1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990

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Reference ID

USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Number of own children under age 5 in household (US1990A_NCHLT5)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 247

End: 247

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	No children under age 5
1	1 child under age 5
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8

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 number of own children age 4 and under residing with each individual.

Universe

United States 1990: All persons

concept

Concept

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

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