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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Sickness, alphabetic string (US1880B_SICKSTR)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 682

End: 741

Width: 60

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15. Is the person (on the day of the enumerator's visit) sick or temporarily disabled, so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><p>Is so, what is the sickness or disability?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 16 Blind<br /> [] 17 Deaf and dumb<br /> [] 18 Idiotic<br /> [] 19 Insane<br /> [] 20 Maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled</div>

Description

Definition

Sickness, alphabetic string.

Universe

United States 1880 (10%): All persons who reported that they were sick on the day of enumeration

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Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 60-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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