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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Month of birth (US1880B_BIRTHMO)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 305

End: 306

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

06. Age:</p>
<div class="i1">If under 1 year, give months in fractions, thus, 3/12.<br /><br />____ Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880.<br /><br />07. ____ If born within the census year, give the month</div>

Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
01	January
02	February
03	March
04	April
05	May
06	June
07	July
08	August
09	September
10	October
11	November
12	December

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

Month of birth.

Universe

United States 1880 (10%): Persons under age 1

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