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United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1880
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USA_1880_PHC-10PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Farm status (US1880B_FARM)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 247
End: 247
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
1 Non-farm
2 Farm
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the household is located in a farm. Farm households are constructed from occupational data and are defined as any household containing a person with the occupation of "farmer".
Universe
United States 1880 (10%): All households

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