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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School attendance (US1850B_SCHOOL)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 302

End: 302

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US50A438">11. ____ Attended school within the year.<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	No, not in school
2	Yes, in school

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

School attendance.

Universe

United States 1850 (1%): All persons

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