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

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Rule for linking father (US1980A_POPRULE)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 226

End: 226

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	No father link
1	Unambiguous father link
2	Son/granchild link
3	Preceding male (no intervening person)
4	Husband of mother becomes stepfather

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 reason why the IPUMS variable POPLOC (father's location in household) linked the person to a probable father. The IPUMS establishes father-child links according to five basic rules, and this variable reports the number of the rule for the link in question.

Universe

United States 1980: All persons

concept

Concept

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

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