United States Census of 1870 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1870

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Reference ID

USA_1870_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of the Interior, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 01, 2025

Last modified

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Occupational income score, United States (OCSCORUS)

Data file: USA1870_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 118

End: 119

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

OCSCORUS is a constructed variable that assigns occupational income scores to each occupation on the basis of OCC50US. The construction of this variable is described in the IPUMS USA documentation, Chapter 4, "Occupation Codes and Income Scores", which users should read before using this variable. In essence, OCSCORUS assigns each occupation in all years a value representing the median total income (in hundreds of 1950 dollars) of all persons with that particular occupation in 1950. That is, it provides a continuous measure of occupations according to the economic rewards enjoyed by people working at them in 1950.

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

OCSCORUS is a 2-digit numeric variable.

Codes00=N/A
Maximum value: 80

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