1971 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1971

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Reference ID

CAN_1971_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 or cultural group (CA1971A_ETHNIC)

Data file: CAN1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 184

End: 185

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CA71A413">15. To what ethnic or cultural group did you or our ancestor (on the male side) belong on coming to this continent?<br /><div class="i1">[] English<br />[] French<br />[] German<br />[] Irish<br />[] Italian<br />[] Jewish<br />[] Native Indian</div><br /><div class="i2">Band ____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Native Indian</div><br /><div class="i2">Not band ____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Netherlands<br />[] Norwegian<br />[] Polish<br />[] Scottish<br />[] Ukrainian<br />[] Other, write here ____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	British Isles - English, Irish, Welsh, Other British Isles
02	French
03	Austrian
04	Chinese
05	Czech
06	Finnish
07	German
08	Hungarian
09	Italian
10	Japanese
11	Jewish
12	Native Indian - band and nonband
13	Negro
14	Netherlands
15	Polish
16	Russian
17	Scandinavian - Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Swedish
18	Slovak
19	Ukrainian
20	West Indian
21	Other and unknown

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 1971: All persons

concept

Concept

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