Census of Population and Housing 1960 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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Reference ID

USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Rule for linking mother (US1960A_0410)

Data file: USA1960-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 169

End: 169

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Rule for linking mother

Categories

Value	Category
0	No mother link
1	Unambiguous mother link
2	Daughter/grandchild link
3	Preceding female (no intervening person)
4	Spouse of father becomes stepmother

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 MOMLOC linked the person to a probable mother. The IPUMS establishes mother-child links according to seven basic rules, and MOMRULE gives the number of the rule that applied to the link in question.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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