United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1880

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USA_1880_PHC-10PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Relationship to household head (US1880B_RELATE)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 291

End: 292

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

08. Relationship of each person to the head of this family:</p>
<div class="i1">[] Wife<br />[] Son<br />[] Daughter<br />[] Servant<br />[] Boarder<br />[] Other</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Head/householder
02	Spouse
03	Child
04	Child-in-law
05	Parent
06	Parent-in-law
07	Sibling
08	Sibling-in-law
09	Grandchild
10	Other relative
11	Partner, friend, visitor
12	Other non-relative
13	Institutional inmate

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

Relationship to household head.

Universe

United States 1880 (10%): All persons

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Concept

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