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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Probable step/adopted father (US1850B_STEPPOP)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 246

End: 246

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	No stepfather present
1	Improbable age difference
2	Spouse of mother
7	Surname difference -- male child or never-married female

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.

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Definition

Probable step/adopted father.

Universe

United States 1850 (1%): All persons

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