Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970

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Reference ID

USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Rule for linking mother (US1970A_0409)

Data file: USA1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 185

End: 185

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Rule for linking mother

Categories

Value	Category
0	No mother link
1	Unambiguous mother link
2	Daughter/grandchild link
3	Preceding female (no intervening person)
4	Daughter/grandchild (child surviving status)
5	Preceding female (child surviving status)
6	Spouse of father becomes stepmother

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates why the IPUMS variable MOMLOC linked the person to a probable mother. The IPUMS establishes mother-child links according to seven basic rules, and MOMRULE reports the number of the rule for the link in question.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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