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Census of Population and Housing 1960 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Family unit membership (US1960A_0419)

Data file: USA1960-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 181
End: 181
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

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Literal question
Family unit membership
Categories
Value Category
1 1st family
2 2nd family
3 3rd
4 4th
5 5th
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 which family within the housing unit each person belongs to. If there is only one group of related individuals, all of them will be coded 1; if there is a second, separate such group, all members of that family group will be coded 2, and so on.
Universe
All persons

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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