1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Statistics Canada, IPUMS

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Economic family status (CA1981A_ECFAMST)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 199

End: 199

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Unattached individual
2	Economic family person but not census family person
3	Economic family person and census family person in economic family with no non-census family persons
4	Economic family person and census family person in economic family with some non-census family persons
9	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 classification of the population according to whether or not the persons are members of an economic family.

Universe

Canada 1981: Persons in private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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

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