United States Census of 1850 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1850

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Reference ID

USA_1850_PHC-1PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of the Interior, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 01, 2025

Last modified

Aug 01, 2025

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Insane (US1850B_INSANE)

Data file: USA1850_PHC-1PCT-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 342

End: 342

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US50A451 US50A452 US50A453 US50A454">13. ____ Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict.<br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	No (blank)
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

Insane.

Universe

United States 1850 (1%): All persons

concept

Concept

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