1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990

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PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Number of married couples in household (NCOUPLES)

Data file: PRI1990_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 96

End: 96

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	No married couples in household
1	1 couple
2	2 couples
3	3 couples
4	4 couples
5	5 couples
6	6 couples
7	7 couples
8	8 couples
9	9 or more couples

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

NCOUPLES is a constructed variable indicating the number of married/in-union couples within a household.

NCOUPLES is constructed using the IPUMS-International pointer variable SPLOC (spouse's location in the household).

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