Fifth Census of Canada 1911 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2011

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CAN_1911_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS

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Dwelling number (string) (CA1911A_DWELLSTR)

Data file: CAN1911_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 720

End: 727

Width: 8

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

4. Place of habitation (Township or parish, city, town or village. Range or concession and lot of cadastral number if in township or parish. Street and house number if in a city, town or village. Or other description.)

Interviewer instructions

82. <span class="em">Place of habitation</span>. The place of habitation, column 4, refers to the place of residence. In the case of a city, town or incorporated village, the enumerator will enter the number of the house and the name of the street, as 14 Bay street; and in the case of rural districts the name of the township, lot, parish or cadastral number: Provided, however, that in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta the location be designated by township, range and meridian, as T. 14, R. 9, W. 3. See Sample Schedule.

Description

Definition

This variable is a string that indicates a household's dwelling number.

Universe

Canada 1911: All households

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: A-E Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 8-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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