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 spouse (US1970A_0414)

Data file: USA1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 192

End: 192

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Rule for linking spouse

Categories

Value	Category
0	No spouse link
1	Wife follows husband
2	Wife precedes husband
3	Non-adjacent persons -- consistent relationship to head/age differences
4	Adjacent persons (wife follows husband -- no conflicts)
5	Adjacent persons (wife precedes husband -- no conflicts)

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 the reason why the IPUMS variable SPLOC linked the person to a probable spouse. The IPUMS establishes spouse-spouse links according to six basic rules, and SPRULE 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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