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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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United States, Region (REGNUS)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 102
End: 103
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
11 New England division
12 Middle Atlantic division
13 Northeast, n.s.
21 East North Central division
22 West North Central division
23 Midwest, n.s.
31 South Atlantic division
32 East South Central division
33 West South Central division
34 South, n.s.
41 Mountain division
42 Pacific division
43 West, n.s.
99 Region unknown
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
REGNUS indicates the census region in the United States in which the household was enumerated. REGNUS is the largest-scale geographic identifier available in the U.S. samples. REGNUS is harmonized by name and does not account for boundary changes over time.

The full set of geography variables for the United States can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level refer to GEOLEV1 and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Geography: O-Z Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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