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 father (US1900A_STEPPOP)

Data file: USA1900_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 272

End: 272

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	No stepfather present
1	Improbable age difference
2	Spouse of mother
3	Identified stepfather
5	Identified as adopted
6	Birthplace/marriage duration mismatch
7	Surname difference -- male child or never-married female

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 father, as identified by US00A406, was likely to have been the person's stepfather or adoptive father. Non-zero values of this variable explain why it is probable that the person's father was a step- or adoptive father. A value of 0 indicates no likely stepfather because (1) the father identified in US00A406 was probably the biological father or (2) there was no father of this person present in the household. The NAPP assumes that the father is the biological father if he is (1) the householder and reported the child to be his son/daughter, or (2) the husband of the householder, who reported the child to be her son/daughter.

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United States 1900: All persons

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