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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
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Occupation, original alphabetic string (US1900A_OCCSTR)

Data file: USA1900_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous
Start: 635
End: 686
Width: 52
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US00A454 US00A455 US00A456 US00A457 US00A458 US00A459 US00A474"><span class="em">Occupation, Trade or Profession:</span><br />Of each person ten years of age and over:<br />19. ____ Occupation.<br />20. ____ Months not employed.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's occupation, original alphabetic string.
Universe
United States 1900: All persons who reported an occupation; not available for Puerto Rico

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 52-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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