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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Number of own family members in household (US1860A_FAMSIZE)

Data file: USA1860_PHC-P-H

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Type: Discrete

Start: 255

End: 256

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
01	1 family member present
02	2 family members present
03	3 family members present
04	4 family members present
05	5 family members present
06	6 family members present
07	7 family members present
08	8 family members present
09	9 family members present
10	10 family members present
11	11 family members present
12	12 family members present
13	13 family members present
14	14 family members present
15	15 family members present
16	16 family members present
17	17 family members present
18	18 family members present

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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Number of own family members in household.

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United States 1860: All persons

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