1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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Reference ID

CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Income from anti-poverty or welfare programs (INCWEL)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 171

End: 176

Width: 6

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

INCWEL reports the monthly or annual income the respondent received from anti-poverty or welfare programs.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Income Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

INCWEL is a 6-digit numeric variable.

Codes999998 = Unknown/missing.
999999 = NIU (not in universe).

Top codes:Israel 1995: 3,000+
U.S.A. 1980: 9,995+
U.S.A. 1990: 10,000+
U.S.A. 2000: State mean of values over 12,300
Puerto Rico 2000: 21,000+

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