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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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Racial or tribal origin, 1 digit (CA1911A_RACE1)

Data file: CAN1911_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 384
End: 385
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
14. Racial or tribal origin
Categories
Value Category
01 White European
02 American continent (aboriginal)
03 African
04 Middle Eastern
05 Asian
07 Oceanian
08 Jewish
09 Other origins
99 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
100. <span class="em">Racial or tribal origin</span>. The racial or tribal origin, column 14, is usually traced through the father, as in English, Scotch, Irish, Welsh, French, German, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Bohemian, Ruthenian, Bukovinian, Galician, Bulgarian, Chinese, .Japanese, Polish, Jewish, etc. A person whose father is English but whose mother is Scotch, Irish, French or other race will be ranked as English, and so with any of the others. In the case of Indians the origin is traced through the mother, and names of their tribes should be given, as 'Chippewa,' 'Cree,' etc. The children be gotten of marriages between white and black or yellow races will be classed as Negro or Mongolian, (Chinese or Japanese) as the case may be.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates a person's racial or tribal origin, in 1 digit.
Universe
Canada 1911: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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