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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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Mother's birthplace, alphabetic string (US1900A_MBPLSTR)

Data file: USA1900_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous
Start: 535
End: 584
Width: 50
Range: -
Format: character

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>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the mother's birthplace, alphabetic string.
Universe
United States 1900: 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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