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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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Metropolitan status (US1880B_METRO)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 187
End: 187
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Schedule 1: Free Inhabitants in ____, in the County of ____, State of ____, enumerated by me, on the ____day of ____, 1880.</p>

<p>____, Enumerator.
Categories
Value Category
1 Not in metro area
2 In metro area: central city
3 In metro area: outside central city
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 was located within a metropolitan area. See US80B021 for the definition of a metropolitan area.
Universe
United States 1880 (10%): All households

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