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Title: A New Sample of Males Linked from the Public-Use-Microdata-Sample of the 1850 US Federal Census of Population to the 1860 US Federal Census Manuscript Schedules

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 1996

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Abstract: This article describes a new sample of 4,938 males linked from the new [U.S.] Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) of the 1850 federal census of population to the manuscript schedules of the 1860 federal census of population....After reviewing the existing work on individuals linked across the 1850s, I describe the collection of the new sample in detail. I then use these data to examine the geographic mobility of the population (in particular, movement to the western frontier). The Appendix contains new life tables for the 1850s--based on manuscript data from the mortality schedules of the 1850 census--that were used to estimate how many survivors could be expected between 1850 and 1860 in the linkage process.

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Authors: Ferrie, Joseph

Periodical (Full): Historical Methods

Issue: 4

Volume: 29

Pages: 141-156

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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