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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Rule for linking spouse (US1960A_SPRULE)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 187

End: 187

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
	No spouse link
1	Wife follows husband
2	Wife precedes husband
3	Non-adjacent persons -- consistent relationship to head/age differences
4	Adjacent persons (wife follows husband -- no conflicts)
5	Adjacent persons (wife precedes husband -- no conflicts)
6	Non-adjacent persons -- no age, other relative conflicts

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 rule (out of 6 possible ones) by which the IPUMS variable SPLOC linked the person to a probable spouse.

Universe

United States 1960: All persons

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Concept

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