Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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Reference ID

USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Dec 23, 2014

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Years in the United States, intervalled (US1980A_0440)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 246

End: 246

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

12b. When did this person come to the United States to stay?

[] 1975 to 1980
[] 1970 to 1974
[] 1965 to 1969
[] 1960 to 1964
[] 1950 to 1959
[] Before 1950

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	0 to 5 years
2	6 to 10 years
3	11 to 15 years
4	16 to 20 years
5	21 years

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 how long a person had been living in the United States for those who were born in a foreign country or U.S. outlying area.

Universe

Foreign-born persons who were not citizens at birth

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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