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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Race (US1980A_RACE)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 247

End: 248

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US80A425"><span class="em">4. Is this person -- </span><br /><div class="i1">Fill one circle.<br /><br />[] White<br />[] Black or Negro<br />[] Japanese<br />[] Chinese<br />[] Filipino<br />[] Korean<br />[] Vietnamese<br />[] Asian Indian<br />[] Hawaiian<br />[] Guamanian<br />[] Samoan<br />[] Eskimo<br />[] Aleut<br />[] Other</div><br /><div class="i2">____ Specify</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Indian (Amer.)</div><br /><div class="i2">____ Print tribe</div><br /><br />[Fill the circle for the category with which the person most closely identifies. If you fill the Indian (American) or other circle, be sure to print the name of the specific Indian tribe or specific group.]<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	White
02	Spanish write-in
03	Black/Negro
04	American Indian/Alaska Native
05	Chinese
06	Japanese
07	Filipino
08	Asian Indian
09	Korean
10	Native Hawaiian
11	Vietnamese
12	Other Asian or Pacific Islander
13	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 an individual (white, Chinese, Japanese, etc.)

Universe

United States 1980: All persons

concept

Concept

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

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