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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Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Rule for linking mother (US1880A_MOMRULE)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 258

End: 258

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	No mother link
1	Unambiguous mother link
2	Daughter/grandchild link
3	Preceding female (no intervening person)
4	Preceding female (surname similarity)
7	Spouse of father becomes stepmother

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.

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Rule for linking mother.

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United States 1880 (100%): All persons

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