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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Last name (CA1911A_NAMELAST)

Data file: CAN1911_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 295

End: 331

Width: 37

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

3. Name of each person in the family, household or institution

Interviewer instructions

80. Name of each person in family, household or institution. 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.

81. How to write names. 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 last name.

Universe

Canada 1911: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 37-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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