United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850

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USA_1850_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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Labor force status (US1850A_LABFORCE)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 274

End: 274

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US50A440 US50A441 US50A442 US50A443">7. ____ Profession, occupation, or trade of each male person over 15 years of age.<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	No, not in the labor force
2	Yes, in the labor force
9	NIU (not in universe)

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 the person participated in the labor force.

Universe

United States 1850 (100%): Males age 16+

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