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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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First name (CA1911A_NAME1ST)

Data file: CAN1911_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 262
End: 294
Width: 33
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
3. Name of each person in the family, household or institution
Interviewer instructions
80. <span class="em">Name of each person in family, household or institution</span>. The members of the family or household in column 3 are to be entered in the following order, namely: Head first, wife second, then sons and daughters in the order of their ages, and lastly relatives, servants, boarders, lodgers or other persons living in the family or household. The persons in an institution may be described as officer, principal, inmate, patient, prisoner, pupil, etc.</p>

<p>81. <span class="em">How to write names</span>. The last name or surname is to be written first, then the given name in full. Where the surname is the same as that of the person in the preceding line it should not be repeated. See Sample Schedule.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates a person's first name.
Universe
Canada 1911: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 33-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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