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United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850
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USA_1850_PHC-1PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of the Interior, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Occupation, original alphabetic string (US1850B_OCCSTR)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous
Start: 383
End: 434
Width: 52
Range: -
Format: character

Description

Definition
Occupation, original alphabetic string.
Universe
United States 1850 (1%): All persons who reported an occupation; not available for Puerto Rico

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 52-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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