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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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Spanish surname (US1980A_SPANNAME)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 278
End: 278
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A444"><span class="em">1. What is the name of each person who was living here on Tuesday, April 1, 1980, or who was staying or visiting here and had no other home? </span><br /><div class="i1">____<br />____<br />____<br />____<br />____<br />____<br />____<br />____<br />____<br />____<br />____<br />____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, not Spanish surname
2 Yes, Spanish surname
9 Unknown
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 the respondent has a Spanish surnames, based on comparisons of surnames with lists of Spanish surnames.
Universe
United States 1980: Persons in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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