United States Census of 1900 - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1900
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Reference ID
USA_1900_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of the Interior, IPUMS
Metadata
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Dec 23, 2014
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- USA1900_PHC-H-H
- USA1900_PHC-P-H
Children ever born (US1900A_CHBORN)
Data file: USA1900_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
308
End:
309
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US00A429 US00A430">11. ____ Mother of how many children.<br />12. ____ Number of these children living.<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 01 | No children |
| 02 | 1 child |
| 03 | 2 children |
| 04 | 3 children |
| 05 | 4 children |
| 06 | 5 children |
| 07 | 6 children |
| 08 | 7 children |
| 09 | 8 children |
| 10 | 9 children |
| 11 | 10 children |
| 12 | 11 children |
| 13 | 12 |
| 14 | 13 |
| 15 | 14 |
| 16 | 15 |
| 17 | 16 |
| 18 | 17 |
| 19 | 18 |
| 20 | 19 |
| 21 | 20 |
| 22 | 21 |
| 23 | 22 |
| 24 | 23 |
| 25 | 24 |
| 26 | 25 |
| 27 | 26 |
| 28 | 27 |
| 29 | 28 |
| 30 | 29 |
| 31 | 30 |
| 87 | 87 |
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
This variable indicates the children ever born to a person.
Universe
United States 1900: Ever-married females age 12+
concept
Concept