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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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Sex (US1990A_SEX)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 260
End: 260
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A424"><span class="em">3. Sex </span><br /><div class="i1">Fill one circle for each person.<br /><br />[] Male<br />[] Female</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
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 sex of the individual.
Universe
United States 1990: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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