United States Census of 1860 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1860

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USA_1860_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Dec 23, 2014

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Sampling rule (US1860A_SAMPRULE)

Data file: USA1860_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 256

End: 256

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	Unoccupied dwelling
1	Complete dwelling or household taken under ordinary sampling rules
2	Complete household sampled from within large dwelling
3	Related group sampled from within a large household or institution
4	Individual sampled from within a large household or institution
5	Fragment

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.

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Definition

Sampling rule.

Universe

United States 1860: All households

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Concept

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