2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset
United States, 2011 - 2015
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USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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United States Census Bureau, IPUMS
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- USA2015_PHC-H-H
- USA2015_PHC-P-H
Age of eldest own child in household (US2015A_ELDCH)
Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
288
End:
289
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
4. What is Person 1's age and what is Person 1's date of birth? Please report babies as age 0 when the child is less than 1 year old. </p>
<div class="i1">Print numbers in boxes.<br /><br />Age (in years) _ _ _ <br />Month _ _ <br />Day _ _ <br />Year of birth _ _ _ _</div><p>2. How is this person related to Person 1? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Husband or wife <br />[] Biological son or daughter <br />[] Adopted son or daughter<br />[] Stepson or stepdaughter <br />[] Brother or sister <br />[] Father or mother<br />[] Grandchild<br />[] Parent-in-law<br />[] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law<br />[] Other relative<br />[] Roomer or boarder<br />[] Housemate or roommate<br />[] Unmarried partner<br />[] Foster child<br />[] Other nonrelative</div><p>4. What is Person X's age and what is Person X's date of birth? Please report babies as age 0 when the child is less than 1 year old. </p>
<div class="i1">Print numbers in boxes.<br /><br />Age (in years) _ _ _ <br />Month _ _ <br />Day _ _ <br />Year of birth _ _ _ _</div><p>Age (in years)_ _ _
<div class="i1">Print numbers in boxes.<br /><br />Age (in years) _ _ _ <br />Month _ _ <br />Day _ _ <br />Year of birth _ _ _ _</div><p>2. How is this person related to Person 1? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Husband or wife <br />[] Biological son or daughter <br />[] Adopted son or daughter<br />[] Stepson or stepdaughter <br />[] Brother or sister <br />[] Father or mother<br />[] Grandchild<br />[] Parent-in-law<br />[] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law<br />[] Other relative<br />[] Roomer or boarder<br />[] Housemate or roommate<br />[] Unmarried partner<br />[] Foster child<br />[] Other nonrelative</div><p>4. What is Person X's age and what is Person X's date of birth? Please report babies as age 0 when the child is less than 1 year old. </p>
<div class="i1">Print numbers in boxes.<br /><br />Age (in years) _ _ _ <br />Month _ _ <br />Day _ _ <br />Year of birth _ _ _ _</div><p>Age (in years)_ _ _
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Less than 1 year old |
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 31 | 31 |
| 32 | 32 |
| 33 | 33 |
| 34 | 34 |
| 35 | 35 |
| 36 | 36 |
| 37 | 37 |
| 38 | 38 |
| 39 | 39 |
| 40 | 40 |
| 41 | 41 |
| 42 | 42 |
| 43 | 43 |
| 44 | 44 |
| 45 | 45 |
| 46 | 46 |
| 47 | 47 |
| 48 | 48 |
| 49 | 49 |
| 50 | 50 |
| 51 | 51 |
| 52 | 52 |
| 53 | 53 |
| 54 | 54 |
| 55 | 55 |
| 56 | 56 |
| 57 | 57 |
| 58 | 58 |
| 59 | 59 |
| 60 | 60 |
| 61 | 61 |
| 62 | 62 |
| 63 | 63 |
| 64 | 64 |
| 65 | 65 |
| 66 | 66 |
| 67 | 67 |
| 68 | 68 |
| 69 | 69 |
| 70 | 70 |
| 71 | 71 |
| 72 | 72 |
| 73 | 73 |
| 74 | 74 |
| 75 | 75 |
| 76 | 76 |
| 77 | 77 |
| 78 | 78 |
| 79 | 79 |
| 80 | 80 |
| 81 | 81 |
| 82 | 82 |
| 83 | 83 |
| 84 | 84 |
| 85 | 85 |
| 86 | 86 |
| 87 | 87 |
| 88 | 88 |
| 89 | 89 |
| 91 | 91 |
| 92 | 92 |
| 93 | 93 |
| 94 | 94 |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
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 age of eldest own child in household.
Universe
United States 2015: Persons with children present in the household [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept