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
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Department of the Interior, IPUMS
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Mother's birthplace (US1900A_MBPL)
Data file: USA1900_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
324
End:
326
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="US00A433 US00A434 US00A435 US00A436 US00A437 US00A438 US00A439 US00A471 US00A472 US00A473"><span class="em">Nativity:</span><br />Place of birth of each person and parents of each person enumerated. If born in the United States, give the <span class="ital">State or Territory</span>; if of foreign birth, give the <span class="ital">Country</span> only.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a=" US00A435 US00A436 US00A472" v="US00A435 US00A436 US00A439 US00A472">15. ____ Place of birth of mother of this person.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a=" US00A435 US00A436 US00A472" v="US00A435 US00A436 US00A439 US00A472">15. ____ Place of birth of mother of this person.<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Alabama |
| 002 | Alaska |
| 004 | Arizona |
| 005 | Arkansas |
| 006 | California |
| 008 | Colorado |
| 009 | Connecticut |
| 010 | Delaware |
| 011 | District of Columbia |
| 012 | Florida |
| 013 | Georgia |
| 015 | Hawaii |
| 016 | Idaho |
| 017 | Illinois |
| 018 | Indiana |
| 019 | Iowa |
| 020 | Kansas |
| 021 | Kentucky |
| 022 | Louisiana |
| 023 | Maine |
| 024 | Maryland |
| 025 | Massachusetts |
| 026 | Michigan |
| 027 | Minnesota |
| 028 | Mississippi |
| 029 | Missouri |
| 030 | Montana |
| 031 | Nebraska |
| 032 | Nevada |
| 033 | New Hampshire |
| 034 | New Jersey |
| 035 | New Mexico |
| 036 | New York |
| 037 | North Carolina |
| 038 | North Dakota |
| 039 | Ohio |
| 040 | Oklahoma |
| 041 | Oregon |
| 042 | Pennsylvania |
| 044 | Rhode Island |
| 045 | South Carolina |
| 046 | South Dakota |
| 047 | Tennessee |
| 048 | Texas |
| 049 | Utah |
| 050 | Vermont |
| 051 | Virginia |
| 053 | Washington |
| 054 | West Virginia |
| 055 | Wisconsin |
| 056 | Wyoming |
| 090 | Native American |
| 099 | United States, ns |
| 100 | American Samoa |
| 110 | Puerto Rico |
| 115 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 150 | Canada |
| 160 | Atlantic Islands |
| 200 | Mexico |
| 210 | Central America |
| 250 | Cuba |
| 260 | West Indies |
| 300 | South America |
| 400 | Denmark |
| 401 | Finland |
| 402 | Iceland |
| 404 | Norway |
| 405 | Sweden |
| 410 | England |
| 411 | Scotland |
| 412 | Wales |
| 413 | United Kingdom, ns |
| 414 | Ireland |
| 420 | Belgium |
| 421 | France |
| 423 | Luxembourg |
| 425 | Netherlands |
| 426 | Switerland |
| 432 | Gibraltar |
| 433 | Greece |
| 434 | Italy |
| 435 | Malta |
| 436 | Portugal |
| 438 | Spain |
| 450 | Austria |
| 451 | Bulgaria |
| 452 | Czechoslovakia |
| 453 | Germany |
| 454 | Hungary |
| 455 | Poland |
| 456 | Romania |
| 457 | Yugoslavia |
| 462 | Lithuania |
| 465 | Other USSR/Russia |
| 499 | Europe, ns |
| 500 | China |
| 501 | Japan |
| 512 | Indonesia |
| 517 | Thailand |
| 521 | India |
| 522 | Iran |
| 534 | Israel/Palestine |
| 541 | Syria |
| 542 | Turkey |
| 548 | Southwest Asia, nec/ns |
| 549 | Asia Minor, ns |
| 599 | Asia, nec/ns |
| 600 | Africa |
| 700 | Australia and New Zealand |
| 710 | Pacific Islands |
| 900 | Abroad (unknown) or at sea |
| 950 | Other, nec |
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 reports the state, territory, or foreign country where the respondent's mother was born. Enumerators were instructed to record the nation-state of the person's birth, but there were several exceptions to this general rule.
The general code variable (3 digits) covers places available in other U.S. samples. The codes for mother's birthplace are the same as for birthplace (US00A433). Its first digit more or less corresponds to continents. The makers of the sample preserved as much detail as they thought would be useful to potential users, so some countries are combined into single categories if the number of cases was thought to be too small to be useful.
The general code variable (3 digits) covers places available in other U.S. samples. The codes for mother's birthplace are the same as for birthplace (US00A433). Its first digit more or less corresponds to continents. The makers of the sample preserved as much detail as they thought would be useful to potential users, so some countries are combined into single categories if the number of cases was thought to be too small to be useful.
Universe
United States 1900: All persons
concept
Concept