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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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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Migration status, 5 years (US1990A_MIGRATE5)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 384
End: 384
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A479"><span class="em">14a. Did this person live in this house or apartment 5 years ago (on April 1, 1985)?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Born after April 1, 1985 -- Go to questions for the next person<br />[] Yes -- Skip to 15a<br />[] No</div><br /><br />[Mark yes if this person lived in this same house or apartment on April 1, 1985, even if he/she moved away and came back since then. Mark no if this person lived in the same building but in a different apartment (or in the same mobile home or trailer but on a different lot or trailer site).]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Same house
2 Place not reported
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 whether a person age 5+ had changed residence since a reference point 5 years ago.
Universe
United States 1990: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Migration: Global Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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