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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Probable step/adopted mother (US1900A_STEPMOM)

Data file: USA1900_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 268

End: 268

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	No stepfather present
1	Improbable age difference
2	Spouse of father
3	Identified stepmother
4	No surviving children
5	Identified as adopted
6	Birthplace/marriage duration mismatch
7	Number of children born/children surviving check

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 whether a person's mother, as identified by US00A403, was likely to have been the person's stepmother or adoptive mother. A value of 0 indicates no likely stepmother because (1) the mother identified in US00A403 was probably the biological mother or (2) there was no mother of this person present in the household. The NAPP assumes that the mother is the biological mother if she is (1) the householder and reported the child to be her son/daughter, or (2) the wife of the householder, who reported the child to be his son/daughter.

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United States 1900: All persons

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