Fifth Census of Canada 1911 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2011

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CAN_1911_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Agriculture, Census Branch, IPUMS

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Life insurance value (CA1911A_LIFEINS)

Data file: CAN1911_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 527

End: 532

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

30. Upon life $

Interviewer instructions

128. <span class="em">Insurance held at date</span>. If any person, male or female, carries insurance upon his or her life whether in an 'old line company,' 'an assessment company' or'fraternal organization,' the total value of the policies in force at June 1 1911 will be entered in column 30, and in column 31 the amount of insurance carried against accident or sickness should be recorded. In column 32 the total cost per year of the insurance represented in columns 30 and 31 for the twelve months immediately preceding the date of the Census, namely June 1 1911, will be entered.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates a person's life insurance value.

Universe

Canada 1911: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 6-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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