Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980

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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Rule for linking father (US1980A_0412)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 200

End: 200

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Rule for linking father

Categories

Value	Category
0	No father link
1	Unambiguous father link
2	Son/granchild link
3	Preceding male (no intervening person)
4	Husband of mother becomes stepfather

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 reason why the IPUMS variable POPLOC (father's location in household) linked the person to a probable father. The IPUMS establishes father-child links according to five basic rules, and this variable reports the number of the rule for the link in question.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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