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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Probable step/adopted father (US1990A_STEPPOP)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 239

End: 239

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	No stepfather present
1	Improbable age difference
2	Spouse of mother
3	Identified stepfather

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's father, was likely to have been the person's stepfather or adoptive father.

Universe

United States 1990: All persons

concept

Concept

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

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