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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Department of the Interior, IPUMS

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School attendance (US1880B_SCHOOL)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 347

End: 347

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<span class="h3">Education</span><div class="i1">[] 21 Attended school within the census year<br /> [] 22 Can not read<br /> [] 23 Can not write</div>

Categories

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

School attendance.

Universe

United States 1880 (10%): All persons

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