United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1880

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Reference ID

USA_1880_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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Father's birthplace, alphabetic string (US1880A_FBPLSTR)

Data file: USA1880_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 521

End: 570

Width: 50

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US80A403">25. Father's birth place<br /><div class="i1">____ Place of birth of the father of this person<br />____ State or Territory of United States<br />____ Country, if of foreign birth</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

Father's birthplace, alphabetic string.

Universe

United States 1880 (100%): All persons who reported their father's birthplace

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 50-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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