United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1880

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USA_1880_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Mother's birthplace, alphabetic string (US1880A_MBPLSTR)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 571

End: 620

Width: 50

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US80A404">26. Mother's birth place<br /><div class="i1">____ Place of birth of the mother of this person<br />____ State or Territory of United States<br />____ Country, if of foreign birth</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

Mother's birthplace, alphabetic string.

Universe

United States 1880 (100%): All persons who reported their mother's birthplace

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 50-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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