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2010 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2006 - 2010
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USA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Citizenship status (US2010A_CITIZEN)

Data file: USA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 328
End: 328
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US10A428 US10A726">8. Is this person a citizen of the United States? <br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, born in the United States -&gt; skip to 10a <br />[] Yes, born in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Northern Marianas <br />[] Yes, born abroad of U.S. citizen parent or parents <br />[] Yes, U.S. citizen by naturalization. Print year of naturalization: ____ <br />[] No, not a U.S. citizen</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Born abroad of American parents
2 Naturalized citizen
3 Not a citizen
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 the person's citizenship status.
Universe
United States 2010: Foreign-born persons [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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