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United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

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Multigenerational household (US1880B_MULTGEN)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 254
End: 254
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 1 generation
2 2 generations
3 3 generations
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 identifies the number of distinct generations in the the household. The number of generations was identified in two ways. First, relationships to the householder as identified by US80B424 were divided into the following generational categories (general codes only):

(1) Parent, Parent-in-law
(2) Householder, Spouse, Sibling, Sibling-in-law
(3) Child, Child-in-law
(4) Grandchild

The number of generations is simply the number of these categories represented in the household.

Second, the family interrelationship pointer variables were examined to provide additional information on "other relatives" and nonrelatives of the householder. For example, two generations exist when someone is linked to a parent as identified by US80B407 and US80B403 ; three generations exist when that parent also has a parent in the household.
Universe
United States 1880 (10%): All households

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