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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Labor force status (US1860A_LABFORCE)

Data file: USA1860_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 304

End: 304

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v=" US60A440 US60A441 US60A442 US60A443">7. ____ Profession, occupation, or trade of each person, male or female, over 15 years of age<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, not in the labor force
2	Yes, in the labor force

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

Labor force status.

Universe

United States 1860: Persons age 16+

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