Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970

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Reference ID

USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Rule for linking father (US1970A_0412)

Data file: USA1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 189

End: 189

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Rule for linking father

Categories

Value	Category
0	No father link
1	Unambiguous father link
2	Son/granchild link
3	Preceding male (no intervening person)
4	Husband of mother becomes 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 why the IPUMS variable POPLOC linked the person to a probable father. The IPUMS establishes father-child links according to five basic rules, and POPRULE reports the number of the rule for the link in question.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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