1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970

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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Race (US1970A_RACE)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 232

End: 233

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[All]
<br /><span class="em">4. Color or race </span><div class="i1">Fill one circle.<br /><br />If "Indian (American)," also give tribe.<br />If "Other," also give race.</div><div class="i2">[] White<br />[] Negro or Black<br />[] Indian (Amer.) Print tribe<br /><div class="i3">____</div><br />[] Japanese<br />[] Chinese<br />[] Filipino<br />[] Hawaiian<br />[] Korean<br />[] Other - Print race</div><div class="i3">_____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	White
02	Black/Negro
03	American Indian/Alaska Native
04	Aleut
05	Eskimo
06	Chinese
07	Japanese
08	Filipino
09	Korean
10	Native Hawaiian
11	Other race, n.e.c.

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 race of individual.

Universe

United States 1970: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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