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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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Years in the United States, intervalled (US1980A_YRSUSA2)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 272
End: 272
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A439 US80A440"><span class="em">12b. When did this person come to the United States to stay? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1975 to 1980<br />[] 1970 to 1974<br />[] 1965 to 1969<br />[] 1960 to 1964<br />[] 1950 to 1959<br /> [] Before 1950</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 0 to 5 years
2 6 to 10 years
3 11 to 15 years
4 16 to 20 years
5 21 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 how long a person had been living in the United States for those who were born in a foreign country or U.S. outlying area.
Universe
United States 1980: Foreign-born persons who were not citizens at birth [discrepancies: none]

concept

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