Madagascan |
| 5460 | Malian |
| 5500 | Namibian |
| 5510 | Niger |
| 5530 | Nigerian |
| 5540 | Fulani |
| 5550 | Hausa |
| 5560 | Ibo |
| 5570 | Tiv |
| 5610 | Rwandan |
| 5640 | Senegalese |
| 5660 | Sierra Leonean |
| 5680 | Somalian |
| 5690 | Swaziland |
| 5700 | South African |
| 5710 | Union of South Africa |
| 5720 | Afrikaner |
| 5740 | Zulu |
| 5760 | Sudanese |
| 5790 | Fur |
| 5820 | Tanzanian |
| 5860 | Togo |
| 5880 | Ugandan |
| 5910 | Zairian |
| 5920 | Zambian |
| 5930 | Zimbabwean |
| 5940 | African Islands |
| 5960 | Central African |
| 5970 | East African |
| 5980 | West African |
| 5990 | African |
| 6000 | Afghan |
| 6010 | Baluchi |
| 6020 | Pathan |
| 6030 | Bengali |
| 6070 | Bhutanese |
| 6090 | Nepali |
| 6150 | Asian Indian |
| 6220 | Andaman Islander |
| 6240 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 6260 | Assamese |
| 6280 | Goanese |
| 6300 | Gujarati |
| 6320 | Karnatakan |
| 6340 | Keralan |
| 6380 | Maharashtran |
| 6400 | Madrasi |
| 6420 | Mysore |
| 6440 | Naga |
| 6480 | Pondicherry |
| 6500 | Punjabi |
| 6560 | Tamil |
| 6800 | Pakistani |
| 6900 | Sri Lankan |
| 6910 | Singhalese |
| 6920 | Veddah |
| 6950 | Maldivian |
| 7001 | Burmese |
| 7002 | Burman |
| 7020 | Shan |
| 7030 | Cambodian |
| 7040 | Khmer |
| 7060 | Chinese |
| 7070 | Cantonese |
| 7080 | Manchurian |
| 7120 | Mongolian |
| 7140 | Tibetan |
| 7161 | Hong Kong |
| 7180 | Macao |
| 7200 | Filipino |
| 7300 | Indonesian |
| 7400 | Japanese |
| 7460 | Ryukyu Islander |
| 7480 | Okinawan |
| 7500 | Korean |
| 7650 | Laotian |
| 7660 | Meo |
| 7680 | Hmong |
| 7700 | Malaysian |
| 7740 | Singaporean |
| 7760 | Thai |
| 7770 | Black Thai |
| 7780 | Western Lao |
| 7820 | Taiwanese |
| 7850 | Vietnamese |
| 7860 | Katu |
| 7880 | Mnong |
| 7900 | Montagnard |
| 7920 | Indochinese |
| 7930 | Eurasian |
| 7950 | Asian |
| 8000 | Australian |
| 8010 | Tasmanian |
| 8030 | New Zealander |
| 8081 | Polynesian |
| 8082 | Norfolk Islander |
| 8100 | Maori |
| 8110 | Hawaiian |
| 8130 | Part Hawaiian |
| 8141 | Samoan |
| 8142 | American Samoan |
| 8143 | French Samoan |
| 8150 | Tongan |
| 8160 | Tokelauan |
| 8170 | Cook Islander |
| 8180 | Tahitian |
| 8190 | Niuean |
| 8201 | Mironesian |
| 8202 | U S Trust Terr of the Pacific |
| 8210 | Guamanian |
| 8220 | Chamorro Islander |
| 8231 | Saipanese |
| 8240 | Palauan |
| 8250 | Marshall Islander |
| 8260 | Kosraean |
| 8282 | Mortlockese |
| 8284 | Pulawatese |
| 8285 | Truk Islander |
| 8290 | Yap Islander |
| 8301 | Caroline Islander |
| 8302 | Lamotrekese |
| 8303 | Ulithian |
| 8310 | Kiribatese |
| 8320 | Nauruan |
| 8400 | Melanesian Islander |
| 8410 | Fijian |
| 8430 | New Guinean |
| 8440 | Papuan |
| 8450 | Solomon Islander |
| 8470 | Vanuatuan |
| 8501 | Campbell Islander |
| 8502 | Christmas Islander |
| 8503 | Kermadec Islander |
| 8504 | Midway Islander |
| 8505 | Phoenix Islander |
| 8506 | Wake Islander |
| 8600 | Oceania |
| 9000 | Afro-American |
| 9200 | American Indian (all tribes) |
| 9201 | American Indian-English-French |
| 9202 | American Indian-English-German |
| 9203 | American Indian-English-Irish |
| 9204 | American Indian-German-Irish |
| 9210 | Aleut |
| 9220 | Eskimo |
| 9240 | White/Caucasian |
| 9300 | Greenlander |
| 9310 | Canadian |
| 9330 | Newfoundland |
| 9340 | Nova Scotian |
| 9350 | French Canadian |
| 9360 | Acadian |
| 9390 | American |
| 9400 | United States |
| 9940 | North American |
| 9950 | Mixture |
| 9961 | Not Classified |
| 9980 | Other |
| 9990 | Not Reported |
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 respondent's self-reported ancestry or ethnic origin. Respondents could give as many ancestries as they saw fit. This variable records the first response.
Universe
United States 1980: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |