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Title: Family Interrelationships

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 1995

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Abstract: The Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) consist of random information samples of households that have been taken from the US decennial censuses since 1850. Because the samples also include information about individuals in a household, the PUMS can provide information about household size, composition, and fertility. The PUMS from the various censuses are incompatible due to differences in census-taking techniques, however, and for this reason the Social History Research Laboratory at the University of Minnesota has developed the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) to help researchers gauge changes over time. A series of IPUMS variables can be used to identify familial relationships as well as information about individuals in the samples. The original samples often do not have this information. The IPUMS variables can be used to identify parents, stepparents, spouses, and siblings, while others can provide information on household composition and size. The appendix discusses the procedures that were used to construct these IPUMS variables.

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Authors: Ruggles, Steven

Periodical (Full): Historical Methods

Issue: 1

Volume: 28

Pages: 52-58

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Fertility and Mortality, Methodology and Data Collection

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