1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960

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Reference ID

USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Quarter of birth (US1960A_BIRTHQTR)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 301

End: 301

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US60A424 US60A486"><span class="em">P6. When was this person born? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">_____Month <br />_____Year</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	January-February-March
2	April-May-June
3	July-August-September
4	October-November-December

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

This variable indicates the respondent's quarter of birth (January-March, April-June, July-September, October-December).

Universe

United States 1960: All persons

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