1971 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1971

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CAN_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Statistics Canada, IPUMS

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Person number (PERNUM)

Data file: CAN1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 30

End: 33

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

PERNUM numbers all persons within each household consecutively (starting with "1" for the first person record of each household). When combined with SAMPLE and SERIAL, PERNUM uniquely identifies each person in the IPUMS-International database.

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

PERNUM is a 4-digit numeric variable.

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