1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990

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Reference ID

PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Poverty status (PR1990A_POVERTY)

Data file: PRI1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 306

End: 308

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

This variable indicates each family's total income for the previous year as a percentage of the poverty thresholds established by the Social Security Administration in 1964 and subsequently revised in 1980, adjusted for inflation.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1990: Persons in private, occupied and vacant dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 3-digit numeric variable.

Codes000 = NIU (not in universe).
001 = 1 percent or less of poverty threshold.
501 = 501 percent or more of poverty threshold.

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