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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Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Multigenerational household (detailed codes) (US1880B_MULTGEND)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 255

End: 256

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
10	1 generation
21	2 adjacent generations, adult-children
22	2 adjacent generations, adult-adult
23	2 non-adjacent generations
31	3+ generations
32	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 contained in the household in detail (2 digits codes).

Universe

United States 1880 (10%): All households

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