United States Census of 1900 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1900

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Reference ID

USA_1900_PHC_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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Occupational education score, 1950 basis (US1900A_EDSCOR50)

Data file: USA1900_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 387

End: 390

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the educational score of the person based on their occupation as is recoded into the 1950 Census Bureau occupational classification scheme. The occupational educational score assigns a measure of the percentage of people in the respondent's occupational category who had completed one or more years of college.

Universe

United States 1900: Persons with an occupational response

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 4-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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