1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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Reference ID

CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Statistics Canada, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Ethnic origin (CA1981A_ETHNIC)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 267

End: 268

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CA81A030 CA81A441">26. To which ethnic or cultural group did you or your ancestors belong on first coming to this continent?<br /><div class="i1">See guide for further information.<br />[] French<br />[] English<br />[] Irish<br />[] Scottish<br />[] German<br />[] Italian<br />[] Ukrainian<br />[] Dutch (Netherlands)<br />[] Polish<br />[] Jewish<br />[] Chinese<br />[] Other (specify) ____</div><br />Native peoples<br /><div class="i1">[] Inuit<br />[] Status or registered Indian<br />[] Non-status Indian<br />[] Metis</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	British
02	French
03	African and Caribbean Haitian
04	Chinese
05	Croatian, Serbian, etc.
06	Czech and Slovak
07	Dutch
08	German
09	Greek
10	Italian
11	Jewish
12	Magyar (Hungarian)
13	Polish
14	Portuguese
15	Scandinavia
16	Ukrainian
17	Other single responses
18	British and French
19	British and other
20	French and other
21	British and French and other
22	Other multiple responses
98	Unknown
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 ethnic or cultural group(s) to which the respondent's ancestors belong.

Universe

Canada 1981: All persons, excluding inmates [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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