United States Census of 1870 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1870

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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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Race (US1870A_RACE)

Data file: USA1870_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 289

End: 289

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US70A431 US70A432 US70A441 US70A442">6. Color:<br /><div class="i1">[] White (W)<br />[] Black (B)<br />[] Mulatto (M)<br />[] Chinese (C)<br />[] Indian (I)</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	White
2	Black/negro
3	American Indian or Alaska Native
4	Chinese

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

Race.

Universe

United States 1870: All persons

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Concept

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