1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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Reference ID

USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Age (US1980A_AGE)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 244

End: 245

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US80A423"><span class="em">5a. Print age at last birthday. </span><br /><div class="i1">____ Age at last birthday</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	Less than 1 year old
01	1 year
02	2 years
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63
64	64
65	65
66	66
67	67
68	68
69	69
70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73
74	74
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78
79	79
80	80
81	81
82	82
83	83
84	84
85	85
86	86
87	87
88	88
89	89
90	90+ years

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 respondent's age in years as of the last birthday.

Universe

United States 1980: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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