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

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Nativity recode (US1960A_0436)

Data file: USA1960-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 218

End: 218

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

P10. What country was his father born in?

[] United States or
_____ (Name of foreign country; or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.)

P11. What country was his mother born in?

[] United States or
_____ (Name of foreign country; or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Both parents native-born
2	Father foreign, mother native
3	Mother foreign, father native
4	Both parents foreign
5	Foreign-Born

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 whether respondents were native-born or foreign-born; for native-born respondents, it indicates whether their mothers and/or fathers were native-born or foreign-born.

Universe

All persons

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Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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