United States Census of 1900 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1900

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USA_1900_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Immigrant generation (GENERATION)

Data file: USA1900_PHC-P-H

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Type: Discrete

Start: 118

End: 119

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
10	Native-Born
11	Both parents native-born
12	Father foreign, mother native
13	Mother foreign, father native
14	Both parents foreign
20	Foreign-born
99	Unknown

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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Definition

GENERATION identifies the respondent as foreign-born, native-born, or native of foreign parentage. The variable is constructed from responses to country of birth and parental country of birth.

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