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United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1880
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Group quarters status (US1880B_GQ)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 240
End: 240
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
1 Households under 1970 definition
2 Additional households under 1990 definition
3 Institutions
4 Other group quarters
6 Fragment
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 the group quarter status of the household. Group quarters are largely institutions and other group living arrangements, such as rooming houses and military barracks that include units with 10 or more individuals unrelated to the householder .
This variable also identifies fragments. Fragments are individuals or groups of individuals who were enumerated separately from their household or group quarters. Most often this occurred when, at the end of a district, an enumerator added the names of individuals who had been missed. For these individuals, the unit's status as household versus group quarters cannot be classified. Non-inmates living in institutions are coded into "institution" category.
Universe
United States 1880 (10%): All households

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