2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000

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Reference ID

USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Years in the United States, intervalled (US2000A_YRSUSA2)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 309

End: 309

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US00A435 US00A436"><span class="em">14. When did this person come to live in the United States? </span>Print numbers in boxes.<br /><div class="i1">_ _ _ _ Year</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	0 to 5 years
2	6 to 10 years
3	11 to 15 years
4	16 to 20 years
5	21+ years

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 how long a person who was born in a foreign country had been living in the United States.

Universe

United States 2000: Foreign-born persons and persons born in US outlying areas [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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