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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Total family income (US1990A_FTOTINC)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 240

End: 245

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="US90A048 US90A469 US90A471 US90A472 US90A473 US90A474 US90A475 US90A478 US90A569">32. Income in 1989 -- Fill the "yes" circle below for each income source received during 1989. Otherwise, fill the "no" circle. If "yes," enter the total amount received during 1989. For income received jointly, see instruction guide. If exact amount is not known, please give best estimate. If net income was a loss, write "loss" above the dollar amount. [Fill the yes or no circle for each part and enter the amount received during 1989. If income from any source was received jointly by household members, report, if possible, the appropriate share for each person; otherwise, report the whole amount for only one person and fill the no circle for the other person.] </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the primary household's total pre-tax money income from all sources for the previous year.

Universe

United States 1990: Private, occupied dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

US90A048 is a 6-digit numeric variable.

Codes999999 = NIU.

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