1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Relationship to household head/householder (US1960A_RELATE)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 198

End: 201

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US60A423"><span class="em"> P3. What is the relationship of each person to the head of this household? </span><br /><div class="i1">(For example, wife, son, daughter, grandson, mother-in-law, lodger, lodger's wife)</div><br /><div class="i2">_____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
0101	Head/householder
0201	Spouse
0301	Child
0401	Child-in-law
0501	Parent
0601	Parent-in-law
0701	Sibling
0801	Sibling-in-Law
0901	Grandchild
1061	Other relatives, n.e.c.
1110	Partner/friend
1240	Roomer/boarders/lodgers and foster children
1250	Employees
1291	Military
1292	College dormitories
1293	Residents of rooming houses
1295	Other non-inmates 1960 -1970 (includes employees)
1296	Non-inmates in institutions
1301	Institutional inmates

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 an individual's relationship to the head of household or householder.

Universe

United States 1960: All persons

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