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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Sep 03, 2025

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Number of married couples in household (US1880B_NCOUPLES)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 251

End: 251

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	0 couples or NIU (not in universe)
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7

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 number of married couples in the household.

Universe

United States 1880 (10%): All sample units

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