1991 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1991

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CAN_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Statistics Canada, IPUMS

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Economic family status (CA1991A_FAMECST)

Data file: CAN1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 207

End: 207

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Member of an economic family which does not include a census family
2	Member of an economic family which includes a census family but has no additional non-family persons
3	Member of an economic family which includes a census family and has additional non-family persons
4	Member of an economic family which includes two or more census families but has no additional non-family persons
5	Member of an economic family which includes two or more census families and has additional non-family persons
6	Non-economic family person (living alone or with non-relatives only)
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 they are members of an economic family (living with relatives and not alone).

Universe

Canada 1991: Persons in private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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

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