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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Rule for linking spouse (US1980A_SPRULE)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 229

End: 229

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	No spouse link
1	Wife follows husband
2	Wife precedes husband
3	Non-adjacent persons -- consistent relationship to head/age differences
4	Adjacent persons (wife follows husband -- no conflicts)
5	Adjacent persons (wife precedes husband -- no conflicts)
6	Non-adjacent persons -- no age, other relative conflicts

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 reason why the IPUMS variable SPLOC (spouse's location in households) linked the person to a probable spouse. The IPUMS establishes spouse-spouse links according to six basic rules, and SPRULE reports the number of the rule for the link in question.

Universe

United States 1980: All persons

concept

Concept

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

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