United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850

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USA_1850_PHC-1PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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Crime (US1850B_CRIME)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 436

End: 436

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US50A451 US50A452 US50A453 US50A454">13. ____ Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict.<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Drunk or disorderly
2	Theft, burglary, larceny
3	Assault
4	Rape
5	Murder, manslaughter
6	Miscellaneous
7	Convict/in jail
8	Unknown
9	Missing

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

Crime.

Universe

United States 1850 (1%): All persons

concept

Concept

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