Danish Census 1880 - IPUMS Subset

Denmark, 1880

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Reference ID

DNK_1880_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Commission for the Collection of Statistical Tables, IPUMS

Metadata

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Sep 03, 2025

Last modified

Sep 03, 2025

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Occupation (string) (DK1880A_OCCA)

Data file: DNK1880_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 328

End: 477

Width: 150

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Position in family ____</p>
<div class="i1">Head of family, mother of family, children, relatives, servants, lodgers etc. -- and also title, office, business, trade or by which occupation they live as a master or assistant (manager, journey or boy etc.) or whether they are supported by poor relief.</div>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's occupation.

Universe

Denmark 1880: All persons

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 150-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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