1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1970

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Reference ID

PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Length of last stay in U.S. (PR1970A_USADURR)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 357

End: 357

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR70A522"><span class="em">18e. How long did he live in the United States (the last time)?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 6 months to one year<br />[] One or two years<br />[] Three or four years<br />[] Five years or more</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	6 months to 1 year
2	1 to 2 years
3	3 to 4 years
4	5 years or more
5	Never or less than 6 months
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 identifies the length of the person’s last stay in the United States.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1970: Persons age 5+ who lived in the U.S for 6 months or more within the last 5 years [discrepancies: none]

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