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1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Place of work state, 1960 and 1970 (US1960A_PWSTATE1)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 294
End: 294
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="US60A445 US60A446 US60A447 US60A448 US60A451 US60A452 US60A453 US60A457 US60A459 US60A475 US60A476 US60A484 US60A451 US60A455 US60A464"><span class="em">P21. When was this person born? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Born before April 1946</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">Please go on with questions P22 to P35. Answer the questions regardless of whether the person is a housewife, student, or retired person, or a part-time or full-time worker.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Born April 1946 or later</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">Please omit questions P22 to P35 and turn the page to the next person.<br />Space for any notes about the entries for this person.</div><br /><br /><div class="i3">_____</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="US60A475 US60A476"><span class="em">If this person worked last week, answer questions P28 and P29. </span><br /><br /><span class="em">P28. What city and county did he work in last week? </span><br /><div class="i1">If he worked in more than one city or county, give place where he worked most last week.</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">a. City or town</div><br /><br /><div class="i3">_____</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">b. If city or town - <span class="em">Did he work inside the city limits?</span></div><br /><br /><div class="i3">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">c. _____ County <br />_____State</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Same state
2 Contiguous state
3 Noncontiguous state
9 Not reported or abroad
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 whether persons who worked at all last week worked primarily in 1) the state in which they lived, 2) a contiguous state, or 3) a non-contiguous state.
Universe
United States 1960: Persons age 14+ who worked last week, including armed forces at work [discrepancies: none]

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