1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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Reference ID

USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Probable step/adopted mother (US1980A_STEPMOM)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 221

End: 221

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0	No stepmother present
1	Improbable age difference
2	Spouse of father
3	No surviving children
4	Number of children born/children surviving check

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 a person's mother, as identified by MOMLOC (mother's location in household), was likely to have been the person's stepmother or adoptive mother.

Universe

United States 1980: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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