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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Family unit membership (US1980A_FAMUNIT)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 234

End: 234

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1st family in household or group quarters
2	2nd family in household
3	3rd
4	4th
5	5th
6	6th
7	7th
8	8th
9	9th

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 which family within the dwelling each person belongs to. If there is only one group of related individuals, all of them will be coded 1; if there is a second, separate such group, all members of that family group will be coded 2, and so on.

Universe

United States 1980: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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