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1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Sex (US1960A_SEX)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 205
End: 205
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A425"><span class="em">P4. Male or Female</span> (M or F) <br /><br /><div class="i1">_____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person was male or female.
Universe
United States 1960: All persons

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