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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Citizenship status (US1980A_CITIZEN)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 269
End: 269
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A437"><span class="em">12a. Is this person a naturalized citizen of the United States? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, a naturalized citizen<br />[] No, not a citizen<br />[] Born abroad of American parents</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Born abroad of American parents
2 Naturalized citizen
3 Not a citizen
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 citizenship status of respondents, distinguishing between naturalized citizens and non-citizens.
Universe
United States 1980: Foreign-born persons [discrepancies: type I: none, type II: trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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