United States Census of 1870 - IPUMS Subset

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USA_1870_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Occupation, original alphabetic string (US1870A_OCCSTR)

Type: Continuous

Start: 399

End: 450

Width: 52

Range: -

Format: character

Definition

Occupation, original alphabetic string.

Universe

United States 1870: All persons who reported an occupation

Concept

Derivation

This is a 52-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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