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American Community Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2005
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USA_2005_CS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Own grandchildren living in household (US2005A_0542)

Data file: USA2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 444
End: 444
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
19. a) Does this person have any of his/her own grandchildren under the age of 18 living in this house or apartment?

[] Yes
[] No


[Q19. b-c are asked if this person has any of his/her own grandchildren under the age of 18 living in this house or apartment.]

b) Is this grandparent currently responsible for most of the basic needs of any grandchild(ren) under the age of 18 who live(s) in this house or apartment?

[] Yes
[] No


c) How long has this grandparent been responsible for the(se) grandchild(ren)?

[Q19.c is asked if this grandparent currently is responsible for most of the basic needs of any grandchild(ren) under age of 18 who lives(s) in this house or apartment.]

If the grandparent is financially responsible for more than one grandchild, answer the question for the grandchild for whom the grandparent has been responsible for the longest period of time.

[] Less than 6 months
[] 6 to 11 months
[] 1 or 2 years
[] 3 or 4 years
[] 5 or more years
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes
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 respondents have any of their own grandchildren under the age of 18 living with them in the house or apartment. This question was asked of people 15 years of age and over. On the assumption that younger people cannot have grandchildren, the Census Bureau edited the data to include only responses from people aged 30 and over.
Universe
Persons age 30+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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